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Photo: NZ Police The devices can deliver an electric shock to people suffering from heart failure and increase their survival chances by up to 44 percent. The 368 new devices are additional to those already distributed in each district. National Road Policing Centre director Superintendent Steve Greally said police are often first on the scene at crashes or medical events. He said having an AED in vehicles will allow them to provide support to someone suffering from heart failure before medical teams arrive. Someone living in an urban area might expect a rapid response from a mobile medical service, like St John, but this isn t the case in the more rural parts of New Zealand, Greally said in a statement. ....