In a biology classroom last month, Manzano High School 14-year old freshman Nicholas Roldan almost lost his life.
“I don’t remember anything happening, at all. They said I said I feel weird, then I was out,” said Roldan.
“Two kids ran in and said there’s an emergency next door, we need you,” said Marianne Evans, teacher.
According to Evans, Roldan did not have a pulse an was not breathing. She said she performed CPR for about 15 minutes and there was still nothing.
“He would take a little breath and I’d think we had him, and I kept telling him breathe! Breathe! He just never took another breath after that,” said Evans.
At that time, another teacher rushed in with a defibrillator and shocked him.
“It’s a horrible thing to see. It’s nothing like on TV,” said Evans.
The paramedics finally showed up and was able to bring Roldan back.
“Right before they were going to leave the room, I heard them say, ‘He’s got a pulse,’” she said. “And all I said was, you know, ‘thank God.’”
“I remember just being in the hospital. I’m really grateful that everybody was there to help and that I’m fine now,” said Roldan.
Evans said that the defibrillation was a horrible thing to see but according to paramedics, without it the student would have died.
