Can ICDs set off airport security and interfere with aviation navigation equipment?
ICD recipients can travel without restrictions. However, metal detectors and anti-theft systems used in airports, stores, and other locations create electromagnetic fields that can interfere with the ICD. Be sure to pass through the archway at a normal pace and avoid lingering in the immediate area. Passing through the metal detector at airports will not damage an ICD, but the metal in it may sound the alarm. If this happens, patients simply show security personnel their ICD identification card. If a search with a handheld wand is performed, ICD patients should stress to the security personnel that the search should be performed quickly and that they should avoid holding the wand directly over the ICD for a prolonged period of time.
