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Thousands of automated external defibrillators on LI

There are thousands of AED's across Long Island

Photo credit: Newsday/Photo by Richard Slattery | There are thousands of AED's across Long Island in schools and other public buildings as well as athletic facilities. (December 10, 2009)

Automated external defibrillators, the portable devices that can shock a heart out of cardiac arrest, began showing up on ambulances in the mid-1990s. Now there are thousands of them across Long Island in schools and other public buildings as well as athletic facilities.

WHERE THEY ARE FOUND.

State law requires them in schools and state-owned buildings, health clubs with 500 or more...

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