High School Coaches' CPR Training!

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We're praying here in Chicagoland hokie.


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Prayers from Maryland for a speedy recovery.

He is in my family and friends prayers.

My prayers go out for his quick and complete recovery.

He is in my prayers.

Prayers are going out but let me add that EVERYONE should learn CPR. It's not that difficult nor that expensive. Never know who you might save - stranger, friend or loved one.

Better to have it and never use it than to not have it but need it.

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EVERYONE should learn CPR.

Yes! Kudos to his coaches for acting quickly. Prayers for Will and his family.

Prayer Patrol is on it…..

Everyone eventually should be familiar with CPR and the use of AED devices. Mrs. Smokey is a health care professional and is required to be certified for CPR & AED. I always accompany her because she needs a dummy to practice on….

Your local fire department and EMTs will be happy to put on this certification class if they don’t already periodically offer certification. Bring a friend. The life you may save could be your own.

There’s some good stuff on the links below.

http://depts.washington.edu/learncpr/

http://www.americanheart.org/p...html?identifier=4479

It's great to hear that the coach's quick action most definitely saved this player's life. This is one of those things that I am constantly thinking about and I have scenarios running through my head all the time. As an athletic training student and later when I become a Certified Athletic Trainer, I am required to hold certification in CPR and AED for the Professional Rescuer. In fact, I just got recertified on Tuesday.

I agree that everybody should be certified in CPR. The lay person CPR has changed in the last year or so that makes things even easier. Also, everybody should be able to use an AED. That might be one of the easiest ways to potentially save a life! It requires very little training.

hokie, I hope you don't mind but I want to spin this thread a little while still thinking about the original situation.. How many schools have an AED at their sporting events?

Our school, a small single A school in Virginia, has a full time trainer, but she covers all sports, and this was a practice session so she was elsewhere, but within a half-mile of the baseball field. She is usually present at the home games and rotates around the various sites, all located at the school except the baseball field, which is about a half mile away.

Update: phenomenal recovery looks to be under way. Will is up walking, talking, joking, and the outlook is guardedly optimistic. His grandmother came in to visit in ICU and for a few seconds he acted like he didn't know who she was, then winked and said "Gotcha!" He walked out to the waiting area to see who was there, dragging an IV with him.

(If you're a believer, and I am, prayers have been answered! )

Great praise report! Continued prayers for a full recovery.

Let me echo Bulldog - if you have previously taken CPR training, go for a refresher class! The standard protocol has changed. Brush up folks!

Great news on Will! He sounds like a really special young man... hope Grandma cuffs him a good one. Not now, but later, when he's all better!

And I am indeed a believer in the power of prayer... God hears and answers all of them. We may not always understand, or even like, the answer, but be assured that He's on the job!