prehospital care Archives

10 March 2023

MOH’s Perak Ambulance Service Stops Written Death Verification For Next-Of-Kin To Avoid Lawsuits

In Dec 2022, JKN Perak ordered the ambulance service by MOH hospitals and PKDs statewide to stop providing deceased emergency cases' next-of-kin the Death Verification Form to avoid "medicolegal" issues. MOH staff on site will only verbally declare death.

29 September 2022

Malaysia

Ipoh GH Requires Court Order For Patients’ Lawyers To Get Medical Records

Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital (HRPB) says a patient’s medical record is "government property" and that providing copies of medical records and information related to a patient, including ambulance calls, to a lawyer without a court order is prohibited.

29 July 2022

Malaysia

HRPB Doctor Under Police Probe Over Complaint On Ambulance Response

An external inquiry agreed that the paramedic who attended to Ipoh teacher Kumaraveloo Terpari “should have done” CPR, but reportedly said the MA wasn't in the "right mindset".

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.

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

MOH’s Perak Ambulance Service Stops Written Death Verification For Next-Of-Kin To Avoid Lawsuits

Ipoh GH Requires Court Order For Patients’ Lawyers To Get Medical Records

HRPB Doctor Under Police Probe Over Complaint On Ambulance Response

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

Johor MB Reveals Ward, OT Closures At Sultan Ismail Hospital From Doctor And Nurse Shortage

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STAR Project Cuts Non-Critical Emergency Cases At HTAR By 32%

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