School lockdown, student heart attack
Friday was an unusual and difficult day in the schools.
Three Greensboro schools were locked down for hours while SWAT teams searched for a reported gunman, who was never found. Grimsley High, Kiser Middle and Brooks Global Elementary, which share a campus along Westover Terrace and Benjamin Parkway, were affected.
Meanwhile, across town at Western High, administrators savedthe life of a heart attack victim - a 17-year-old junior. Principal Randy Shaver and assistant principal Chris Barnes used an "automated external defibrillator" to restart the student's heart before EMS arrived.
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Thank God for Randy Shaver and Chris Barnes and their life-saving efforts.
Can you remind us which middle and high schools have AED's? Also, can you confirm that if a school as an AED that at least 2 employees of the school have been trained in their use?
Thanks!
Posted on May 22, 2006 3:48 PM
Numbers,
Here's who has the devices at this time:
High schools
Andrews, Dudley, Eastern, Grimsley, High Point Central, Northeast, Northwest, Page, Ragsdale, Smith, Southeast, Southern, Southwest, Western
Middle schools
Allen, Aycock, Guilford, Jackson, Jamestown, Kernodle, Mendenhall, Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, Southwest
Elementary schools
Jesse Wharton, Northwood
I haven't heard that at least two people must be trained, but it seems like the schools generally have many people trained.
At Western, for example, nearly 30 people have training in its use. Northwood has several teachers and administrators trained as well.
Posted on May 22, 2006 7:18 PM
I'm thankful for the schools that have these devices available and for the employees that have taken the time to be trained to use them.
CPR may maintain a person until EMS arrives, but this will actually save someone's life.
They should be in all public facilities and our students should receive training on them along with their CPR classes.
When my son was just 12 he received his AED certification through the boy scouts and he understood it quicker than I did.
Posted on May 23, 2006 9:06 AM
The AEDs cost about $1600.00. They are basically idiot proof. You put the pads on, and the equipment tells you whether it is necessary or not, and really, it is easy to use.
We should have them at all schools. It seems that unless the PTA buys it, the schools do not have one.
This is the case in other areas too. THe PTA at our school in California bought one, and the following year a 10 year old got hit in the chest with a baseball. His heart stopped, and the teachers got the AED and it saved his life. CPR would not have helped in that case. He needed the AED.
Posted on May 30, 2006 10:51 PM