{"id":43138,"date":"2025-01-28T13:50:39","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T13:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=43138"},"modified":"2025-02-27T19:03:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T19:03:44","slug":"asthma-can-be-fatal-remembering-ryan-gibbons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=43138","title":{"rendered":"Asthma can be fa>>>>>>>>>>>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"520\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-1220.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-1220.png 520w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-1220-244x300.png 244w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Asthma and every attack have the potential to be life-threatening. The sudden and tragic death of 12-year-old Ryan Gibbons is a stark reminder of that.Ryan was an energetic boy who loved motorbikes and hiking in the woods \u2013 but a fatal mistake would soon take his life. Back in 2012, he suffered an asthma attack\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Back in 2012, he suffered an asthma attack at school.He could have simply used his inhaler at the beginning of the episode, but the life-saving device had been taken from him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On October 9, 12-year-old grade 7 student Ryan Gibbons went to school \u2013&nbsp;just like any other day<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, that day he wouldn\u2019t return home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ryan suffered an asthma attack while playing soccer &nbsp;in school and was unable to reach his rescue medication, which was locked in the school office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The suffering boy needed his inhaler to open his airways and allow him to breathe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But it was his school\u2019s policy to keep the inhalers locked in the principal\u2019s office and spare inhalers were&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lung.ca\/lung-health\/lung-info\/impact-lung-disease\/asthma-can-be-fatal-remembering-ryan-gibbons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">repeatedly confiscated<\/a>&nbsp;from Ryan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A group of Ryan\u2019s friends tried to carry him to the office during the attack, but the boys couldn\u2019t get to the inhaler in time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ryan passed out and never was revived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-1221.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-1221.png 768w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-1221-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-1221-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=43121\">ALSO READ&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asthma and every attack have the potential to be life-threatening. The sudden and tragic death of 12-year-old Ryan Gibbons is a stark reminder of that.Ryan was an&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43139,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43138"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43138"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52075,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43138\/revisions\/52075"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/43139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}