Heroic NUH Nurse Saved Neighbour With Cardiac Arrest With CPR While In Her 3rd Trimester
As we all know cardiac arrest isn’t something normal and it can really live-risking factor when it comes to this sudden arrest and there isn’t someone who has the basic knowledge on how to save someone during cardiac arrest time is really critical.
Ms. Claudia Tan, a nurse from National University Hospital (NUH) was at home when she attended to 2 emergency calls. With just a san of 3 months, her 2 neighbours from the same unit have suffered heart attacks and it was Claudia who comes to their rescue on saving 1 of them in the process.
SCDF was thanking her for her quick thinking and selfless act. During the incident, Ms Tan was getting ready to work at home when she received a notification on her myResponder App where Ms Tan was just in her third trimester when this happens. A man who lived 2 floors below her has suddenly suffered a cardiac arrest and he was already in a motionless position when she arrives.
Ms Tan with her quick reaction, she performed CPR on him before the SCDF officer brought him to the hospital and the man survived. As Ms Tan received another such notification 3 months later when she was serving her confinement at home, it turns out a lady staying in the same unit also suffered a cardiac arrest and she also did the CPR before the SCDF officers arrive but however the lady did not survive.
Ms Tan received 2 awards from the SCDF for her quick thinking and selfless acts. Really kudos to Ms Tan and we hope that there will be more nurse like her.
image adapted from Facebook and BrightSparks.