Facebook Post Leads to Positive District Improvement

You never know if something you post just might save a life

Last week Dondi Cappuccilli a local parent and Facebook friend posted a link to a story and video, ‘Teen’s cardiac arrest and lifesaving rescue caught on tape’. Above the link Ms. Cappuccilli added the comment, “Glad to see a happy ending! These things are so important…..and they are all over. The (AED) machines walk you thru the steps so even if you have not had training you can still help!”

I watched the video and was so impressed at how well each of the coaches, staff, and administration immediately took action and saved this young student’s life. As a swim coach, I have to get certified in CPR and safety regularly and what we learn and putting it into action is critical to saving lives.

As I often do I shared the post with our Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, Director of Student Services and our Student Health Specialist. I knew we had good procedures in place, but I know it is never a bad idea to see if through additional information we can improve.

I first received an email back from our Student Health Specialist, Pamela Carnevale RN,BSN who said she too had seen the video on Facebook and the story. She wanted me to know that she had scheduled a meeting to discuss and share the video with the other district’s nurses who teach CPR. I was pleased, but honestly not surprised as our school district is like that. It is made up of parents, community and caring people that always strive to be better.

Today I got an email note from Mike Mullen, Assistant Superintendent;

“Thomas,
As a result of the email / video you sent we have decided to have all sports teams do at least one drill during the first week of each sport season to ensure they are familiar with their Emergency action plan. It was clear the coach (in the video) was successful due to knowing what to do quickly, thanks for sharing!
Mike”.

I want to publicly thank Dondi Cappuccilli, Pamela Carnevale, and Mike Mullen for the role they played in bringing this issue forward which potentially could save additional lives.

“You all rock!”

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