An athletic trainer and two students from Beckman High School are being hailed as heroes after they sprung into action to assist the campus’ walk-on coach who collapsed during a football game.
This week, Tustin Unified School District administrators, school board trustees and the Rotary Club of Tustin-Santa Ana gathered to recognize Logan Post, an athletic trainer from Beckman High, and students Frederick Kweon and Owen Kelso for their life-saving efforts.
The two students were attending the game at Citrus College as part of their sports medicine internship course, a program that is available through the district’s Applied Medical CTE Pathway and dual enrollment program at Irvine Valley College. They were shadowing and learning from Post, who is also an associate faculty member at the community college, on the sidelines when the coach fell to the ground and stopped breathing.
According to the district, Post began administering chest compressions while Kelso grabbed a face mask and Kweon performed rescue breaths. The students also worked together to locate and use an AED — or automated external defibrillator — to resuscitate the coach before paramedics arrived and transported him to a nearby hospital.
“You hope you never have to deal with emergency situations like this,” Post said, “but when they do come up you also hope that your training takes over. The way Freddie and Owen stepped up was incredible, and I’m thankful they were able to use those skills in a real and meaningful way.”
Here are the other stories we’ve been following this week:
- Award-winning actor Edward James Olmos shared stories of his upbringing and career in hopes to inspire students from OCDE’s Alternative Education division as they build upon their own personal and academic journeys.
- The Raise Foundation shined a light on the Orange County School Nurses Organization and the dedication its members have put into keeping students safe and healthy.
- Anaheim Union High School District students are growing produce and learning how to address food insecurity through the Magnolia Agriscience Community Center.
- More than 5,000 people attended the annual Orange County Children’s Book Festival to take in the storytelling stage presentations, book selections, music performances and activities on Oct. 1.
- A free novel-based curriculum developed by four educators from OCDE’s Alternative Education division has been utilized in classrooms in more than 30 states.
- A retired federal judge filed a civil lawsuit against an Orange County Board of Education member, as the Voice of OC reported.
- A Newport Beach student has provided nearly 18,000 free meals a month for about 75 families in need through her small home bakery.
- The Orange County Voters of Registrar has until Nov. 8 to validate the signatures gathered for the recall effort of two Orange Unified School District Board of Education trustees.
- Orange County school districts are working to comply with new state legislation by either assessing or implementing gender-neutral restrooms on campus for student usage before the 2026 deadline, as reported by the Los Angeles Times’ Daily Pilot.
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