For Mark Moon, the band room has always been a place filled with music and long hours of practice. But in April, it became the scene of a life-threatening medical emergency.
During class, Mark suddenly collapsed after going into cardiac arrest. While the moments remain a blur for him, school staff immediately sprang into action, performing CPR and using an automated external defibrillator, or AED, before paramedics arrived.
"I feel like it was absolutely the difference maker," Mark said. "I might not have been here if it weren't for them."
"I left the band room down what we call the VAPA quad as quick as possible, into the arena and right to the elevator, which I knew would be waiting for me," Underhill said.
Dr. Ernesto Rivera, a pediatric cardiologist treating Mark, said sudden cardiac arrest cases involving children are rare but can happen without warning.
According to the American Heart Association, an estimated 7,000 children suffer an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest every year.
"If there are just more people that know how to do CPR, then that will give you extra time to get to an AED," Rivera said.
"I think the main thing that has changed for me is how I value time," he said. "I think that incident really put into perspective how valuable time is."
On Tuesday, eight staff members from West Park High School were honored during a Roseville Joint Union High School District board meeting for their life-saving actions during the emergency.
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