The Pyrénées-Orientales is a county pilot in the installation of automatic defibrillators.

Meyer used an automatic external defibrillator that a student trainer fetched from the training room.

Recently the department has added automatic defibrillators for use against heart attacks.

Regulations require automatic defibrillators and detail the size of earflaps for softball helmets.

Many studies have shown that these patients live longer when they have automatic defibrillators implanted in their hearts.

Mower recalled, "It was the talk of the whole hospital that these crazy guys are going to put in an automatic defibrillator.

"Even the automatic defibrillator is a piece of medical equipment," Mr. Ungar said.

Dr. Weaver oversaw a program in which the device, called an automatic external defibrillator, was tested by Seattle firefighters.

All officers have gone through first responder training once more to implement the use of new automatic external defibrillators that will be carried in their vehicles.

The Florida woman's sisters, for example, who also have long QT syndrome, now have automatic defibrillators.