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Old 22nd Nov 2015, 13:34
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Radgirl
 
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On the face of your posting - and we all know that 'patients' can be misled by partial information - this is at best German pedantic medicine

You are allowed single 'safe' ectopics or extrasystoles - the number varies country to country but lets say 2-5 a minute. If you have no other symptoms we normally ignore them. Not sure what the purpose of an exercise ECG is but there you go. However, if they have said it definitely wont stop you getting your medical AFTER you have seen a cardiologist either they are allowing some medically dodgy pilots to fly in your country or they are testing people who they believe are healthy.

I suggest the latter. The problem with doing lots of tests in medicine is that either you get a false result, or a false positive, and then you are on the slippery slope of having treatment. All treatment has both risk and benefit. Then the risk happens.

If it definitely wont stop you flying, I wonder what would happen if you refused the additional tests........

So be very careful about not only 'just another little test' but also any recommendation for treatment. And as always please let us know how you get on as we learn from this feedback

Last edited by Radgirl; 22nd Nov 2015 at 13:38. Reason: clarity
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