MDC North teacher praised for rendering aid to student who suffered seizure in class

A Miami-Dade College guide pulled off a class act when she rushed to help a novice having a seizure Sarah Rollo earned widespread praise when she saved the life of her trainee while teaching a physiology class at MDC North Campus Rollo explained News she noticed something was off about one of her students in the middle of a presentation As soon as she got back to her seat about two minutes into me lecturing the class I started hearing several sounds in the back of the class and I promptly knew she was having a seizure she mentioned Rollo disclosed she recognized the indicators and acted swiftly She was gurgling at first it was kind of like she couldn t breathe and she fell out of the chair she announced and as soon as she fell out of the chair it was kind of like a vomiting situation The facilitator at once helping her aspirant saving her life I had to hold her on her side so that she wouldn t choke on her vomit she noted Thanks to her other job Rollo noted she was able to easily detect the seizure I do work now also in Nicklaus Children s Hospital in the Department of Neurology where we do see patients that have seizures often she revealed The pupil Villelora Melhado Petrie declared she is grateful to be alive I honestly don t remember anything when I had a seizure This is the second time she mentioned I don t remember I blacked out altogether where I don t remember anything or all I remember was just people helping me and I m in the hospital Her professor was at the hospital with her to make sure she was OK She was there with me and she was just like Calm down it s OK you re OK so she made me feel way better explained Melhado Petrie Rollo knew it was the right thing to do It s scary when you wake up in a situation and not knowing where you are or what happened so going above and beyond for her was so that she didn t have to panic afterwards she revealed Melhado Petrie was glad she had someone there by her side There s not a lot of you know professors that are like that out there so just for her to come with me to the hospital really like you know indicated me the type of person she is and how kind and generous she is she mentioned If she didn t step in I don t know what I would do Melhado Petrie revealed the next step forward is to get an MRI and talk to a clinician who specializes in seizures