Longview student collapses at basketball practice
A student collapsed and briefly stopped breathing during an open basketball practice at Mark Morris High School in Longview.
The Associated Press
LONGVIEW, Wash. —
A student collapsed and briefly stopped breathing during an open basketball practice at Mark Morris High School in Longview.
A coach and parent gave CPR Sunday to 16-year-old Spencer Best of Longview until paramedics arrived and used a heart defibrillator.
His father, Rich Best, told The Daily News (http://is.gd/fRM2vn) Spencer will remain in intensive care for a couple more days this week at Randall Children's Hospital at Legacy Emmanuel Medical Center in Portland.
He says Spencer is alert and communicating. He says the men who gave him CPR saved his life.
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Information from: The Daily News, http://www.tdn.com
How does this differ? Somebody did something before the ambulance got to the scene.
It would have been a lot more certain that the outcome would be happy if there had been an AED on the sidelines - as there needs to be for every match and practice session.
Please bug your local school officials until they have an AED at the sidelines for every match and practice for every sport except, perhaps, the chess club!
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