Tag: prehospital care

28 June 2022

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.

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.

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: prehospital care

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

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

Ipoh Teacher Dies In Ambulance Response That Allegedly Skipped CPR

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

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

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