Acompora group extends lifesaving reach
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October 19, 2011Originally published: October 12, 2011 7:31 PM
Updated: October 12, 2011 9:19 PM
By DELTHIA RICKS delthia.ricks@newsday.com
The Louis J. Acompora Foundation has been in the vanguard of raising public awareness about the need for automated electronic defibrillators — AEDs. Louis’ Law, passed in June 2000, required the devices to be placed in New York public schools.
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| Photo credit: Steve Pfost | Karen Acompora honors the memory of her son, who died of cardiac arrest in 2000, by raising awareness about portable defibrillators. (Oct. 12, 2011) |
A Northport-based foundation is joining with a major advocacy organization to outfit 140 Long Island group homes with portable defibrillators — and to make the lifesaving devices available to others in those communities.
The Louis J. Acompora Foundation has been in the vanguard of raising public awareness about the need for automated electronic defibrillators — AEDs. Louis’ Law, enacted… Read more