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Commack North Little League Receives Life-Saving Device
An AED machine was donated by Sports Authority and capped off a safety presentation.
Nobody wants to imagine the terror of a child going through cardiac arrest. Fortunately, thanks to a donation of an automated external defibrillator from , Commack North Little League will be prepared should the event arise.
The sporting goods store's March 30 donation of the device, also referred to as an AED, came after a safety presentation at the Sports Authority in Commack by Michael Schwartzberg, a representative from Cardiac Science. Marguerite Valinoti-White of Sports Authority, presented the gift.
The presentation featured a demonstration of the life-saving capabilities of an AED machine, as well as CPR and basic emergency protocols. Schwartzberg was assisted by Commack North Little League President Mike Campione and Safety Director David Reiff.
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The importance of an AED machine is hard to overstate: In an emergency, it can assist during a cardiac arrest or an arrhythmia and save an individual's life.
