A high school senior from Las Vegas died days after suffering cardiac arrest at school.
Jordan Brister, 18,“experienced cardiac arrest"while at Amplus Academy on Jan. 3, according to a statement from the school.
Amplus Academy said in their statement that staff gave the senior “emergency medical attention” before he was transported to Southern Hills Hospital, where he died on Sunday.
“The Amplus community sends our love and condolences to the Brister family as well as to all of Jordan’s family, friends and acquaintances,“the school saidMonday in a post on social media.
Jordan Brister.GoFundMe
Family members said Brister had no known medical history and did not do drugs, per the outlet.
The Clark County Coroner’s Office is investigating Brister’s exact cause of death, according to KSNV.
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Brister, an organ donor, was kept in the intensive care unit at Southern Hills Hospital and Medical Center until Sunday, KLAS reported.
“It was our honor to care for Jordan Brister,” the hospital wrote. “Jordan, We honor you ❤️.”
Counseling has been made available at Amplus Academy in wake of Brister’s death, according to the school’s statement.
Additionally, more than $41,000 has been raised througha GoFundMe campaignfor Brister’s family.
“Words cannot express what the Brister family is going through and there will never be enough answers as to why this has happened,” a page on the fundraising site says. “He was an amazing kid who loved life to the fullest.”
Brister was the first of two Clark County students who died last week.
Last Thursday, 16-year-old Ashari Hughes collapsed around 7:30 p.m. local time whilecompeting in a flag football game, according toThe Las Vegas Review-Journal. The sophomore from Desert Oasis High School died at the hospital later that evening.
source: people.com
