HOUSTON -- Lamar High School officials used one of the school’s new defibrillators to help revive a 10^th Grade football player who collapsed on the field.

The football players were in the outfield grass of the baseball field and had just started to stretch in preparation for the practice when the 15-year-old student collapsed Monday morning. School officials said he appeared to have some sort of seizure, and then his heart and breathing stopped.

One of coaches helped revive the student with a defibrillator, while another performed CPR. 

“Our staff moved very quickly to help the student,” said Dr. James McSwain, who is the principal of the school. “The defibrillator was right there as planned, and our staff did a great job in using their training to help the student.”

Head Football Coach Tom Nolen said his entire staff had just undergone recertification in CPR last week.

HISD is one of the few school districts with defibrillators available at every campus. Larger schools, like Lamar, have several defibrillators, and coaches are instructed to keep the defibrillators nearby in the case of emergency.

The student was in stable condition at a local hospital Monday afternoon.