China News Service, Shanghai, October 16 (Reporter Chen Jing) October 16 is "World Heart Restart Day". The "Seven Life-Saving Science Tips to Restart Heartbeat" launch event was held in Shanghai on the same day. Shanghai will use the "Seven Life-Saving Science Popularization Things" as a carrier to build a new social first aid pattern in which "everyone understands first aid, everyone dares to give first aid, and everyone can provide first aid", further promotes the Healthy Shanghai Action, and continues to contribute to the construction of a healthy China. Ge Junbo, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and president-elect of the World Heart Federation, and Olympic champion Zhong Tiantian were hired as Shanghai pre-hospital first aid promotion ambassadors.
Ge Junbo, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and president-elect of the World Heart Federation, and Olympic champion Zhong Tianshi were hired as Shanghai pre-hospital first aid promotion ambassadors on the 16th. (Photo courtesy of Shanghai Health Promotion Center)
"Seven things to popularize life-saving science" include promotion ambassadors showing role models to make first-aid science popularization "powerful"; popular science videos to clarify legal terms so that the public "dare" to rescue; first-aid tools provide standard materials so that first-aid skills can be "learned"; real cases witness the speed of life and death, so that pre-hospital first-aid "rescues" can be achieved, etc.
"Seven Life-Saving Science Popularization Things" focuses on three levels of systematic efforts. First of all, in terms of eliminating concerns and allowing the public to "dare to save", Shanghai's pre-hospital first aid promotion ambassadors inject role models into the popularization of first aid science; relevant departments also released a science popularization video, focusing on popularizing the "good person clause" of Article 184 of the Civil Code of the People's Republic of China - if the recipient is harmed due to voluntary emergency rescue behavior, the rescuer will not bear civil liability, eliminating the public's worries about rescue from a legal perspective.
Secondly, in terms of improving capabilities and enabling the public to "rescue", relevant departments have launched a science popularization toolkit, covering standardized materials such as audio and video, graphic materials, and operation manuals; established a Shanghai pre-hospital first aid science popularization expert group to bring together professional forces in the field of first aid and health science popularization; linked the Shanghai Red Cross, Shanghai Medical Emergency Center, and Shanghai Health Promotion Center volunteers in related fields to establish the Shanghai Red Cross Rescue Volunteer Service Team to further strengthen social first aid forces and conduct training.
Third, in terms of weaving a dense network and making the system "successful", professionals shared successful cases of AED pre-hospital first aid on-site, using real stories around them to strengthen the people's confidence in saving people; at the same time, a health science popularization RAP show with the theme of pre-hospital first aid and AED use was presented, using young and innovative expressions to let the concept of first aid enter the mind and heart.
It is reported that this event is sponsored by the Shanghai Municipal Health Commission, the Shanghai Patriotic Health Campaign Committee Office, and the Shanghai Red Cross Society, and is hosted by the Shanghai Medical Emergency Center and the Shanghai Health Promotion Center. In recent years, Shanghai has included the addition of AEDs into the municipal government's practical projects for the people. In 2025, a total of 8,190 units of equipment were installed, with a total equipment count of 14,420 units, and a configuration of 58.03 units per 100,000 people. In 2026, it plans to add 6,000 more units. It is reported that starting from 2024, Shanghai has listed "training 80,000 certified emergency first responders" as a practical project for the private sector by the municipal government for three consecutive years. The city has accumulated more than 200,000 new certified emergency first responders. The first batch of courses in 2026 were sold out within 24 hours of opening registration. By the end of the "15th Five-Year Plan", Shanghai will be close to 750,000. The "Shanghai 5-Minute Social First Aid" volunteer service public welfare project has also been launched, upgrading the "telephone call for help" to a multi-party "video call for help" to fill the "window period" before the arrival of medical staff.
The organizer stated that pre-hospital first aid is also an important part of the entire first aid system and requires the participation and support of the entire society. The district health committees have implemented their local responsibilities and incorporated AED configuration and first aid training into the overall planning and promotion of regional health work; they have strengthened coordination and linkage with the Red Cross, transportation, education, emergency and other departments, and made good use of the "government leadership, professional support, enterprise empowerment, and social collaboration" mechanism; they have continued to expand social participation and played the exemplary role of promotion ambassadors, science popularization groups, and volunteers. At present, Shanghai has set up 219 emergency sub-stations and has 1,355 ambulances, forming the feature of "rescue upon call, admission upon boarding", and has established a collaborative treatment mechanism with nearly 90 hospitals to achieve seamless pre-hospital and intra-hospital connections.
