This procedure is sometimes appropriate in patients no longer needing or desiring defibrillation backup at battery depletion but still having pacing indications.
The manual provides that, subject to any applicable rule of international law or to any regulations prescribed by the president, military commissions shall be guided by the appropriate principles of law and rules of procedure and evidence prescribed for courts-martial.
Not uncommonly, it is easier to just do every test and provide every procedure without bothering with thought or discussion as to whether the intended intervention is appropriate.