Overview
- A Prairie Ridge High School runner collapsed during a Fox Valley Conference meet at Huntley High School in the northwest suburbs.
- Athletic trainers and staff started CPR as an automated external defibrillator that can shock a stopped heart was rushed onto the track.
- Two off-duty Palatine firefighter-paramedics, Andy Milewski and Lt. Scott Hayden, left the stands to assist alongside school staff.
- An AED shock restored a pulse, the teen regained consciousness, and he was taken to Northwestern Medicine Huntley Hospital in stable condition.
- Huntley fire and school leaders credited training and quick access to AEDs, and officials noted county work on PulsePoint AED mapping to help bystanders find devices faster in future emergencies.