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Saved by the... student
Rowland, who was diagnosed with simple partial seizures last June, fell into his third blackout spell Tuesday during his summer school class at Early County High. A male student in the class caught Rowland as he fell and another student rushed to the main office to alert the staff. "A student came rushing down the hall saying someone was having a seizure so I grabbed my keys and went down the hall," recounted financial secretary Tonya Smith. Art teacher Cheri Harrell heard the commotion and joined Smith in the computer lab next to the media center. Cradling Rowland's head and holding down his feet, the two kept Rowland from injury during the seizure. Shortly after "coming out of the seize" the two noticed that Rowland was turning blue and had stopped breathing. It was then that student Laura Alexander, a rising junior and daughter of Darrell and Sondra Alexander, stepped in to aid the staff. "I had just taken a first aid/CPR class on Monday for our family's restaurant, Big Mama's, and I guess it was a good thing." "Laura was telling us to roll him over and to lift his head to clear his air passage," says Smith. "We were panicking and she was calm and constantly telling us what to do for him." "All I could think was get him to breathe, don't let him die. I don't want him to die.'" said Alexander. Due to the aid of Alexander, Smith and Harrell, the paramedics arrived to find Rowland breathing and transported him from the high school. "These kids saw the benefit of training up close and personal and saw how confidence in the techniques and methods of care are important. It was of obvious benefit to me," says Rowland, "but it is a great benefit to our staff and students to have the type of students at ECHS that know how to and are willing to step up and be responsible when needed."
"She was my guardian angel that day, my hero." says Rowland.
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