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Teen Boy Who Fainted Playing Basketball Revived By Police, Bystander In Somerset County Teen Boy Who Fainted Playing Basketball Revived By Police, Bystander In Somerset County
Teen Boy Who Fainted Playing Basketball Revived By Police, Bystander In Somerset County A bystander helped police revive a 15-year-old boy who fainted during a recreational basketball game in Somerset County. The incident occurred at the Auten Road Intermediate School on Auten Road in Hillsborough Township around 6 p.m. Saturday, police said. The teen had become unresponsive, had no pulse, and stopped breathing after fainting during the game. A bystander started performing CPR on the teen shortly before police arrived and administered one shock with a defibrillator. The teen eventually regained a pulse and started breathing on his own once again. He was then taken to Robe…

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by Valerie Musson