TheEduKATor
04-02-2004, 09:12 PM
In five years of teaching today had to be the biggest scare.
One of my students asked if she could use the restroom so I told her to go ahead. Ten seconds later a male student yells for me and says something is wrong with her. I was at my desk helping a student and looked up to see her near the door wobbling holding her head. I ran over to her and caught her as she was falling down and lost consciousness. Her eyes rolled back and she looked lifeless. She wasn't responding to any of my calls so I began to worry.
The students were great though, I quickly and calmly asked a student to go get the nurse and he immediately bolted for her. I asked another student to call the main office and tell them to call 911, while a few students helped me stabilize her and cool her body temp down because she started to burn up and going into little episodes of seizures. What seemed like forever was only about 3-5 minutes until the nurses got their.
The rest of the students stood back to give her air and all were praying that she would be alright. I'm never supposed to leave the room unattended but I told the kids to please stay in the class while I rushed over with the student, the nurse and personnel so they could take her to the hospital. I was gone maybe 10 minutes tops and when I got back to the class, they were all huddled holding hands and praying with the lights off.
I assured them she was going to be fine because I was assured by the nurses and medical personnel that she was going to be fine. She had regained consciousness as they were ready to take her away. She was able to remember her name, the day, and the events of the episode. She said thank you to me because all she could remember was hearing my voice telling her to hang in there, you're gonna be okay and how I didn't sound panicked. I'm not going to lie, I was scared off my ass, but I had to stay calm for the kids and do what they train us to do in these situations. It was a very powerful site seeing how quickly and bravely these students responded, I told her not to thank me, she has 40 of her classmates to thank when she gets back and is healthy. Parents, give your children a little extra hug and kiss when they leave the house for school or any reason. Sorry for the long post
One of my students asked if she could use the restroom so I told her to go ahead. Ten seconds later a male student yells for me and says something is wrong with her. I was at my desk helping a student and looked up to see her near the door wobbling holding her head. I ran over to her and caught her as she was falling down and lost consciousness. Her eyes rolled back and she looked lifeless. She wasn't responding to any of my calls so I began to worry.
The students were great though, I quickly and calmly asked a student to go get the nurse and he immediately bolted for her. I asked another student to call the main office and tell them to call 911, while a few students helped me stabilize her and cool her body temp down because she started to burn up and going into little episodes of seizures. What seemed like forever was only about 3-5 minutes until the nurses got their.
The rest of the students stood back to give her air and all were praying that she would be alright. I'm never supposed to leave the room unattended but I told the kids to please stay in the class while I rushed over with the student, the nurse and personnel so they could take her to the hospital. I was gone maybe 10 minutes tops and when I got back to the class, they were all huddled holding hands and praying with the lights off.
I assured them she was going to be fine because I was assured by the nurses and medical personnel that she was going to be fine. She had regained consciousness as they were ready to take her away. She was able to remember her name, the day, and the events of the episode. She said thank you to me because all she could remember was hearing my voice telling her to hang in there, you're gonna be okay and how I didn't sound panicked. I'm not going to lie, I was scared off my ass, but I had to stay calm for the kids and do what they train us to do in these situations. It was a very powerful site seeing how quickly and bravely these students responded, I told her not to thank me, she has 40 of her classmates to thank when she gets back and is healthy. Parents, give your children a little extra hug and kiss when they leave the house for school or any reason. Sorry for the long post