[단독] "눈을 뜨세요!"...멈췄던 심장 뛰게 한 '시민 영웅들' / YTN

[Anchor] A man in his 50s who suddenly collapsed on the street due to acute myocardial infarction was saved by citizens. Citizens who performed CPR themselves, rather than neglecting their neighbors, and the fire department's video call system that assisted them played a crucial role. This is reporter Kim Young-soo reporting. [Reporter] A man walking down the street with a suitcase suddenly collapses head-on. Startled citizens gather around the man. [Jeong Kang-hoon / First Reporter: The whites of his eyes were white and he was vomiting blood.] After a brief hesitation, a citizen checked the man's consciousness, knelt on the floor, and began compressing his chest. [Lee Jong-hyeon / Citizen performing CPR: His limbs were twisted, and one arm was inside his body. There was a clear sign that he had fallen on his head.] After another citizen called 119, remote emergency treatment began via video call with the fire department control room. [Kim Mi-young / 119 Emergency Response Team Member, Seoul Disaster Prevention Center: Please perform chest compressions at my pace. One! Two! Three! Four! Five!] While wiping the man's bloody face, two civilians took turns providing first aid, and an ambulance arrived. [Citizen: He fell forward and isn't breathing.] He was followed by three more electric shocks and intravenous drips. Fortunately, his breathing and pulse returned, and he was immediately transported to the hospital. [Choi Yeong-seok / Fire Chief, Nowon Fire Station, Seoul: I believe the initial call was made quickly, and bystanders performed appropriate chest compressions, allowing him to be resuscitated.] The "golden time" for saving a cardiac arrest victim is just four minutes. After this time, even if the heart recovers, there's a high risk of brain death. Thanks to the efforts of civilians and paramedics, 55-year-old Kim Yong-ho, who collapsed from acute myocardial infarction, regained consciousness three days later. [Kim Yong-ho / Ambulance Transport Patient: Thanks to that person, I found a new life. If that person had ignored me and gone, I wouldn't be here now. I'd be underground. I'm incredibly grateful.] The kindness of citizens who quickly helped their neighbors, not ignoring their difficulties, made the heart of a dependable father with two siblings and a wife beat again. This is YTN's Kim Young-soo [[email protected]]. ▶ Original article: http://www.ytn.co.kr/_ln/0103_2017050... ▶ Tips: http://goo.gl/gEvsAL, Mobile App, [email protected], #2424 ▣ Subscribe to YTN YouTube Channel: http://goo.gl/Ytb5SZ [ Korea News Channel YTN ]