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Community Education, Management Plans

In the Mind of a Lay Rescuer

Responding to a Cardiac Arrest
My first time performing CPR was emotionally challenging. Even traumatic. So before you go through the same thing, or witness a cardiac arrest, let me share some tips.

A month after I received my first aid training, I responded to my very first cardiac arrest case. I received a notification on the...
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Community Education

Beginning Of The End Of Our DARE App

Let's Begin At The Very Beginning
Cardiac Arrest Victims Fair Poorly Due To Prolonged Downtime
For many years, I realised that many cardiac arrest patients that arrived at the Emergency Department had a an unnecessarily long "downtime", the time between collapse and someone starting CPR or using an AED. This prolonged downtime resulted in death or very...
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Caregiver Education, Community Education, Management Plans

Mindfulness and CPR: Part Five - Rescuers and their Stress
By Han Ming Xuan (with thanks to Dr Jade)There is limited literature about psychological follow-up with lay rescuers who responded to out-of-hospital cardiac arrests. In this article we shall look at the findings from two publications that shed some light on the psychological aspects of being a lay rescuer.
Inside the minds of cardiac arrest...
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Caregiver Education, Community Education, Management Plans

Mindfulness and CPR: Part Four - Family-witnessed resuscitation
By Han Ming Xuan (with thanks to Dr Jade)
Family-witnessed resuscitation
Seeing one’s own family member being subject to chest compressions, AED shocks and IV drugs can be a horrific sight. A 2019 Swiss study reported that of 101 relatives of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, 17% reported symptoms of depression while 13% reported symptoms of anxiety, as assessed...
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27 Oct
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Maximum Fun At The Singapore Tatler Ball

Posted by Dr. Jade Kua History, Social History

The Singapore Tatler Ball 2018 #sgtatlerball2018 Last night my husband & I attended the Singapore Tatler Ball. These good folks [...]
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26 Oct
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Colour Our World With Pilot Pen

Posted by Dr. Jade Kua Art, Community Education, Investigations, Management Plans

Heart For Art My children and I love that art can fill a void and colour our world. When there [...]
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25 Oct
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How We Save A Heart Together

Posted by Dr. Jade Kua Community Education, Family History, History, Management Plans

How We Save A Heart When we unveiled our DARE app in May, we also launched the accompanying children's book. [...]
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23 Oct
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Discussing Jewellery And Watches Over Happy Hour

Posted by Dr. Jade Kua Fitness & Wellness, Gems, Investigations, Physical Examination

Physician Heal Thyself Last Wednesday, Dr Bernard Cheong & I hosted an hour-long session on collecting jewellery and watches. Since [...]
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21 Oct
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Dare To Save A Life

Posted by Dr. Jade Kua Community Education, Fitness & Wellness, Management Plans, Physical Examination

Pearls From Our Dare To Save A Life Campaign In May this year, we launched the national Dare To Save [...]
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20 Oct
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Keepers Singapore Designer Trunk Show

Posted by Dr. Jade Kua Gems, History, Investigations, Social History

Keepers Singapore Designer Trunk Show Weekend The Keepers Singapore Designer Trunk Show is happening this weekend from Friday 19th to [...]
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18 Oct
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Stylo Milo Style Avengers In Triologie

Posted by Dr. Jade Kua Gems, History, Investigations, Social History

Day Two of Jeweluxe I'm supposed to be on the runway modeling for Triologie as part of the line-up featuring [...]
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16 Oct
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Jeweluxe And The Fellowship Of The Ring

Posted by Dr. Jade Kua Gems, History, Investigations, Social History

Jeweluxe 2018 When I attended Angela Loh's Media Preview to Jeweluxe 2018 on 31 July, I was blown away. This [...]
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09 Oct
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Finding Friendship In The Lost City Of Atlantis

Posted by Dr. Jade Kua Family History, History, Social History

Welcome To The Lost City Of Atlantis On 6 October at 6pm, curious onlookers witnessed the transformation of Marina Bay [...]
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05 Oct
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The Sine Qua Non Dinner

Posted by Dr. Jade Kua Good Food, Fine Wine, History, Physical Examination, Social History

Dinner Prep Routine Happiness is waking up and discovering one has an unexpected day off. As this came on the [...]
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