Dear Band Family,
I wanted to take a moment to give everyone some updates on yesterday’s unfortunate events. At the SJ Regional Championships, we had two students develop medical issues during the performance. I want to thank the two families for granting me permission to share the details of the situation for everyone’s knowledge and closure. One student passed out; the other had a seizure. As we entered the 3rd segment of the show, we noticed that a student had gone down. Our priority was to get them to safety as soon as possible. As soon as we noticed the student was down we ran onto the field and lifted her up and took her to the track area. Once there, the onsite EMT came in. We also had several medical professionals jump in to offer assistance. The student’s parents were with us immediately as well. When the student was stabilized, I was able to return my attention to the performance on the field as they needed assurance that things were OK. As we entered the final moment of the show we had a second student go down. We immediately ran out to protect the student and surveyed the situation. The second student fell due to a seizure. Additional medical people ran to the aid and stabilized the student. Both parents were on hand as well. The second student was taken to the local hospital for further evaluation. We eventually received reports that both students were OK and doing well. Student one returned to school today.
Never in my 24 years at WDHS had I ever had a situation of this kind. I want to thank everyone who offered help and assistance. The band at large was amazing and handled the situation like true professionals. They stayed calm and reacted appropriately. The positive thing about this situation is knowing that our band is truly a family with genuine care and kindness for each other.
- Mr. Kershaw
I wanted to take a moment to give everyone some updates on yesterday’s unfortunate events. At the SJ Regional Championships, we had two students develop medical issues during the performance. I want to thank the two families for granting me permission to share the details of the situation for everyone’s knowledge and closure. One student passed out; the other had a seizure. As we entered the 3rd segment of the show, we noticed that a student had gone down. Our priority was to get them to safety as soon as possible. As soon as we noticed the student was down we ran onto the field and lifted her up and took her to the track area. Once there, the onsite EMT came in. We also had several medical professionals jump in to offer assistance. The student’s parents were with us immediately as well. When the student was stabilized, I was able to return my attention to the performance on the field as they needed assurance that things were OK. As we entered the final moment of the show we had a second student go down. We immediately ran out to protect the student and surveyed the situation. The second student fell due to a seizure. Additional medical people ran to the aid and stabilized the student. Both parents were on hand as well. The second student was taken to the local hospital for further evaluation. We eventually received reports that both students were OK and doing well. Student one returned to school today.
Never in my 24 years at WDHS had I ever had a situation of this kind. I want to thank everyone who offered help and assistance. The band at large was amazing and handled the situation like true professionals. They stayed calm and reacted appropriately. The positive thing about this situation is knowing that our band is truly a family with genuine care and kindness for each other.
- Mr. Kershaw
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