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Article: ISU police given defibrillator
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- The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
- Article date:
- November 15, 2002
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NORMAL - When Sally Pyne of Normal was shocked back to life by a
firefighter using an automated external defibrillator, there were two
of the devices for public use in McLean County.
Now, 100 of the lifesaving devices are available to the general
public and another 100 are privately owned.
On Thursday, McLean County's 100th public access defibrillator was
presented to the Illinois State University Police Department during a
press conference at The Workout Co. in Normal.
Pyne, whose heart attack occurred in August 2001, marveled at the
progress but said efforts of American Heart Association volunteers
will continue until everyone in McLean County is within three minutes
of a defibrillator.
An ...