Legislation would require state-funded defibrillators at high school athletic events

LANSINGIn February, 18-year-old Detroit Northwestern High School athlete Cartier Woods died a week after he suffered cardiac arrest during a basketball game, according to the Detroit Public Schools Community District.Woods immediately received CPR while EMTs were en route to the gym. No automatic external defibrillator, or AED, was present, according to Pierre Brooks, the coach of the opposing…

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