Cardiac Arrest cases

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Bus passenger grabs wheel after driver collapses

February 21, 2013 - 11:48pm

By: Karen Gwee Sze Chieh Foo Jie Ying

PHOTO: Lianhe Wanbao

When the SBS Transit bus driver suddenly suffered cardiac arrest while driving, a 76-year-old hero stepped up and saved the day.

The man, who only gave his name as Mr Chen, leapt forward and grabbed the steering wheel from the driver.

The bus had already hit a trailer and two taxis, and hit an advertising panel before mounting the curb and coming to a stop.

The situation could have been worse had Mr Chen not gained control of the bus.

Read the full story in The New Paper on Friday (Feb 22, 2013)

 

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NSman suffers cardiac arrest during IPPT training

AsiaOne
Friday, Feb 22, 2013

A Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Operationally-Ready National Serviceman, Lance Corporal (LCP) (NS) Chew Koh Leong, 32, suffered a cardiac arrest today at 7.25pm while performing his IPPT Preparatory Training in Maju Camp.

LCP(NS) Chew had no known prior history of heart disease.

He was successfully resuscitated by an SAF medical doctor and medic, and was sent to the National University Hospital at 7.55pm. He is being treated in the intensive care unit and the cause of his cardiac arrest investigated by NUH specialists.

The SAF is providing assistance to LCP(NS) Chew's family.

 

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10 places for life-saving machines

Tuesday, 19 l 07 l 2011 Source: The Straits Times
By: Grace Chua

Devices at key locations can help lower heart attack deaths

PUTTING machines that jump-start patients’ hearts in 10 key locations around the island could save the lives of more than 30 cardiac-arrest victims every year, according to a senior emergency medicine consultant. Professor Marcus Ong of the Singapore General Hospital carried out research into the best places to install the devices, called automated external defibrillators or AEDs. They include Changi Airport, the Subordinate Courts and tourist hot spots such as Sentosa and the Night Safari. Prof Ong believes the devices can save lives only if they are accessible to the public, saying: “It’s not enough just to have (them) if they’re locked away in a security office somewhere.”

More people should be trained to use the machines, he added. This is because bystanders are present in more than half of cardiac-arrest cases. With the proper training, they could mean the difference between life and death. Every year, more than 1,000 cardiac arrests happen in Singapore. Only 2.7 per cent of victims survive – compared to nearly 20 per cent in the United States, Europe and Japan.

To help save lives, at least 280 AEDs are already installed across the island, according to a voluntary registry kept by the Singapore Heart Foundation. They tend to be located in places such as sports centres and cinemas. The defibrillators cost between $2,500 and $3,000 each, which means placing them everywhere is not practical. Prof Ong scoured the cardiac-arrest statistics from 2001 to 2004 to find the locations where they most occur. At all of the 10 places he identified, at least one person had suffered a cardiac arrest – which means the heart stops beating properly – in five years. This threshold is based on guidelines by the American Heart Association.

Although more than 70 per cent of cardiac arrests in Singapore happen at home, Prof Ong explained it would not be practical to have a defibrillator in every household. It does make sense, however, to put them in high-risk areas, such as those where a lot of elderly people live. For example, Toa Payoh’s Kim Keat precinct last year became the first to have a defibrillator installed. Some residents were trained to use it. Some of the locations Prof Ong highlighted already have the devices, or are planning to install them, a check by The Straits Times found. All Singapore Civil Defence Force ambulances have them. And last month, Changi Airport Group called a tender to supply the life-saving gadgets at its four terminals. The deadline for bids has been extended “due to requests by multiple interested suppliers”, said a note on government procurement website GeBIZ. Sentosa, Suntec International Convention and Exhibition Centre, and the integrated resorts also have publicly accessible defibrillators. Yet buildings are not legally required to have the machines, and there are no guidelines on where to put them.

Asked if there should be a legal requirement, Professor V. Anantharaman, chair of the National Resuscitation Council, said that education and awareness were the most important things. “Whether we have a law or not, what is more important is that people be educated about cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and the proper use of AEDs, and that combining CPR and AEDs can help more people to survive.”

In January, then Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan announced a target of training one million people in CPR by 2020. Over the past few years, the demand for CPR training has gone up. Last year, it rose by a quarter, said the Singapore Heart Foundation. Prof Ong plans to present his research at an emergency medicine conference in Greece in September. “(Surviving cardiac arrest) should not be luck,” he said. “There should actually be a system in place. Such things occur in predictable patterns, so you can identify these places, and put in place solutions.”

Life-saving locations

THESE are the 10 best places to install automated external defibrillators, according to Professor Marcus Ong. He based his research on data from 2,428 patients, collected between 2001 and 2004.

Changi Airport LSubordinate Courts
Singapore Turf Club
Chua Chu Kang Cemetery
Inside SCDF ambulances LImmigration checkpoints
Sentosa
The Night Safari
Ferry terminals
Nursing homes and homes for the aged

 

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Funny how the numberplate of the SBS bus is pixelated

 

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according to a doctor at mount E, every individual's heart is born differently. so even if you may be young, but your heart may have some unknown hidden condition that even the basic cardiogram test may not be able to detect. the best is still not stress your heart too much by going thru unnecessary marathon or long distance running, only do running at your own pace.

i jogged everyday, about 2km, but my beer belly is still there...:(

 

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Thai 'woman' in Zouk cardiac arrest dies

AsiaOne
Thursday, Jan 10, 2013

SINGAPORE: A young Thai man who collapsed after suffering a cardiac arrest at nightclub Zouk's New Year Countdown bash has died.

Mr Anan Tunsuwan, 26, was in a coma for ten days before passing away on Thursday morning at Singapore General Hospital, reported Lianhe Wanbao.

His mother, aunt, two friends and a representative from the Thai Embassy were present.

One of the friends is appealing for eyewitnesses to come forward so that they can understand what exactly happened that night, reported the Chinese evening daily.

Mr Tunsuwan, who was a make-up artist, was dressed in women's clothes while partying with friends at the popular club on Jiak Kim Street early on New Year's Eve.

The New Paper reported that there was redness on his hands, neck and face when he was carried out, unconscious.

Two people were performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on the unresponsive clubber when the ambulance arrived.

Singapore Civil Defence Force paramedics continued to perform CPR all the way to the hospital. Three other clubbers were also taken to the same hospital with minor injuries, a result of a possible crush within Zouk.

But Zouk's management has said that there was no stampede and there was enough staff members spread evenly throughout the entire complex that night.

Partygoers were there for its star-studded New Year Countdown bash, which featured The Trouse Brothers and Australian-born singer and songwriter Emma Hewitt.

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ladyboy ah

 

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take heart at every moment of your life
take life easy
don't sweat the small stuff
you never know when your heart will fail you