Texas history teacher Adam Compton is alive today thanks to the quick actions of his students, who used their CPR training to help him when he went into cardiac arrest during an after-school club meeting.
Compton expressed his gratitude to the students, saying, “I’m just eternally grateful. That’s what it comes down to.” He also thanked student Steven Amaro and athletic trainer Amanda Boyd for their help in saving his life.
Compton sponsors an after-school skate club at MacArthur High School in San Antonio and was present with the group when he collapsed.
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Teacher Adam Compton is “eternally grateful” after students and an athletic director helped save his life. (Fox & Friends Weekend/Screengrab)
“I felt myself kind of snap out of what felt like a daydream, which alarmed me. I’m supposed to be there watching the students, so I asked one of them, ‘How long have I been out?’ He said, ‘A few minutes,’ and that’s the very last thing that I remember,” Compton recalled.
Luckily, Compton was surrounded by students who were prepared to help him. Some got the athletic trainer, Boyd, while others called 911.
When Boyd arrived, Compton was unresponsive. She immediately started CPR, knowing it was his only chance of survival.
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An ambulance arrives at the scene at the San Antonio high school where Compton went into cardiac arrest. (Fox & Friends Weekend/Screengrab)
Amaro, a senior at MacArthur High School, had recently become CPR-certified and, along with junior Aidan Anthony Gonzalez, used the defibrillator to revive Compton with Boyd’s guidance.
“Once the paramedics arrived, I let them take over, and I took the boys to the side to process the situation,” Amaro shared with Fox News’ Carley Shimkus.
CPR training is compulsory for Texas students in grades 7-12.
Compton has returned to school and is back to his normal routine.
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