By Liz Leamy

Greenwich Emergency Medical Service (GEMS) Inc. recently purchased more than two dozenplus public-access automatic external defibrillators (AEDs), 23 of which have been installed at sites all around town that include the restrooms at its major parks and Greenwich High School fields, among other Greenwich-based locales, as of press time.

These life-saving AEDs are portable, user-friendly devices designed for the general public that deliver an electric shock to a person’s heart to restore a normal rhythm in the case that they might experience sudden cardiac arrest by providing step-bystep voice prompts to help guide users with the placement of pads and administering a shock when necessary.

“Having public access AEDs throughout Greenwich gives bystanders the chance to act imme

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