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Seguin lawmaker Edmund Kuempel collapses in Capitol elevator
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Contributor | DFWDem |
Last Edited | DFWDem May 13, 2009 07:59am |
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Media | Newspaper - Dallas Morning News |
News Date | Wednesday, May 13, 2009 01:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | By EMILY RAMSHAW / Austin Bureau
AUSTIN – State Rep. Edmund Kuempel collapsed in a Capitol elevator on Tuesday night and was rushed to Austin's University Medical Center at Brackenridge.
The lawmaker who helped resuscitate him said Kuempel had regained a pulse by the time he left the Capitol by ambulance but was not breathing on his own.
Kuempel, 66, R-Seguin, was found by a Capitol staffer on the floor of the elevator. It's unknown how long he was in the elevator before he was found.
Rep. John Zerwas, R-Richmond, an anesthesiologist who was called to help revive Kuempel about 10:15 p.m., said he was unconscious and had no pulse.
Zerwas and paramedics used CPR and a defibrillator to resuscitate Kuempel, shocking him eight times before they established a steady pulse. |
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