Friday, March 15, 2019

Man has responded to more than 20 emergencies on MyResponder app

Source Website: https://www.tnp.sg/news/singapore/man-has-responded-more-20-emergencies-myresponder-app
By Serafina Basciano, The New Paper, 15 March 2019 at 06:00 am


Mr Rex Ang Jia Jie with his first aid kit.
PHOTO: Mr Rex Ang Jia Jie with his first aid kit.
When Mr Rex Ang Jia Jie, 20, responded to the MyResponder app on two occasions, he had expected to find elderly people who had suffered cardiac arrest.
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Instead, Mr Ang, a first-year nursing student at Parkway College of Nursing and Allied Health, was shocked to find kids aged three to six years old who had taken ill.

Not only has he responded to more than 20 suspected cases of cardiac arrest, he also carries a small first-aid kit with him wherever he goes.

For his public-spirited acts, he has been awarded five community first responder awards.

Mr Ang is trained in paediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and has even prepared a bigger first-aid kit at home in case there is an emergency around the neighbourhood.


Every second counts when the heart stops beating, so CFRs like Mr Ang make a huge difference by rendering immediate help. “Most of the time, when I’m activated by myResponder, I will need to perform CPR
PHOTO: Every second counts when the heart stops beating, so CFRs like Mr Ang make a huge difference by rendering immediate help. “Most of the time, when I’m activated by myResponder, I will need to perform CPR,” Mr Ang recounted. In doing so, he increases a cardiac arrest patient’s chances of survival by two to three times.
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When he was 17, he completed a first-aid training course with the Singapore Red Cross Society where he learnt CPR, standard first-aid and how to use an automated external defibrillator.

He told The New Paper: "I've always had a passion to help people, but I didn't know where to start.
"I realised I was a very practical person when it came to helping others, so I thought that learning such skills would definitely come in handy."

MYRESPONDER APP
Once he was first-aid trained, Mr Ang downloaded the MyResponder app.

The app, the result of a collaboration between the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) and the Government Technology Agency (GovTech), was launched in 2015.

SCDF told The New Paper the app was created because they found many of the emergency cases could be quickly attended to by members of the public through simple medical intervention within the critical first few minutes.


SCDF told The New Paper the app was created because they found many of the emergency cases could be quickly attended to by members of the public through simple medical intervention within the critical first few minutes.
PHOTO: SCDF told The New Paper the app was created because they found many of the emergency cases could be quickly attended to by members of the public through simple medical intervention within the critical first few minutes.
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Sisters Quek Gek Ling (left), six, and Gek Boon, eight, learning about CPR from Community Emergency Response Team member Adris Chong at a Hougang block in July. There is greater awareness of the benefits of being trained in CPR, and more schools, community centres and firms are teaching it.
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The app allows SCDF to quickly connect to the public and increase survival rates.

So far, it has more than 40,000 registered respondents, with close to 21,000 responses to cases.

When he arrives at the scene, Mr Ang will either perform CPR or assist paramedics in moving the patient to the ambulance.

He said alerts from the app can come any time, and he will quickly check the location, grab his kit and run out of his home.


Mr Ang said alerts from the app can come any time, and he will quickly check the location, grab his kit and run out of his home.
PHOTO: Mr Ang said alerts from the app can come any time, and he will quickly check the location, grab his kit and run out of his home.
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The first time his parents watched him run out of their flat at 11pm, they were confused.

They are now used to the alert tone and make sure to open the door for him as soon as they hear it.

Mr El-Malique Ghazali, 19, a software engineer at GovTech, told TNP: "It is very encouraging for me, as one of the developers on the project, to see people such as Mr Ang using MyResponder to help the community."

Mr Ang said: "Whether I manage to resuscitate the casualty or not, I really feel like I've done my best. I'm constantly driven by my passion to help and when I respond to a case, I am reminded as to why I do it."


Mr Ang said:
PHOTO: Mr Ang said: "Whether I manage to resuscitate the casualty or not, I really feel like I've done my best. I'm constantly driven by my passion to help and when I respond to a case, I am reminded as to why I do it."

"Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you." (Luke 6:38)
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By Serafina Basciano, The New Paper, 15 March 2019 at 06:00 am
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Reference
[1] Serafina Basciano, The New Paper, Man has responded to more than 20 emergencies on MyResponder app, posted on 15 March 2019 at 06:00 am, https://www.tnp.sg/news/singapore/man-has-responded-more-20-emergencies-myresponder-app


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