High School Trainer Saves Student Athlete with AED During Football Game

Quick Action in Emergency

• 🎯 Sad Raja Belly, an assistant athletic trainer and science teacher at Trinity HS, demonstrated his readiness during a football game.
• ⚡ During a game against Haltom City, a seventh-grade player collapsed on the sideline, requiring immediate intervention.

AED Deployment and Response

• 🚑 Coach Roger Belly retrieved one of the school's AED machines to respond to the unresponsive player.
• 💡 He administered the AED, ensuring everyone was clear and allowing the device to analyze the player's heart rhythm and advise on a shock.
• ✅ The player was described as unresponsive before the AED was administered.

District-Wide Preparedness

• 🏥 HBISD is highlighted as one of the first Texas school districts to implement a cardiac emergency response plan in partnership with the American Heart Association.
• 🏫 This plan extends district-wide, aiming to train students from fifth grade onwards on AED usage and CPR, using mannequins in adult mode.
• 📈 Superintendent Harrington aims to increase the number of AEDs throughout the district, emphasizing preparedness as a core responsibility.

Positive Outcome

• 🌟 The quick actions of Coach Roger Belly, including administering CPR and using the AED, are credited with a positive outcome for the student.
• 💖 The seventh-grader is expected to live a long and healthy life thanks to the preparedness and swift response during the emergency.