‘Every minute matters’: Greendale officer survives cardiac arrest after wife performed CPR on date night

GREENDALE, Ind. — For more than two decades, David Schwarz has been accustomed to responding when someone else needs help.

But on Aug. 31, the veteran Greendale police officer suddenly became the one who needed saving.

Michael Kasten, a cardiac surgeon at St. Elizabeth Healthcare, said the chain of events before David reached the hospital was critical.

“This is a remarkable story,” Kasten said.