SINGAPORE — When my husband and I lit a lavender-scented candle in our bedroom last year, we thought it would help us unwind, relax and sleep better. The candle turned out to be a fire hazard.
SINGAPORE — When my husband and I lit a lavender-scented candle in our bedroom last year, we thought it would help us unwind, relax and sleep better.
Knowing that we could have become another fire statistic recorded with the Singapore Civil Defence Force made me uneasy. Even today, I can still recall my panic and feeling of helplessness at the time because I did not know what to do. The emergency preparedness training programme is free for everyone from Singaporeans to foreigners who are 13 years old and above.
They include basic firefighting, first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation plus automated external defibrillator skills. The session took about three hours but it went by quickly because there were so many interesting things to learn. A hands-on demonstration on how to stop excessive bleeding using improvised first-aid skills was especially interesting.
Mr Mohamed Yam the trainer said that the survival rate of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest cases in Singapore is around 26 per cent, but with early CPR and paired with the use of AED, the chances of survival increases by two times or more.SCDF said that this is the recommended method for untrained people or general public because it eliminates the hesitation of performing mouth-to-mouth resuscitation with a stranger.
Mr Mohamed Yam said that there is a possible risk of a rib fracture during CPR, particularly in older adults. However, he also pointed out that without help, the person has no chance of surviving. For the device I used, it comes with sticker pads that are self-adhesive. We are taught to wipe the casualty’s chest dry if there is perspiration or moisture before applying the pads. Moisture reduces how well the pads stick to the chest wall and this can affect how effective the AED shocks are.when to deliver the shock, if needed.
Last year, a total of 3,489 people responded to minor fires and suspected cardiac arrest cases. This is about a 30 per cent increase from 2,673 individuals in 2021.It is not necessary to have prior training to be a Community First Responder, but being equipped with the necessary skills will help people be more confident when managing minor fires and helping suspected cardiac arrest victims.
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