If you see someone fall, perhaps as a result of a heart attack, what can you do while you wait for the doctor to come?

Chen Wenqiaochu set a good example when he was 14. He performed CPR(心肺复苏) on a cleaner at his school, saving the man’s life in 2013.

According to medical experts, there is a “golden period”, the first four minutes of a heart attack, when CPR is most helpful in saving a person’s life. On August 24, the Chinese government asked all public schools in the country to provide first-aid courses, including CPR training, as part of health education.

To perform CPR, all we need to learn is how to decide if a person is unconscious (失去知觉的), where to press on the patient’s chest, and how to blow air through the mouth and into the lungs. However, less than 1 percent of Chinese adults have learned this skill, while many have never heard of it.

A study found that although 64.6 percent of schools have opened health education courses, the teaching results are not good. Zhao Shengyu, 18, a graduate from a Shandong high school, described her first time to be taught CPR in the class. “No model, video or practice was included. I realized there were lots of mistakes in the acts that I had learned after I was trained another time in a medical school,” she said.

Ding Banghan, a doctor, is a strong supporter for bringing CPR knowledge into the classroom. “The first-aid course in schools is important for its popularization,” said Ding, according to Guangzhou Daily.

A fire started on some grasslands near a farm. The fire department (消防队) was called to put out the fire. But the fire was more than the fire department could deal with, so someone suggested that a nearby volunteer group should be called.

Even though there was some doubt that the volunteers would be of any help, the call was made. The volunteers arrived in an old fire truck.

They rushed straight toward the fire, drove right into the middle of the fire and stopped! The volunteer firefighters jumped off the truck and started spraying (喷) water in all directions. Soon, they put out most of the fire.

Watching all of this, the farmer was touched that the volunteer firefighters were so brave. He was thankful that his farm was saved. He gave the volunteers with $100,000 to express his thanks.

A local news reporter later asked the volunteer fire leader what they planned to do with the money. “That’s clear,” he replied. “The first thing we’re going to do is to fix the brakes (刹车装置) on our fire truck! …” “Hahaha!”