AED Saves Prep Lacrosse Player's Life

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The presence of automated external defibrillators has become standard at many athletic venues across the country, and the reasons for that become obvious in the context of events such as the one that unfolded earlier this month on the campus of Loyola Blakefield College Prep in Towson, Md. 

According to the Baltimore Sun, during an April 16 varsity lacrosse game, freshman Peter Laake was struck in the chest by a shot. The blow led to a disruption in Laake’s heart rhythm, called commotio cordis, which resulted in immediate cardiac arrest. 

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