On a normal day, athletic trainer Maria Rosanelli is used to handling the everyday tweaked ankles and other minor injuries, but what happened next was anything but normal.
Her quick reaction when a student collapsed on the football field is what saved his life that day. He was unresponsive, not breathing and didn’t have a pulse.
After performing CPR and using an automated external defibrillator, Rosanelli saved the student’s life, executing her job in such a way that would make all trainers across the country proud.
The University of Kansas Hospital president and CEO, Bob Page, recognized Rosanelli for the extraordinary care she provided that day at the 101 Awards benefitting The University of Kansas Hospital on Saturday night.