Jeonnam Fire Headquarters Awards 'Heart Saver' to 62 People Who Saved 14 Acute Cardiac Arrest Patients

The Jeonnam Fire Headquarters (Chief Hong Young-geun) announced on the 11th that it awarded the ‘Heart Saver Certificate’ to 62 people who saved the precious lives of 14 patients with acute cardiac arrest in the first quarter of this year.

This includes 59 firefighters, including Fire Captain Lee Min-seok of the Fire Headquarters who revived a cardiac arrest patient at the opening ceremony of the Suncheon Garden Expo held last March, and 3 civilians who saved precious lives.

The Heart Saver is one of the honorable symbols of the fire service awarded to those who perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on patients with cardiac or respiratory arrest and revive them.

To revive a cardiac arrest patient, it is necessary to immediately call 119 and perform CPR, continuing treatment until the emergency medical team arrives at the scene.

In fact, looking at this case of cardiac arrest patient revival, a prompt request for emergency team dispatch and active CPR at the scene were carried out when the patient was found, and these factors had a decisive impact on the patient’s revival.

Chief Hong Young-geun said, “The ability to save precious lives was possible because of the quick report and appropriate emergency treatment at the scene,” and added, “As recipients of the Heart Saver award, please make greater efforts to raise public awareness of the importance of CPR.”

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