CPR Archives

14 April 2025

Malaysia

Malaysia’s Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Survival Below 5%: Study

A study shows low survival to hospital admission for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Malaysia at 4.8% overall: Penang (6.7%), Klang Valley (4%), Sarawak (1.3%). Median time from arrest to 999 call: 20 min, median time for ambulance arrival after: 17 min.

8 October 2024

Malaysia

Don’t Fear Lawsuits From Performing CPR: IJN Doctor

If you know CPR, don’t hesitate to do it, says an IJN physician. No legal action has ever been taken against someone performing CPR in Malaysia, and it can increase survival chances by three to five times. “If you know how, just do it.”

27 February 2023

Malaysia

MOH Improving Ambulance CPR SOP To Avoid Repeat Of ‘Past Incidents’: Deputy Minister

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".

21 July 2022

Letter

Learn Hands-Only CPR To Save Lives During The Covid-19 Era – Dr Yap Jun Fai, Prof Dr Moy Foong Ming & Dr Lim Yin Cheng

You should provide hands-only CPR if you are not trained in conventional CPR.

1 July 2022

Malaysia

First Aid Basics – A Day At St John Ambulance Malaysia

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

Malaysia

Bystanders Should Perform CPR To Boost Victim’s Survival Chances, Say Emergency Doctors

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.

24 June 2022

Malaysia

MMA Demands Independent Probe Into HRPB’s Ambulance Response

MMA says the death of a teacher in Ipoh, Perak, raises concern on whether proper procedure was followed in the emergency medical response.

23 June 2022

Malaysia

MP: Are Public Ambulance Services Also Withholding CPR Outside Ipoh?

Dr Kelvin Yii calls for a nationwide review to ensure that the case of HRPB’s ambulance response team allegedly withholding CPR from a patient who collapsed is not happening elsewhere.

22 June 2022

Malaysia

Ipoh Teacher Dies In Ambulance Response That Allegedly Skipped CPR

A medical assistant from Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital’s ambulance team didn’t perform CPR on a man who collapsed or remove him from his car, claiming his body turned cold (algor mortis), despite arriving within 20 minutes from the time of collapse.

Tag: CPR

Malaysia’s Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Survival Below 5%: Study

Don’t Fear Lawsuits From Performing CPR: IJN Doctor

MOH Improving Ambulance CPR SOP To Avoid Repeat Of ‘Past Incidents’: Deputy Minister

Learn Hands-Only CPR To Save Lives During The Covid-19 Era – Dr Yap Jun Fai, Prof Dr Moy Foong Ming & Dr Lim Yin Cheng

First Aid Basics – A Day At St John Ambulance Malaysia

HRPB Justified Paramedic Withholding CPR With 15-Minute Cut-Off Point, Says Victim’s Family

Bystanders Should Perform CPR To Boost Victim’s Survival Chances, Say Emergency Doctors

MMA Demands Independent Probe Into HRPB’s Ambulance Response

MP: Are Public Ambulance Services Also Withholding CPR Outside Ipoh?

Ipoh Teacher Dies In Ambulance Response That Allegedly Skipped CPR

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