DRIFTWOOD — Keri Barfield treats every day as a gift after recovering from cardiac arrest more than a month ago.
At 7:12 a.m. May 7, North Hays County EMS received a call that a woman — Barfield, who was walking her dogs like she does every morning — was not conscious, but breathing at the time that she was found passed out in the street. Once the medics were enroute, battalion chief Scott Robinson said they received updated information that a passerby, who was out there with her, had found her lying near the edge of the street and she was having difficulty breathing.
Approximately four minutes later, Barfield had stopped breathing and Hays County Sheriff’s Office dispatchers were providing CPR instructions over the phone, Robinson continued. A nurse practitioner was driving by, saw what was going on and stopped to initiate bystander CPR at 7:18 a.m. The ambulance and North Hays County Fire Engine 62 arrived at 7:20 a.m., the medic crew advised at 7:22 a.m. that CPR was in progress and then, six minutes later, they had gotten a pulse back.
