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The main reason for wanting defibrillators in public places is because, when someone has a heart attack, within the first seconds there is a risk they can go into cardiac arrest - their heart stops.

Defibrillators are being used in just one in ten cardiac arrests where the lifesaving devices are available, according to new research presented at the British Cardiovascular Society Conference in ...