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CPR Training System to be Installed in Public Phone Booths in Seoul

CPR Training System to be Installed in Public Phone Booths in Seoul

SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Fire and Disaster Headquarters said Thursday it had established a partnership with KT Linkus, the operator of public pay phone networks, to raise public awareness about cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). As part of this collaboration, KT Linkus will set up an automated CPR training system at various [...]

Immediate CPR Doubles Survival Rate for Heart Attack Victims: KDCA

Immediate CPR Doubles Survival Rate for Heart Attack Victims: KDCA

SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A person experiencing a heart attack has twice the likelihood of survival if they receive immediate cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), a government survey showed Wednesday. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) conducted a survey of 17,596 individuals who had heart attacks and were transported to a hospital. The [...]

S. Korea Less Adept at CPR Compared to Other Advanced Nations: Report

S. Korea Less Adept at CPR Compared to Other Advanced Nations: Report

SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — While more South Koreans now perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) compared to the past, they still lag behind the U.S., Britain, Japan and other major countries, a lawmaker said Tuesday. Rep. Nam In-soon of the Democratic Party referred to a Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KCDA) report that South Korea’s CPR [...]

Deadly Crowd Crush Spurs People’s Interest in CPR

Deadly Crowd Crush Spurs People’s Interest in CPR

SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The recent deadly crowd crush in Seoul sparked widespread interest among South Koreans in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) that can help save lives during cardiac emergencies. Videos from Saturday’s accident during Halloween festivities in Itaewon, which left 155 dead, showed not only rescue workers but also ordinary people desperately giving [...]

Asan Medical Center Introduces VR Platform for Heart Resuscitation Training

Asan Medical Center Introduces VR Platform for Heart Resuscitation Training

SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A new education program to teach cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) has introduced a virtual reality (VR) platform to adjust to the pandemic era. Asan Medical Center in Seoul said Tuesday that it introduced the country’s first VR-based training program for CPR to cope with contact restrictions to prevent the spread of COVID-19. [...]

Smart CPR Manual Comes in Moving Picture Format, First in S. Korea

Smart CPR Manual Comes in Moving Picture Format, First in S. Korea

CHUNCHEON, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The Gangwon Fire Headquarters announced on Tuesday that it had developed the nation’s first smart cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) manual in a moving picture format as part of efforts to contribute to enhancing the survival rate of cardiac arrest patients as well as to raise public awareness about the four [...]

National Fire Agency Issues ‘Heart Saver’ Certificate to Citizens Who Saved Lives Through CPR

National Fire Agency Issues ‘Heart Saver’ Certificate to Citizens Who Saved Lives Through CPR

SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Fire Agency announced on Wednesday that it had issued ‘heart saver’ certificates to 251 citizens responsible for conducting a successful heart resuscitation on emergency patients. Quick emergency measures by witnesses are crucial to saving a patient experiencing cardiac arrest. The agency has been issuing certificates to citizens [...]

National Fire Agency Launches CPR Awareness Campaign

National Fire Agency Launches CPR Awareness Campaign

SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Fire Agency (NFA) will hold a week-long “Heart Racing 100″ campaign from Monday to make cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) fun to learn. The campaign will proceed with a “Heart Racing Dance,” which expresses cardiopulmonary resuscitation methods. Users will post short video of themselves dancing on Tik Tok, the [...]

Firefighter Receives Recognition from Animal Protection Agency After Resuscitating Cat

Firefighter Receives Recognition from Animal Protection Agency After Resuscitating Cat

CHUNCHEON, Mar. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean firefighter received a plate of appreciation from an animal protection agency on Thursday after rescuing and reviving a cat found at the site of a fire. Fire Capt. Park Min-hwa, leader of a rescue team at the Chuncheon Fire Station, received the plate from Cho Hee-kyung, [...]