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Parents tell Onslow County board concussion protocols, emergency response failed in recent student incidents
Summary
Two parents told the Onslow County Board of Education that recent on-campus medical incidents — including a Dixon High School athlete who died and a separate near-fatal concussion — exposed gaps in athletic medical staffing, ambulance presence and communication with families. They urged the district to review protocols and staffing.
At the Onslow County Board of Education meeting, parents described recent on-campus medical emergencies and urged the district to review concussion and emergency-response protocols.
The parents said the incidents involved high-school and middle-school athletes. Tiffany Kirkpatrick, introducing herself as a Dixon High School parent, said a 15-year-old football player suffered breathing problems in the school weight room in October; she said the player’s mother called 911 only after finding her son “purple,” and that the player later died. Kirkpatrick told the board that school staff discouraged players and parents from discussing the incident publicly and that the player was not honored at team…
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