Students in San Antonio, Texas jumped into action, saving their teacher’s life after he went into cardiac arrest during their skateboarding club meeting.
Adam Compton, a teacher at MacArthur High School, was with members of the skateboarding club that he sponsors when he went into cardiac arrest on Nov. 7, according to KENS5.
“I was skating real mellow that day, trying to save energy, be able to do some more tomorrow and what I remember is sitting down for a little bit,” Compton told KENS5.
Compton explained he didn’t remember much after that but his students said the 46-year-old had failed a trick and sat down where he later began hyperventilating. The teacher passed out, causing one student to call 9-1-1 while others went to get the school’s athletic trainer, Amanda Boyd.
“I had two main thoughts going through my head, the ‘Oh my God this can’t be happening’ thought and then that I have to do something,” student Aidan Anthony-Gonzalez recounted.
“So, I turned him over and looked for a pulse and I couldn’t find any and from there I knew he needed CPR, so I began compressions,” Boyd told the outlet.
“He definitely had no life in him, and so, it’s hard to just process that at the moment,” Boyd told KSAT. (RELATED: ‘Saved My Life’: Florida Surgeon General Rushes To Aid Man Suffering From Cardiac Event).
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Anthony-Gonzalez and another student, Steven Amaro, ran to grab the automated external defibrillator (AED). Amaro and Boyd placed the AED pads on Compton and administered a shock, which Boyd said revived him.
“I got AED, CPR certified a couple weeks before the incident had happened,” Amaro told KENS5.
“I opened everything up, put the pads on him, and that’s when the paramedics came and I let them take over,” Amaro told KSAT. “I never thought I would have to do it in person because it’s something you don’t expect. And it’s a once-in-a-lifetime thing that should never happen to anyone.”
Compton was rushed to the hospital where he learned of a genetic heart disorder that caused him to go into cardiac arrest.
“We always thought it was a heart murmur, ever since I was a kid,” he said.
Compton, now with a pacemaker, has since returned to school but is not yet back to skating.
“It’s really humbling because I am able to be here,” he told KENS5.
“As much as he’s our teacher, he’s also one of our best friends,” said Anthony-Gonzalez.
This article was originally published at dailycaller.com
