Guidelines to assist clinicians to manage ICD deactivation and facilitate a peaceful death for patients at the end of life have now been developed by a Cardiac Network Working Group. In the past it has been difficult for some facilities to organise deactivation of an ICD due to a number of factors including inappropriateness of patient transfer, geographic location or time of day particularly in rural locations. The Guidelines for Deactivation of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICD) at the End of Life have been developed using available evidence and in consultation with a range of metropolitan and rural clinicians, consumers, industry representatives and the NSW Ministry of Health.
The Guidelines are available on the publications section of the ACI (NSW Agency for Clinical Innovation) website under Cardiac.
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