January 13, 2002
PUBLICATION: Newsday BY: Samuel Bruchey. STAFF WRITER January 13, 2002 – They were two boys from Northport and Smithtown, teenage strangers bound by a single tragic […]
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October 14, 2001
By Bill Kaufman STAFF WRITER October 14, 2001 LAST YEAR, Northport High School freshman lacrosse goalie Louis Acompora, 14, died after being hit in the chest […]
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August 28, 2001
August 28, 2001 – A Northport family has made tremendous strides in trying to protect Long Island’s young athletes from losing their lives on the field. […]
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June 15, 2001
By Lucio Guerrero, Staff Reporter. June 15, 2001 – With his team up by three runs and a runner on first, Sean Morley was looking to […]
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February 1, 2001
James M. Kyle, M.D., F.A.C.S.M. Chief of Rural Emergency Medicine, Marshall University School of Medicine, Huntington; Director, Emergency Department, Jackson General Hospital, Ripley; Team Physician and […]
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October 26, 2000
By Denise Grady October 26, 2000 – Many people who suffer cardiac arrest and would otherwise die can be saved if ordinary people are trained to […]
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July 18, 2000
By Felice Buckvar. July 18, 2000 – WHEN JOHN ACOMPORA answered the telephone early June 12 the first words he heard were, “There was another incident […]
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March 1, 2000
by Paul Ohanian, Lacrosse Magazine Online Staff In March 2000, Louis Acompora was a goalie on the Northport (N.Y.) High School freshman lacrosse team. He likely […]
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November 2, 1999
NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 9 (AScribe Newswire) — The quick actions of an athletic trainer and the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) saved the life […]
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November 1, 1999
Editors – Dr. Neil Dougherty & Diane Bonanno Introduction The debate on whether automated external defibrillators (AED) should be used in recreation centers is currently underway […]
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