The first signs of trouble
It was January 15, 2021 and Christine and Brian were staying at a Harvest Host camping area located 25 miles south of Wilcox, Arizona. This particular Harvest Host location at Birds & Barrels Vineyards was gorgeous and remote, about a 35- to 40-minute drive to the nearest hospital.
At the vineyard campgrounds, Karen Schluter, a healthy 52-year-old, told her husband, Jeff, that she had chest discomfort and thought it was likely another anxiety attack, like the one she had when her father died a few years ago.
Suddenly, Karen collapsed in her husband’s arms, unconscious and unresponsive to his pleads.
“My husband heard the screaming and said to me that it ‘sounds like a medical issue,’” Christine recalled. Brian then ran toward
the commotion and saw a person lying on the floor not moving. He immediately returned to their RV and yelled to Christine, “we need the AED”.
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