CPR Saves C. Milton Basketball Player's Life After Collapse
A 17-year-old student collapsed at a basketball game Thursday night.
A C. Milton Wright girls basketball player collapsed on the sidelines during a game Thursday evening, but was successfully revived by fast-acting staff and law enforcement. Around 7:17 p.m. Thursday, the 17-year-old girl stopped breathing and was without a pulse, according to Edward Hopkins, spokesman for the Harford County Sheriff's Office. "It was initially reported that the victim may have fallen backwards off a chair and it was believed she may have suffered a head injury," Hopkins wrote in an email to Patch. A sheriff's deputy on detail for the game noticed the team, coach and girl's mother huddled at one end of the gym and rushed over, noting it looked the girl was having a seizure, Hopkins said. Someone began CPR and a Maryland …
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7:50 pm on Sunday, January 6, 2013
Special Thanks to CMW head coach Marvin Evans for his quick response and giving the young lady CPR! Our prayers are with the entire family! more ›