Overview

• Pan, a 42-year-old university medical instructor, teamed with a local doctor to administer nearly ten minutes of CPR to a collapsed woman in Hengyang on July 12, restoring a weak pulse before she was hospitalized.
• Rescue footage that circulated on Chinese social media prompted users to accuse Pan of improper hand placement during the chest compressions.
• Pan has publicly defended his technique, stating his hands remained on the woman’s sternum and no medical staff identified any errors.
• A teachers’ union completed an internal review and no legal action has been taken as several bystanders and witnesses voiced support for Pan’s intervention.
• The episode has reignited calls for clearer Good Samaritan protections in China and raised fears that unverified online allegations could deter future lifesaving aid.