60s Woman Eating Rice Cake Suffers Cardiac Arrest... 119 Video Call Saves Stopped Heart

Prevented Condition Worsening with Video Call First Aid and Revived Life with On-Site Rescuer CPR

A paramedic from the Gyeongnam Fire Headquarters is conducting a 119 video call simulation.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Saeyan] It was recently revealed that a woman in her 60s who collapsed and went into cardiac arrest while eating rice cake was revived through a 119 video call.

On January 26, the day of Jeongwol Daeboreum, an urgent emergency call was received at the 119 Comprehensive Situation Room reporting that someone had "collapsed while eating rice cake."

The 119 call handler requested dispatch to the nearby Gimhae Jangyu 119 Safety Center and connected the caller to the Emergency Situation Management Center, which provides video medical guidance.

At the time of the incident, firefighter Jeong Geunji, the counselor on duty, discovered traces of foreign substances around the caller's mouth through the video call and guided Heimlich emergency treatment.

The caller followed the counselor's instructions to perform abdominal thrusts and back blows.

An official from the province stated, "Because the caller followed the instructions well through the video call, the situation was prevented from worsening until the paramedics arrived."

Subsequently, paramedics arrived at the scene and revived the patient, who had no consciousness or breathing, through cardiopulmonary resuscitation and high-flow oxygen administration.

The patient is currently in a recovered state.

The Provincial Fire Headquarters has been providing video call emergency treatment guidance since April 2019 for conditions requiring immediate emergency response such as cardiac arrest, bee stings, and snake bites.

Last year, a total of 303 video guidance sessions were conducted. Among them, 155 cases involved cardiac arrest and airway obstruction, saving the lives of nine residents.

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