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The Dowdle family of Cottage Grove spreads the word about AEDs and quick action
East Ridge basketball players cheered on Riley Hall as they competed with their teammates to properly use a test AED on a CPR mannequin Wednesday at East Ridge High School in Woodbury. The Cottage Grove Fire Department and the Teddy's Heart Foundation led the workshop.
With a CPR mannequin laid out on a table next to him, Cottage Grove Fire Captain Nick Arrigoni on Wednesday told a few dozen East Ridge High School basketball players how to save a life when someone's heart stops.
His voice rising above the din of other athletes working out in the school's gymnasium, Arrigoni told the players how to assess the victim, call 911 and set their phone on speaker mode, and then quickly begin chest compressions at a rate of 100 to 120 beats per minute.
"You might crack ribs - you can hear it and feel it - but if you don't start CPR they will die," Arrigoni said.
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