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Defibrillators more useful outside hospitals, study finds - latimes.com

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Automated external defibrillators, which laymen can use to help heart attack victims in public places, are less effective in hospitals and may even increase risk of death, a study finds. It suggests that chest compressions get priority for heart attack victims in hospitals.

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