3 ms·
Easy (but VERY controversial) solution: people with pacemakers must have a tattoo in the wrist or somewhere else. On a separate note, maybe we should all have
by ucaetano 11y ago
Easy (but VERY controversial) solution: people with pacemakers must have a tattoo in the wrist or somewhere else.
On a separate note, maybe we should all have a tattoo with some basic info: name (optional), blood type, chronic diseases (diabetes for example), medication allergies, pacemakers, etc.
Kinda like the SS tattoos, but without the SS part, naturally.
- purpled_haze 11y agoWhy not just an rfid chip in the pacemaker itself?
- ucaetano 11y agoBecause then you need to equip every single crematorium in the world with a RFID reader, not to mention that it will be useless to millions of people around the world that already have pacemakers.
- onlycommenting 11y agoOr, look for landmark scaring.
- lawpoop 11y agoOr use a metal detector first?
- ucaetano 11y agoAgain, pretty expensive to equip every single crematorium around the world with metal detectors.
- Zigurd 11y agoThe lowest price I saw on Amazon was $18.
- 6stringmerc 11y agoThen rock-paper-scissors for who has to take it out?
- imgabe 11y agoThey're dead. Why not just cut them open and check?
- DanBC 11y agoRisk of infection; risk of scalpel accidents.
- adanto6840 11y agoMetal detectors are mentioned in the article; the survey they sent out: "enquired about staff awareness of implantable cardiac defibrillators and whether a hand-held metal detector might be useful in identifying pacemakers in mortuaries." And again, later on in the article: "54% believe that a hand-held metal detector might help identify pacemakers and other implantable devices that could explode"