Outside of testing, two shocks can be aborted in the same episode.

• A. False
• B. Only during testing
• C. True, just not consecutively
• D. True, but not consecutively allowed

Answer: (D)

The main idea is how ICDs handle aborting shocks within a single tachyarrhythmia episode. Outside of testing, you can abort up to two shocks in one episode, but you cannot do two aborts consecutively; there must be at least one delivered shock between aborts. This ensures patient safety by giving a chance for spontaneous rhythm change or device-delivered therapy to occur, rather than allowing repeated, consecutive postponement of treatment.

So, the statement is true for non-testing scenarios. It’s not limited to testing, and two consecutive aborts are not allowed, which is why the best answer says two aborts are possible but not consecutively.