OT: G.P. South Coach comes back from the dead. Literally.
This is an amazing story on its own, but since it happened at my long-ago alma mater Grosse Pointe South, it was even more noteworthy to me.
Moral of the story: all high schools should have AED equipment on hand, and it's also critical to have trained people at hand too.
February 7th, 2020 at 2:49 PM ^
Can you paste a gif from an iPhone on this stupid site?
February 7th, 2020 at 2:57 PM ^
No. Neither can you from an iPad. Frustrating.
February 7th, 2020 at 2:59 PM ^
And in this thread, LongLiveBo dies during his first reply but is revived to make a second!
February 7th, 2020 at 3:15 PM ^
The Undertaker gif has nothing on me!
February 7th, 2020 at 2:56 PM ^
Username checks out.
February 7th, 2020 at 5:12 PM ^
Fitting that LongLiveBo tries to post a comment about an AED.
February 7th, 2020 at 3:07 PM ^
The coach is also a referee and once ejected me from a game years ago. Now, his wife actually works for me as an interventionist.
Crazy you bring this up today, because I ate lunch with his wife today and talked about all of this. She stated that there were 3 miracles that day. The moment when people saved his life in the gym, the doctors who saved his life in the hospital when he had cardiac arrest, and the fact that his artery was 100% blocked, but they were able to go through his arm and clear his artery 100%. His heart is working great. He is back to coaching and reffing and back to work.
Just from knowing his wife they are an incredibly giving individuals. Very humble, caring, compassionate people. Big in their faith community, volunteer extra in the schools, and the list goes on. Prayers of thanksgiving continue to be given on them getting a second go at life.
February 7th, 2020 at 3:12 PM ^
Did you deserved to get kicked out of the game by him?
February 7th, 2020 at 3:17 PM ^
Yes. I was a young coach at the time. Actually wasn’t originally mad at him. It was a situation where I had a player in the floor and I called timeout right as a tie up happened. He called a jump ball. We were just making a comeback but running low on time. I was frustrated so I kicked a chair. He gave me a technical and then I said “what would you rather of it been you?”
We laugh about it now
February 7th, 2020 at 5:10 PM ^
i think i found the video of that night, Q....
February 7th, 2020 at 3:18 PM ^
From his description, they sound like great people - so yeah, I'd say Q deserved to be tossed. LOL!!
Good luck to the coach in getting back to full heath!
February 7th, 2020 at 3:16 PM ^
Here beside St. Claire's blue waters stands our tower bold....
February 7th, 2020 at 9:42 PM ^
And our noble alma mater, glo’rious to behold...
February 7th, 2020 at 11:55 PM ^
That is my Alma mater and I played (watched from the bench) football. and I don’t remember that song. I am also old and I forget things. I am impressed.
February 7th, 2020 at 11:56 PM ^
Also those life saving kits should be everywhere and mandatory. This story and the manager kid for Iowa (I think) should be ample proof.
February 8th, 2020 at 6:20 AM ^
I feel a little like Cartman — once begun the song must be finished! Also, I was a choir dork under the one and only Ellen Bowen, (that’s a high quality Google for the uninitiated) and additionally, am impatient, so while the call and response thing would be, shall we say, “kewl”, the rest...
Swell the chorus, let it echo
Raise it to the sky,
Hail to thee, our alma mater,
Grosse Pointe (South) High!
(Parens added for the benefit of Blue Devils before my time, back in those halcyon pre-North days, when many, even non-attendees called our school simply, “The High”.)
February 7th, 2020 at 4:11 PM ^
Good stuff
February 7th, 2020 at 4:38 PM ^
We have AEDs in all our facilities, on all our vehicles, and it is part of the first aid training we get every other year. Totally agree on having them at strategic points in schools too.
February 7th, 2020 at 5:33 PM ^
I took a first aid course a few years ago which included AED training. They are an amazing invention. Even if you've never used one before, if someone collapses and one is available, please use it. They are very user-friendly and cannot do harm if they aren't lined up correctly. Our instructor stressed that point to us strongly.
Didn't they use one on Jiri Fischer when he collapsed at the Red Wings game many years ago? They've saved a great number of lives.
February 7th, 2020 at 5:46 PM ^
He was not Literally dead.
February 8th, 2020 at 7:06 AM ^
so when the engine stops on your car, what do you and pretty much everybody on the planet say?
'my car.....'
February 7th, 2020 at 9:01 PM ^
Wow! I was in the same class as Bob Zaranek at GP North High School.....a loooonnng time ago!
February 7th, 2020 at 9:09 PM ^
Good on everyone who took action to save this mans life. The opposite happened with Zeke Upshaw when he died nearly 2 years ago. I saw the video of that incident before it was taken down and the lack of action by team trainers and paramedics was pathetic. This was at the time that CTE and concussion was heavily discussed in the media. From the reactions of everyone involved a concussion was probably on their minds instead of going thru the ABCs of lifesaving. From the following litigation it became apparent that life saving defibrillation or even CPR had not been attempted until precious minutes had passed.
https://www.si.com/nba/2018/06/01/zeke-upshaw-nba-g-league-pistons-wrongful-death-lawsuit-analysis
February 7th, 2020 at 9:15 PM ^
Tragically, one of the natural responses of untrained personnel in this situation is to not lay a hand on someone needing CPR or defibrillation. AEDs are simple enough that I believe my 9yr old can operate one. First aid with CPR and AED training should be a requirement to graduate high school. The life you save is likely a family members.
February 8th, 2020 at 12:16 AM ^
His wife said today when I ate lunch with her “the first miracle was that there were people in that gym who knew what to do to save his life”
February 8th, 2020 at 7:05 AM ^
she's right. can you imagine if that same event happened on some random non-game night? say he was at practice, its 5 or 6 pm and the school is cleared out except for some kids down one hall doing band practice, maybe the swim team far away doing their gig, and a bunch of freshmen girls watch their coach keel over and face plant in the middle of practice?