Eleven States Mandate AEDs, Though Industry Resistance Remains

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Eleven states now mandate defibrillators in health clubs, but plenty of resistance remains within industry ranks.

Pg 308 Planet Fitness in Weymouth, Mass., could have waited. It had a full year to comply with Kayla's Law - the legislation inspired by Kayla Richards, who died on a treadmill at a Planet Fitness in Plymouth, and signed by then Gov. Mitt Romney on Jan. 3, 2007. Instead, the club secured an automated external defibrillator by summer. It was there, mounted on a pole close to the cardio equipment, when 36-year-old Greg Pike collapsed while exercising on an elliptical trainer.

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