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Christian Barton, 30, who was fielding a ground ball at second base at a Patchogue softball field , collapsed as he was about to throw the ball.
The officers, Paul Schreiber and Edward Ryby, and a Patchogue Village public safety officer Jim Mylett responded Saturday night to the 911 call from Shore Front Park in Patchogue.
Schreiber, who was only three blocks away when he received the call, arrived first. Barton’s teammates were already performing CPR.
“As soon as I got there, his teammates were waiting for me,” Schreiber said. “Nobody was panicking, which helped the situation tremendously.”
They rolled Barton on his back and used a defibrillator to monitor his condition. Mylett and Ryby arrived shortly after and took over the CPR.
The Patchogue ambulance arrived and transported Barton to Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center, where he was held in the emergency room for two hours. He was then transferred to Stony Brook University Medical Center and was sedated overnight, according to Barton’s cousin Brian Jenkins, 26, of Amityville.
As soon as yesterday evening, Barton, of Spar Drive was breathing on his own and laughing with his two young sons, according to Jenkins.
“I’m just so happy we were all able to help,” Schreiber said. “That’s why they call them teammates. It was a complete group effort.”
