Glynn County schools recognize officers, trainers and hospital staff after two life‑saving responses

The Glynn County Board of Education on Oct. 14 recognized school resource officers and school and hospital personnel for two separate life‑saving responses earlier this year.

Assistant Superintendent Steve Waters told the board that on Aug. 11 Lieutenant Skoggin and Lieutenant Spalding responded to a single‑car crash behind Brunswick High School and “found the driver unresponsive, not breathing and with little to no pulse.” Waters said the officers “quickly identified the driver was overdosing on opioids” and that “Lieutenant Scoggin administered 2 doses of Narcan, which revived the driver and likely saved her life.”

Waters also praised the district’s partnership with the local health system and school safety investments, saying overdose emergency kits had been issued to school officers earlier in the year and that “to our knowledge, 1 of these kits was utilized that very day to save this lady's life.”

The board also honored staff involved in an April incident in which Brunswick High School defensive coordinator Thomas Tedder experienced a sudden cardiac arrest during spring football practice. Waters described the response timeline: “the first coach reached him within 10 seconds” and the athletic trainer “was in him within 30 seconds,” activating the emergency action plan, initiating CPR and using an automated external defibrillator. Waters said the trainer “had to shock coach Tedder twice, to get him back to life and get a weak pulse before the EMTs got there.” He said the interval from collapse to ambulance transport was “within 10 minutes.”

Coach Thomas Tedder spoke at the meeting and described his recovery in religious terms: “God was definitely in control that day. Everything was just godly and just spirit led… I'm just thankful to be still here.”

Hospital staff who support the schools—identified at the meeting as Paul Trumble, Dr. Sasser and Rebecca Joyner—were introduced by Waters as part of the partnership the district credited for supporting athletic trainers and coaches. Hunter Gantez, identified as the athletic trainer who administered the shocks, was singled out as “the hero of the day.”

The board’s recognitions underline the district’s emphasis on preparedness: Waters said training, emergency action plans, AEDs and newly issued overdose kits were credited with enabling the responses that saved lives.

Board members and district leaders stood for photographs after the recognitions and thanked the responders and hospital partners for their work.