By: Henry Flores

Henry Flores — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:41:11 +0000

Hey everone its me Henry, I just want to tell every one that I am fine now and I want to thank every one who supported me in a moment i was in need.. now i a difib in my chest and now im better that is all i’ll say.

By: Rachel Moyer

Rachel Moyer — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:22:39 +0000

My fifteen-year old son suffered sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) in a $70 million public rural school in NE Pennsylvania while playing on the visiting team in a basketball game. There were no AEDs on site and our son died after waiting thirty-five minutes for the first ambulance to arrive. After Greg’s death, PA was the first state to provide $2.4 million for AEDs in public schools.
Congratulation to all of those who participated in Henry’s recovery, the coach that recognized what SCA looks like, as it can be misdiagnosed as a seizure as was in my son’s case, the kids who went to call 911 and get the AED. Also, the student who went to get the school nurse, Ms Dillard ‘sfor ability to run half-way accross the campus to help with CPR. Which also makes me wonder if there is an AED close to her office so I assume the student who took her to Henry knew another AED was its was.
Congratulations to Renton School District for having the foresight to have 38 AEDs that are hopefully dispersed throughout the campus. It is so important that everyone on campus knows where the AEDs are located so someone can be sent to get the closest one in case of a SCA emergency that happen 900 a day. AED drills should be held as often as fire drills so people do know what to do in case of an emergency.
I hope Henry starts a CPR/AED Training Class for fellow classmates as many of the survivors do so that their school is especially “heart.safe.”
Check out Megan Forbes website, she was saved at firstbase during phys ed class. Thanks again for a great story!
Rachel Moyer

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