emergency medical response Archives

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.

27 June 2022

Malaysia

Khairy: HRPB To Explain Contested Ambulance Response To Victim’s Kin

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

Malaysia

HRPB Defends Paramedic, Patient Pronounced Dead In 10-Minute Response Time

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.

24 June 2022

Malaysia

Kula: Ipoh Residents Worried, HRPB Must Suspend Paramedic Pending Probe

Ipoh Barat MP M. Kulasegaran says there is a “serious trust deficit” in Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital, as he calls for inquiry findings on Kumaraveloo’s case to be made public.

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: emergency medical response

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

Khairy: HRPB To Explain Contested Ambulance Response To Victim’s Kin

HRPB Defends Paramedic, Patient Pronounced Dead In 10-Minute Response Time

Kula: Ipoh Residents Worried, HRPB Must Suspend Paramedic Pending Probe

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

Ipoh Teacher Dies In Ambulance Response That Allegedly Skipped CPR

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