"Last week before the Camarillo-Oxnard football game was about to begin with the kickoff, athletic trainer Jessica Fortner of Oxnard noticed a Camarillo coach on the sideline suffering what she judged to be a seizure. Fortner, 34, who used to run track at Oxnard, sprinted across the field as players looked on. She helped get defensive coordinator Tim Murphy on his side and began to render aid along with Camarillo's athletic trainer and two EMTs who are Camarillo coaches. An ambulance arrived within three minutes."
"Last month quick action by the soccer coach at San Clemente and the athletic trainer using an AED machine helped save a coach in cardiac arrest. And last spring, the athletic trainer at Culver City helped save a track athlete who went into cardiac arrest. Murphy was back on the sideline coaching on Thursday night. He said tests were negative, but he plans to have additional tests taken. "I was very lucky to do it where I was," Murphy said."
An Oxnard athletic trainer, Jessica Fortner, recognized a Camarillo coach experiencing what she judged to be a seizure just before a Camarillo-Oxnard football kickoff and sprinted to provide care. Fortner, 34, assisted in positioning defensive coordinator Tim Murphy on his side and rendered aid alongside Camarillo's athletic trainer and two EMTs who coach for Camarillo; an ambulance arrived within three minutes. Recent similar interventions included a San Clemente soccer coach and athletic trainer using an AED to save a coach and a Culver City athletic trainer saving a track athlete from cardiac arrest. Most Oxnard Union High School District schools have athletic trainers via St. John's Regional Medical Center and Dignity Health.
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