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Brittany Lacefield had a pretty
intense final exam after her CPR class. Her 30-year-old mother, Kristin Lacefield, collapsed and went into something
called ventricular When emergency workers arrived they gave the mother two shocks with the automatic defibrillator and her heartbeat returned to normal. Brittany had learned CPR in her middle school health class.
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 1)
3-14-2006 @ 7:12PM
P's Mama said...It doesn't say how old Brittney is, but middle school puts them at somewhere between 12 and 14, right? So much poise for a girl so young, and in such a frigntening situation.
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3-14-2006 @ 7:19PM
MelissaS said...Oops. Sorry the original article does tell you she's 13.
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3-15-2006 @ 8:26PM
webhill said...You mean ventricular fibrillation, not defibrillation. Defibrillation is what you do to fix the problem of fibrillation. Fibrillation is essentially tremoring of the heart muscle - instead of coordinated contractions which pump the blood, you have disorganized mini-tremors all over the place. Bad news.
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