GIRL COLLAPSES, DIES ON CAMPUS SCHOOL OFFICIALS DIDN'T TRY TO REVIVE STUDENT, PARAMEDICS CLAIM.Byline: Lisa Van Proyen Staff Writer RESEDA - Coroner's officials were investigating the sudden death of a 13-year-old student at the Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies (also Sherman Oaks CES or SOCES) is a (magnet) public school in the San Fernando Valley, Southern California, United States. on Tuesday afternoon. The eighth-grader, identified as Vanessa Escobedo of Sylmar, was walking toward the cafeteria cafeteria: see restaurant. when she fell face-down at the Erwin Street school, officials and witnesses said. ``She was walking out to lunch and the student just collapsed,'' said school Principal Larry Rubin. ``It's an absolute tragedy. It just rips your heart out.'' Coroner's officials were trying to determine the cause of the girl's death. The principal said the girl had dizzy spells a couple of months ago. Her parents took her to a doctor, who prescribed pre·scribe v. pre·scribed, pre·scrib·ing, pre·scribes v.tr. 1. To set down as a rule or guide; enjoin. See Synonyms at dictate. 2. To order the use of (a medicine or other treatment). vitamins for a nutritional deficiency. A Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. spokesman said paramedics arrived at the school Tuesday within five minutes of a 911 call at 12:38 p.m. They found school officials standing around the girl. Paramedics believe school officials should have tried to revive To renew. For example, revival is the act of renewing the legal force of a contract or debt, either by acknowledging it or by giving a new promise, when the contract or debt is no longer a sufficient foundation for a lawsuit because it is barred by the running of the Statute her, fire officials said. ``The paramedics' greatest concern was the lack of participation in the life-saving activities by the school officials,'' said Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Fire Capt. Tim Quinn Tim Quinn is an Australian politician. His reign as Brisbane's Lord Mayor was one of the city's shortest. Quinn, part of the left wing faction of the Australian Labor Party, came to power after a factional deal by party officials following popular Lord Mayor Jim Soorley's of Station 93 in Tarzana. When the two paramedics and a paramedic-in-training arrived and assessed the girl, she had no pulse, was not breathing, and was still lying face down, said Quinn, who was also at the scene. ``Nobody was doing anything. All the student body was out, and they didn't do anything. They just watched her lie there,'' Quinn said. Several students who saw the girl fall acknowledged that no school officials attempted life-saving techniques. ``Probably everyone's trying to point fingers,'' said Rubin, who added that he did not see the collapsed teen-ager until after paramedics arrived. A crowd of students joined hands on an outdoor stage on campus and prayed for their classmate as firefighters worked in an effort to save her. The school's psychologist met with the victim's close friends and the principal held a meeting after school to talk to her teachers and other staff members. More counselors will work with grieving grieving Mourning, see there students today, Rubin said. ``It's a tragic loss for the whole school, the community and the family,'' the principal said. ``Especially with the loss of someone who's so young and has so much to live for.'' |
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