All the factors pointed at cardiovascular arrest . Mr. Bartel was taken to the Emergency room of one of Tampa's hospitals where he was quickly attended by a group of professionals who saved his life. Two days later one of the school teachers entered the classroom and notified the class that Mr. Bartel had a pacemaker which is an
artificial pacemaker is a small, battery-operated device that helps the heart beat in a regular rhythm. Some are permanent (internal) and some are temporary (external). They can replace a defective natural pacemaker or blocked pathway. But this device stopped working the day Mr. Bartel almost dies but were the paramedics the ones who saved him , or what then saved Mr. Bartel ?
Mr. Bartel was leaving the school that day , he was walking to his car in the desolated parking lot of the school when all of a sudden he is strike by a heart attack . Mr. Bartel's heart had stopped working , he had no pulse , and he wasn't breathing either if left there Mr. Bartel would have died . Due to the lack of oxygen the brain was receiving but fortunately there were three people who saw what was happening to Mr. Bartel and they quickly realized something must be done now Besides calling 911 this three people knew Mr. Bartel was an elderly man who without their help wouldn't have survived this . This group of people composed of the school deputy sheriff , the school chef and a student of the school all together rushed to the scene where the victim in this case the science teacher had fallen to the ground they practiced C.R.P on Mr. Bartel , The student was the first one to arrived to where Mr. Bartel was , he immediately started practicing cardiopulmonary resuscitation to the body of the victim . Paramedics took 10 minutes and 55 seconds to arrived to the scene .
This amount of time is fatal for the human brain , oxygen in blood has to be circulating often and shall not be stopped however when Mr.Bartel's heart stopped pumping blood to the rest of the body there was no chance to survive ten minutes and fifty five seconds without the circulation of blood , brain cells would have died and soon Mr. Bartel would have died as well. The student paid closely attention to his health teacher while he was explaining how and why c.p.r is important , he learned how to practice c.p.r on someone , This wonderful fact was the main reason why Mr. Bartel survived to this heart attack. Once the paramedics arrived they mobilized Mr. Bartel to the closest hospital he was held there for the rest of the day . Mr. Bartel had entered a comma from which no one knew if he would come out from . For unknown reasons Mr. Bartel was moved to The University Community of Tampa , where he permanently is , No visitors are allowed . After a short interview in the school with a teacher who was in charge of informing the school and Mr.Bartel's students about his conditions we asked her " In what conditions is Mr. Bartel ? " she replied to us that Mr. Bartel was OK and that he was now conscious , which means he was no longer in comma , However .... He will be getting a surgery . That is everything we know right now about Mr. Bartel . Without the help of that student who practiced C.P.R on Mr. Bartel , he would have died no matter what .
It is very sad and unbelievable that most adults don't really know how to properly practice cardiopulmonary resuscitation , Now picture yourself in the student's place that day when an elderly man was suffering a heart attack , you don't know how to practice C.P.R on a victim and you are afraid of doing it wrong and possibly breaking the victims ribs . In this case you would have let the victim died , you wouldn't have been able to save Mr. Bartel's life . So think about , you never know when or where or on who you will be practicing Cardiopulmonary resuscitation , or maybe you'll be the victim of a heart attack but if there is no one who knows and does step ahead and practices C.P.R on you , you could die right there . Just like this student helped and saved Mr. Bartel's life that day you could one day either save someone's life or due to the lack of knowledge don't save that person's life , don't let this happen to you . There is time for you to learn but there is not time for you to lose when a victim is strike by a heart attack .
Mr. Bartel is still hospitalized in University community hospital , His diagnostic is publicly unknown . Leaving your comments will help and if you feel like you want to know more about this story which is based on a real life situation which took place in a high school of the city of Tampa Florida the 26th of April, please don't hesitate do send me an e-mail to Antonio_m_Urdaneta@yahoo.com which I'll read and answer your concerns about Mr. Bartel's condition.
This article was written to commemorate the heroic acts of those who saved Mr. Bartel's .
