Completion of drill to make GPS first public Heart Safe school in state
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From left to right, teacher and coach Nancy Lockmon, Principal Chris Pietrzak, Hamilton County deputy sheriff Drew Scott, counselor Ashley McCarter and paraeducator Karissa Bish observe and take record as teacher Dani Trosper performs CPR and preschool teacher Amy Wilson stands by to deliver shocks by automated external defibrillator. The members of the Emergency Response Team took turns with CPR in order to continue the quality of the action for the drill for Project ADAM Heart Safe program.
An 18-year-old student collapses on the floor near the restrooms at Giltner Public Schools at around 1:05 p.m. He is unresponsive, not breathing and has no heartbeat. School staff members have just seconds to respond while waiting for emergency services, first from Giltner and then Aurora.
This is the type of scenario that school nurse Kaylee Harmon and the GPS Emergency Response Team -- which includes Supt. Nick Mumm, principal Chris Pietrzak, teachers Nancy Lockmon, Dani Trosper, Amy Wilson, paraeducator Karissa Bish, counselor Ashley McCarter, Hamilton County emergency manager Kirt Smith, Hamilton County deputy sheriff Drew Scott and Giltner Fire Chief Brad Consbruck -- drilled for.
The successful completion of the drill on Nov. 29 was the final requirement for GPS to join the Heart Safe School program through Project ADAM, the first K-12 public school in Nebraska set to receive the designation.
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