Student’s health emergency compels Legislature to invest in planning, training
Image
Reagan Herrman, a 15-year-old Emporia resident, survived an episode of cardiac arrest during a 2023 basketball game. (Max McCoy/Kansas Reflector)
Teen cardiac arrest survivor Reagan Herrman strives to bring lifesaving care to peers
TOPEKA—Reagan Herrman’s heart condition remained hidden until halfway through a summer youth basketball game at Washburn University when she became short of breath and struggled to reach the team’s bench.
“I went behind the bench, because my coach was also my dad. He told me to go walk, to walk it off. So I did and…