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This week on "The State of Ohio": State lawmakers consider what they can do in the wake of the horrible and yet miraculous escape story out of Cleveland involving three women held prisoner in a house for a decade. New data shows more than half of all violent crimes are committed by a very small numbers of offenders. Lawmakers are now working to target that tiny group. And more thoughts on legislation that would dramatically change rules on unions in Ohio.
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| Anti-heart Attack Machines Come to Government
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By Bill Cohen - February 2, 2001 |
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A talking machine can now save your life if you have a heart attack. The gizmo
is called an automated external defibrillator, A.E.D. for short. |
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Bill Cohen reports (2:37) 
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That's Doug Young of the American Heart Association. He says - when people have a heart attack, their natural pacemaker is out of control and electrical charges are going wild.
What the A.E.D. does is provide a shock that stops all the extra charges so the heart can begin to regulate itself naturally again. |
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