I have had an ICD since I was 19 years old (23 now) and I can confidently say since I have traveled the world with my defibrillator I have never had any issues. I have been on 18hour flights and cruises with no problems. The only difference traveling with one vs. without one is you have to tell the people at the medal detectors that you have one (you don't even need to show them your card, they don't care!) and they will either pat you down or use the x-ray machine instead. Hope this helped.
cruising with ICD (defibrillator)
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I have had an ICD since I was 19 years old (23 now) and I can confidently say since I have traveled the world with my defibrillator I have never had any issues. I have been on 18hour flights and cruises with no problems. The only difference traveling with one vs. without one is you have to tell the people at the medal detectors that you have one (you don't even need to show them your card, they don't care!) and they will either pat you down or use the x-ray machine instead. Hope this helped.