16 March 2023
Dr Zaliha Mustafa attributed the MOH’s inability to meet its KPI to staffing shortages and a lack of ambulances, with the ministry having procured only 590 units despite needing 1,100 for optimal service.
Tag: ambulance response team
27 February 2023
Deputy Health Minister Lukanisman tells Ipoh Timor MP Howard Lee, who asked if MOH has a policy allowing CPR to be withheld if the ambulance arrives more than 15 minutes from an emergency call, that MOH is improving the CPR SOP to avoid a repeat of "past incidents".
24 August 2022
The Academy of Medicine Malaysia’s 2016 guidance on emergency services for out of hospital cardiac arrest will be used to develop a new prehospital care policy for all MOH's ambulance response units.
8 July 2022
Ampang Hospital ETD head Dr Ridzuan Mohd Isa is chairing the independent inquiry into Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital's ambulance response in Kumar’s case, with committee members including forensic experts and cardiologists from hospitals outside HRPB.
1 July 2022
DRSABCD of basic life support: Danger (ensure safe to help), Responsiveness (check for response), Shout for help, Airway (cover the airway), Breathing (assess for normal breathing), Compression (CPR), & Defibrillation (assess need to shock).
29 June 2022
Malaysia
HRPB Justified Paramedic Withholding CPR With 15-Minute Cut-Off Point, Says Victim’s Family
Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital (HRPB) admits that its medical assistant’s algor mortis finding in the case of Kumaraveloo Terpari @ Thirupathy was inaccurate.
28 June 2022
Public emergency specialists say paramedics, based on international guidelines, may withhold CPR from cardiac arrest victims if their body is cold and stiff and if bystanders did not perform CPR earlier, exceeding the survival window.
27 June 2022
Khairy Jamaluddin says the proposed meeting tomorrow between the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital director and the victim’s brother in the April 13 case can be the “start of the conversation”.
24 June 2022
MMA says the death of a teacher in Ipoh, Perak, raises concern on whether proper procedure was followed in the emergency medical response.
24 June 2022
Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital claims its paramedic followed the Academy of Medicine of Malaysia’s guidelines, even though the guidelines do not list algor mortis (body turns cold) as a situation when CPR can be withheld from a cardiac arrest victim.