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A female nurse from Nghe An province performed rapid CPR to save a tourist who had a cardiac arrest in the middle of Hoa Lu ancient town.

Thanh Chung DNUM_AFZAIZCACF 16:58

Nurse Phan Thi Thuy Hoa (working at the Anti-Poison Department, Nghe An General Hospital) promptly and successfully resuscitated a tourist who suffered a cardiac arrest while visiting Hoa Lu ancient town, Ninh Binh province.

At around 10pm on August 2, while visiting Hoa Lu ancient town, Ms. Phan Thi Thuy Hoa saw many people gathered in a crowd, shouting on the street. Ms. Hoa approached and saw an unconscious tourist lying on the ground.

Nurse Phan Thi Thuy Hoa gives first aid to a tourist who suffered a cardiac arrest in Hoa Lu ancient town, Ninh Binh province. Video Clip: NVCC

Immediately, with a sense of responsibility, skills, and experience as a medical staff, Ms. Phan Thi Thuy Hoa approached the victim. Upon checking, she found that the victim had lost her femoral and carotid pulses. Ms. Hoa promptly performed external cardiac compressions to save the patient.

With skillful techniques, calmness and determination, Ms. Phan Thi Thuy Hoa helped the victim restore circulation, thereby saving the victim's life before local medical forces arrived to respond.

Ms. Phan Thi Thuy Hoa shared: I am a medical staff (18 years of work experience, 5 years in the Poison Control Department,Nghe An General Friendship Hospital), having participated in emergency treatment for many patients at the department, I am very confident in performing emergency treatment for patients.

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Nurse Phan Thi Thuy Hoa takes care of a patient at the Poison Control Department, Nghe An General Hospital. Photo: Thanh Chung

As soon as she saw the patient unconscious, Ms. Hoa's first thought was to check his condition.patientand tried to save their lives. Only after the patient regained a pulse, regained consciousness, and the local ambulance arrived did she leave.

Ms. Phan Thi Thuy Hoa's life-saving action has been widely spread and shared on social networks and received many positive responses and praise from the people./.

Thanh Chung