High school student saves a passenger who collapsed on a bus right after school CPR training

It has been reported that a high school student saved a passenger who collapsed from cardiac arrest on a city bus in Tongyeong, South Gyeongsang Province, through CPR. Myeong Wooseok, a secondyear student at Geoje Technical High School, faced a real emergency just hours after receiving CPR training at school. The incident occurred around 5 p.m. on the 16th inside Bus No. 100, which was passing near Jinnam Elementary School. While preparing to get off, Myeong noticed unusual signs in a passenger seated in front and immediately alerted the driver. The bus pulled over to the shoulder, and Myeong began chest compressions on the passenger who had been laid on the floor. About a minute later, the passenger's breathing briefly returned, but then stopped again. A 119 paramedic team that arrived shortly after used CPR and an automated external defibrillator to restore the pulse. The patient was transported to a nearby university hospital and is receiving treatment, and the situation at the time was recorded on the bus's CCTV. A paramedic said that initial treatment is extremely important for cardiac arrest patients and praised Myeong's swift response. Myeong said that in an emergency, anyone is reminded of their family, and he hopes more people will learn CPR.