Heroic Texas high school students help save teacher who went into cardiac arrest: Come on, breathe

Texas high school students heroically jumped into action to help save their teacher who was suffering from an unexpected, life-threatening medical emergency.Adam Compton, who teaches social studies at MacArthur High School in San Antonio, suddenly went into cardiac arrest while chaperoning an after-school skate club meetup on Nov.7, 2024.“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, 46, told KENS 5 News.Teenagers in the club claimed Compton messed up a trick and started hyperventilating before he lost consciousness in front of his students.

Several students ran to notify the school’s athletic trainer Amanda Boyd as junior Aidan Anthony-Gonzalez and senior Steven Amaro, both trained in CPR, frantically searched for a defibrillator.Boyd told the outlet that she couldn’t find a pulse on the educator and started performing CPR.Amaro completed a training course on using the automated external defibrillator (AED) weeks before the incident.“I kept saying, ‘Focus on my voice, Mr.

Compton.Keep your eyes open.

Come on, breathe,” Anthony-Gonzalez told KSAT.Then, Boyd and Amaro placed the AED pads onto Compton and administered a shock.“Apparently, that shock is what revived him,” Boyd revealed.“I opened everything up, put the pads on him, and that’s when the paramedics came and I let them take over,” Amaro added.“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 a local hospital where doctors ruled that a genetic heart disorder caused the beloved educator to go into cardiac arrest.Compton claimed he always thought it was just a heart murmur and is thankful the right people were in the right place at the right time.“I’m still processing how slim the chances were,” Compton said.Compton was eventua...