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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

St. Petersburg woman uses defibrillator to save man

St. Petersburg woman uses defibrillator to save man outside Sweetbay grocery store
By Kameel Stanley, Times Staff Writer
Posted: Aug 25, 2009 11:12 PM
ST. PETERSBURG — A 33-year-old woman helped save a 73-year-old man's life Tuesday night when she used a defibrillator to get his heart beating again.

Jennifer Trombly of St. Petersburg had just walked out of a Sweetbay Supermarket about 6 p.m. when she heard a commotion and saw a man lying on the ground outside the store.

When the man stopped breathing, bystanders began performing CPR.

Trombly, whose 9-year-old son has a condition that can cause him to go into a life-threatening arrhythmia, raced to her car and got her personal automated external defibrillator, or AED.
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