AED

The Massachusetts legislature passed a long-gestating bill earlier this week that, if signed into law, will require schools to have Automated External Defibrillators, or AEDs, in school and at all school-sponsored athletic events. The bill, sponsored by Senator Mark Montigny (D-New Bedford), would also require at least one person to be trained in the usage of the AED...

State Senator Mark Montigny joined with community leaders to distribute 25 state-of-the-art automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) to locations across the city Wednesday during a press conference at NorthStar Learning Center in New Bedford.