Around 9:30am on April 23rd, 2020, occupational health nurse, Yun-Jie Zeng at Plant 2 of OPTC was notified of a medical emergency. A security staff (the patient) had fainted at the security room at Gate 2. The Division Chief dialed 119 immediately, and sent for first responders at the main control room to deliver automated external defibrillator (AED). Zeng arrived at Gate 2 and conducted a preliminary examination. At that time, the patient’s face had darkened with upward deviation of the eyes. He was throwing up undigested food, unresponsive, unconscious and without vital signs. It was extremely urgent. Zeng immediately administered chest compression and CPR. She used the AED to resuscitate the patient 3 times while continuing the chest compression until the ambulance arrived. When the patient was ushered to the emergency room, the diagnosis was acute myocardial infarction, a heart attack. After resting for half a month following the surgery, the patient finally fully recovered and returned to work.
The staff that accompanied the patient to the hospital relayed the emergency doctor’s compliment on the timeliness of the emergency treatment, which saved the patient’s life. After he returned to work, he visited Zeng in person to thanked her.
Zeng’s composure and making the right call saved the patient’s life. Her action, which is exemplary, won praise from the emergency doctor. She was also publicly recognized with an Honorable Mention for the Initiative category of the Far Eastern Spirit Award. In addition, Zeng also dedicates herself to conducting first aid training and health promotion activities. The most notable are the CPR and ARD trainings. Staff who completed the training went on to win the second place in CPR and AED contests for OPTC in the 2020 Supplier Firefighting Competition in Guanyin Industrial Park.