SINGAPORE - Postal services provider Singapore Post has equipped some of its vehicles with defibrillators as part of a Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) programme that gets first aid-trained drivers to quickly respond to cardiac arrest cases. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE - Postal services provider Singapore Post has equipped some of its vehicles with defibrillators as part of a Singapore Civil Defence Force programme that gets first aid-trained drivers to quickly respond to cardiac arrest cases.
He said responders who are in the vicinity and able to help, can quickly proceed to the scene, perform CPR, and administer the AED on the victim. “Together, they are part of more than 130,000 CFRs registered on the myResponder app. Last year, these CFRs responded to over 60 per cent of suspected cardiac arrest cases activated by the SCDF,” added Dr Faishal.
The vehicles are equipped with AEDs and first aid kits provided by Temasek Foundation, and fire extinguishers from SingPost.The SingPost delivery drivers participating in the AED-on-Wheels programme had all signed up voluntarily. The delivery driver said he witnessed a traffic accident, which involved a pedestrian, some time back.
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