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Ken Jeong uses medical training to help audience member

07 of May 2018

FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2016, file photo, Actor Ken Jeong participates in the BUILD Speaker Series to discuss his television series "Dr. Ken" at AOL Studios in New York. Jeong was a doctor before he became a comedian. That training came in handy when an audience member began having a seizure while Jeong was performing at a comedy club in Phoenix on Saturday, May 5, 2018. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File),FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2016, file photo, Actor Ken Jeong participates in the BUILD Speaker Series to discuss his television series "Dr. Ken" at AOL Studios in New York. Jeong was a doctor before he became a comedian. That training came in handy when an audience member began having a seizure while Jeong was performing at a comedy club in Phoenix on Saturday, May 5, 2018. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Ken Jeong's medical degree is nothing to laugh at. The comedian's training came in handy Saturday when an audience member began having a seizure while Jeong was performing at a comedy club in Phoenix. Jeong and an emergency medical technician in the audience helped the woman until paramedics took her to a hospital. There was no immediate word on the woman's identity or condition.

PHOENIX (AP) — Ken Jeong’s medical degree is nothing to laugh at.

The comedian’s training came in handy Saturday when an audience member began having a seizure while Jeong was performing at a comedy club in Phoenix.

The actor’s representative, Michelle Margolis, confirmed reports that the 48-year-old Jeong and an emergency medical technician in the audience helped the woman until paramedics arrived. She was taken to a hospital. There was no immediate word on the woman’s identity or condition.

Jeong has appeared in “The Hangover” movie franchise and TV’s “Dr. Ken” and “Community.”