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All Iowa State Patrol Troopers in the state of Iowa carry AEDs in their patrol cars. AEDs are portable defibrillators to assist when a person is having a heart attack. . Thursday, one of the troopers used his to help save a life on RAGBRAI.
Trooper Darren Flaherty assisted other first responders in using his AED when a RAGBRAI cyclist went into cardiac arrest near Charles City.