Quick thinking and team work saved the life of Anthony English, a 62-year-old paraprofessional working in a prekindergarten class at P 10 at PS 304 in the Bronx. The staff’s training in handling medical and other emergencies helped them to respond calmly and effectively to a co-worker who collapsed in the classroom.

The dramatic events unfurled at 10 a.m. on April 23. Ifeakanwa Butler, the school nurse, said she heard Daphne Obas, the teacher of the pre-K class, calling for her in the hallway.

“I ran to her classroom, and I saw Mr. English slumped in a corner of the floor,” Butler said.

By that time, the security guard had called 911 and other teachers had fetched Robert Singleton, a paraprofessional working with a special education class in another part of the building. Obas and Singleton had taken the children to another room.

“It was apparently a heart attack,” Singleton said. Maura Haggerty, the P 10 unit coordinator, and a security guard helped Butler stretch English out on the floor so Butler could administer CPR, after two other teachers, Nancy Rice and Mary di Paola, cut English’s shirt open.

“We do training all the time,” Haggerty said. That training helped everyone do their part to help stabilize English.

“I was doing compressions on him; then Robert came back in and also did compressions,” Butler said. Rice called for the defibrillator in the hallway, she said.

Butler said after she administered the first “shock,” she could see that English was “back.” Within a few minutes, EMTs and firemen arrived, and English was rushed to St. Barnabus Hospital in an ambulance. He is now recuperating at home.

For their quick action and teamwork, the teachers and staff at P 10 were honored in a small ceremony on June 5.