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Medical

Help in a

heartbeat

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hen English Premier But it could have been a very particularly vital piece of medical

League footballer Fabrice different end to the story had he not equipment on vessels as seafarers go
Muamba collapsed in the
been given defibrillation from an AED about their daily duties many miles

(automated external defibrillator) at the away from the nearest medical centre
middle of a cup tie two years ago, his

life hung in the balance for days.
time of his cardiac arrest and not or hospital.
everyone is so lucky to have a life-saving The research, published in the
Suffering a sudden cardiac arrest,

device nearby when they suffer a the seemingly healthy Bolton BMJ’s Heart online journal, was
heart attack.
Wanderers player’s heart stopped carried out by the University of

beating for 78 minutes and it was only Research published recently in the Southampton and South Central
after a spell in the intensive care unit of UK shows that these types of machines Ambulance Service in Hampshire, UK

the London Chest Hospital that he are on-hand in public spaces for just 4% and looked at all calls to an ambulance
recovered to tell the tale.
of heart attacks. And they are a
for heart attacks in the county in a

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