When you see a cardiac arrest, your brain fights you - "No, this isn't really happening" - and the circumstances fight you - "Dang! in CPR class the manikin didn't weigh very much and wasn't sitting in a deep chair. This blog deals with practical details and presents reports of "saves." Let me have your questions and comments - they will steer the course of this blog. This blog is brought to you by the volunteers at www.slicc.org
Thursday, January 5, 2012
This doesn't have to depend upon having a PhyEd teacher or a nurse nearby.
As reported in The Republic (Columbus, Indiana) from an API story.
Staffers revive Columbia Falls High School student who collapsed in gym class
KALISPELL, Mont. — Columbia Falls High School staffers used CPR and an automated external defibrillator to restore the heartbeat of a 16-year-old student who collapsed during gym class.
The Daily Inter Lake reports (http://bit.ly/wNCj7v) health and physical education teacher Troy Bowman and school nurse Cathy Dragonfly aided the boy Wednesday morning. He was then taken to Kalispell Regional Medical Center, where he was listed in stable condition in the intensive care unit later Wednesday.
Superintendent Michael Nicosia says it is unclear what caused the student to collapse.
[Blogger's note: If the AED restored his heartbeat, the cause of his collapse was Sudden Cardiac Arrest.]
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