Chaminade University Students Act Fast to Save Visitors Life

3/17/2011

HONOLULU—March 8, 2011—Chaminade students Mosana Evagelia, Emmanuel Jimenez, Santashia Perales-Manoa, Treston Silva, Annastasia Thomas, and Glenn Yri will be honored by the City Council on Wednesday, March 16, starting at 8:30 a.m., at Honolulu Hale for their rescue efforts of a visitor. They will meet with Mayor Peter Carlisle later. Councilwoman Ann Kobayashi initiated the city resolution in light of the heroic and quick actions of the six students, who worked as a team to save the life of Bobby Command when he suffered a sudden cardiac arrest/ death on February 5.

Command, a Kamehameha Schools parent, had been on the shared campus of Chaminade University/ Saint Louis School to attend a high school basketball event. Students witnessed Command’s collapse in a secluded area near Clarence T. C. Ching Hall. Conscious and talking, Command said everything was all right, but Jimenez and Silva, both 18, stayed with him. Command then passed out. Students called 911, instructions were followed, and other students joined to help. Glenn Yri, 19, performed CPR after he realized Command’s pulse had stopped. Students flagged down the ambulance, which had parked several buildings away, and directed it to the right spot. The EMTs took over and were able to restart Command’s heart by using an Automated External Defibrillator (AED).

According to his doctor, Command’s heart had stopped for 10 minutes as recorded by his pacemaker. It was only through timely chest compressions, which had kept blood pumping to his brain and throughout his body, was he able to survive without any damage. A Big Island resident who is the executive assistant for Mayor Billy Kenoi, Command is married with three children. Command and his wife have personally expressed their gratitude to the Chaminade students. For the Command family and students, February 5 can now be considered Bobby Command’s second birthday.

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