Sudden cardiac events can strike athletes of all ages

Joseph Congeni, MD, director of sports medicine at Akron Children's, discusses the importance of AEDs in the treatment of sudden cardiac events in light of the recent on-field cardiac arrest suffered by Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin.

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