For the past three years, Connie Goodwin has been going to Indiana schools to educate school nurses, coaches and teachers to make sure that staff know how to respond to a cardiac arrest when it happens, and know where the AEDs are located. Goodwin knows that many schools have AEDs on hand, but they may not be kept where they can be easily reached ---  she knows of one school that has an AED, but it's kept locked in the office of the school nurse who works only two days a week. Goodwin says sports teams also need to have AEDs on hand in the event a student col¬lapses. When a person suffers cardiac arrhythmia, you have only minutes to revive them.  Full the full article, click here.


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