"Instant Intuition": Two Off-Duty Nurses Save Unconscious Man in His 50s Who Collapsed on Subway

Immediate Emergency Response After Patient Was Discovered

A cardiac arrest patient who collapsed in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province, was saved thanks to the swift emergency response of two off-duty nurses.

Nurse Kyeongmin Oh from Kangbuk Samsung Hospital (left) and Nurse Yebon Jo from Inha University Hospital. Yonhap News, Bucheon Fire Station

According to Yonhap News Agency on July 22, Bucheon Fire Station announced that at around 11:22 p.m. the previous day, a man in his 50s, referred to as Mr. A, was found collapsed without consciousness or respiration in a state of cardiac arrest on a train running near Songnae Station on the Gyeongin Line (Seoul Subway Line 1) in Bucheon City.

Nurse Kyungmin Oh from Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, who was on the train at the time, along with other passengers, moved Mr. A to the Songnae Station platform.

Nurse Oh then began cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) together with Yebon Jo, a nurse from Inha University Hospital who happened to be waiting for the train. They continued emergency measures using an automated external defibrillator (AED) installed at the station.

Although both were off-duty, they immediately recognized the emergency and initiated rescue efforts.

Thanks to their emergency response, Mr. A regained spontaneous circulation and was transported to the hospital by the 119 emergency medical team. The patient is currently receiving treatment at the hospital.

Choi Joon, Chief of the Bucheon Fire Station, stated, "CPR performed before the arrival of the 119 emergency medical team is what creates the most critical golden time," adding, "We are continuously providing training so that any citizen can perform CPR and use an AED."

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