Casey baseball coach helps save teen’s life after going into cardiac arrest

Kansas City, MO – CPR saves lives.

First responders say that all the time, but now, some Kansas City baseball coaches already understand, after using life-saving techniques to revive a teenager in cardiac arrest.

A simple baseball lesson turned into a harrowing experience on August 3. That was when Davis Dwight, 17, was taking a lesson at the Mack-N-Setz Baseball Center in the Martin City neighborhood. Coaches said they thought he was joking when he suddenly collapsed, but Blue Valley High Jr. quickly went into cardiac arrest.

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Davis’ mother Ashley Dwight said the coaches began CPR quickly and called first responders.

“He said he was all blue and he was gone a little bit,” Ashley Dwight said. “I remember hitting the ground. I just screamed to God. I couldn’t believe it. You can’t wrap your mind around that they’re doing CPR on your 17-year-old son.”

Those coaches, including retired Kansas City Royals catcher Mike McFarlane, pressed the teenager to the chest for 12 minutes until help arrived. Davis spent six days in the hospital before being released. McFarlane, who owns Mack-N-Setz, said he learned CPR at an early age, and he could watch the teen fight for his life while the coaches worked to save him.

“If he’s fighting, we’ll keep going because it wasn’t like he was completely out of it. His eyes rolled in the back of his head,” McFarlane told FOX4 on Monday.

“I was shouting his name and clapping his hands as much as I could, trying to get a response. It was nice to see the first responders coming and they took immediate action,” said Nick Crouch, Mack-N-Setz Director of Baseball Operations.

Davis’ mom said doctors are still not sure what caused his collapse that day, but so far, they are encouraged by his progress. She also says that she is determined to play in Blue Valley again, but without people trained in CPR, her story could have been completely different.

“We’re a total ‘this could happen to you’ family. We don’t have any heart problems. We’re just that family. He’s an active healthy kid and if this happened to us, it could happen to you too.” . We should all be aware,” said Ashley Dwight.

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Ashley Dwight works as a Realtor in the Kansas City area. She stated that her broker’s employees plan to hold a CPR training session for several members of their staff in the near future, inspired by the event and Davis Dwight’s promising future.

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