Lindsey was in his office around 6:30 a.m. when others on the track got the attention of assistant coach David Arvin.
A man had collapsed during a walk on the Cobb County Lassiter High School ‘s track.
Arvin ran out, and Lindsey and Jim Brown followed.
The coaches started CPR, and deputy Richard Edwards grabbed the automated external defibrillator from the athletic field house.
The stricken man, who has not been identified, was shocked with the AED as emergency responders arrived, following a 6:49 a.m. call to 911.
“When we arrived, he did not have a pulse,” said Denell Boyd with the Cobb County Fire Department.
The man was taken to WellStar Kennestone Hospital after his pulse was detected.
“If there hadn’t been an AED in place and someone trained to use it, the man may not have survived,” Lassiter school nurse Audrey Dinoff said.
