Employees save 5-year-old suffering heart attack at local store

John Clark, MD, FAAP, Director, Pediatric Arrhythmia Center at Akron Children's, notes that the presence of a portable AED unit, and staff trained to use it, almost certainly save the life of five-year-old Alex Lucas after she collapsed at a local Giant Eagle grocery store.

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