Nurse, teacher quickly respond to fallen student
Girl OK after collapsing
Thu, 09/09/2010 - 00:04
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SIERRA VISTA — An 18-year-old girl at Buena High School appeared to have a seizure and stopped breathing at least twice after collapsing in her biology class on Wednesday morning. Her teacher and a school nurse quickly administered first-responder techniques and she was stable by the time paramedics arrived after they received a cardiac arrest call at about 9:10 a.m.
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How is it a young person collapses and stops breathing after a seizure of
some sort and they are treated and released from the hospital the same day?
This hospital scares the bejesus out of me with its revolving door health
care. …. Thank goodness we have staff at the schools to deal with
emergencies since it seems our hospital can’t.
As a person with epilepsy, I thought it was important to tell you that a
seizure interrupts the electrical system of the brain. This can cause a
person having a seizure to momentarily stop breathing during seizure
activity. As long as the seizure stops, then the risk of further breathing
irregularities does as well. The ER can do very little for a seizure if
epilepsy has already been diagnosed and the proper meds are being taken. As I
have no knowledge of the child in question, my thought would be that her
parents were advised to follow up with her neurologist immeadiately. People
with seizure disorders live with this problem everyday, thankfully the staff
acted appropriately in the moment of need, but that doesn’t mean the hospital
staff didn’t as well. How quickly you jumped to conclusion…
Terrific news out of Buena. Good job. Has first aid and CPR fallen into
disuse or am I just getting old?
Great Job, sounds like the school has a great organized staff that can handle
these kind of situation. Hope that the young girl recovers well and she is
able to continue with school
Teachers & Nurses are great people. I am married to a teacher and my daughter
is a high school math teacher. Incidents like this makes me proud of both of
them because I know they would respond in a like manner.
to the Buena staff. I am sure the girl and her family appreciate their
actions. It is nice to hear that in an emergency they were on top of it all.
yup, squash free speech in order to ensure the party line is held during
interviews. the participant in this extraordinary situation not allowed to
share the experience, but a late comer, who just happens to be in a power
position, is given free reign…. and it’s the community that don’t trust
teachers? turn that lens inwards.
But on the flip side of the coin, if the wrong information is released and
the student’s privacy was violated, then the district would face a law suit.
So was it a smarter play on the district’s behalf to have a power position
handle it? Or take a chance the teacher would know what he can or can’t say?
Dr. Brooks (yes, he did get his PhD last I heard) is an intelligent man. I’m
sure he’d be smart enough to know what and what not to comment on. I’m afraid
I can’t say the same about the superintendent…
Great Job to the Buena staff. I hope the young will make a full recovery.