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In summer heat, athletic trainers call for safety measures

By Randi Belisomo (Reuters Health) – A thousand-dollar expenditure for an automated external defibrillator (AED) could mean the difference between life and death for some young athletes, a cost that one Little Rock, Arkansas high school knows too well. A heart abnormality caused 16-year-old Antony Hobbs to collapse during his Parkview High basketball game in 2008. The outcome differed starkly two years later when another Parkview player, Chris Winston, collapsed