KCTV 5: Raytown South staff save student's life with CPR, AED
By Ryan Hennessy
A Raytown South High School student is alive today thanks to the swift action of two school staff members — Registered School Nurse Joanne Rose and School Resource Officer Dalton Dupaul — who stepped in during a life-or-death emergency.
The incident happened just before the final bell in March. Nurse Rose said she received an urgent call on the radio and raced upstairs, where she found a student collapsed on the ground.
“I ran upstairs to see what the emergency was,” Rose said. “I found a student collapsed on the ground, got down, started an assessment.”
Moments later, Officer Dupaul arrived and was quickly instructed by Rose to retrieve an automated external defibrillator (AED).
“So I left the room and got the AED, Dupaul said. “I came back to the room and she had already started chest compressions.”
Raytown schools are part of “Project ADAM,” a collaboration with Children’s Mercy Hospital that provides staff with emergency response training twice a year. That partnership proved critical.
“I’m just thankful that the training kicked in,” Rose said, “That we were able to get him assessed, get him the AED shock, do CPR, and get him to the hospital, and that everything did actually work out.”
Melissa Tanner, the district’s nurse coordinator (also an RN), said the AED data was sent directly to Children’s Mercy Hospital, allowing doctors to make informed decisions about the student’s care.
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