What happens after a ventricular-fibrillated person undergoes a shock from his ICD?

ICD - Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator

I am talking about sudden cardiac arrest. Does this person need to go to the hospital after he is revived or is he able to continue with daily life?

I believe cardiac arrest and ventricular fibrillation are two different conditions. One is the heart stopping and the other is the heart going too fast to pump blood.

I have an ICD specifically to prevent ventricular fibrillation. I don't have any experience with being shocked by it. The only ones I've had were under sedation to test the ICD. What my doctor and all literature on the subject says is that after defibrillator shocks to correct ventricular-fibrillation a person is to go on with their normal life as soon as they feel they can stand, if they feel alright. If they feel awful after recovering from the shock, they should call 911 or go to a hospital as quickly as possible to get checked out.

Normally a person can go on their daily lives. People in the middle of their daily run normally continue to finish their run even if they suffer an "event" in the middle of it.

Having an ICD is not a big deal. Other than my left arm doesn't work as good as it use to (heavy battery on top of muscle under skin), and the expense, there is almost no change in my life. I do fast pace physical work for a living currently.

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He should go to the hospital, the ICD shocked for a reason

pace makers don't shock a person back to life the way a defibulator does. pace makers are only there to regulate an irregular heart beat, like one that goes to fast or skips a beat. If the person is having severe chest pains like a heart attack they need to go to the ER ASAP. ICD's won't help in this situation.