WTF! MBS lifeguard dunno CPR...little girl nearly die at pool

[halsey02]

This is retarded man.... Why will they hire a lifeguard who dunno CPR? Imagine doctor who cannot cure flu?

No doctor, can cure the FLU...they can treat the symptons with medicine, lessen the infection & make it go away, but they can not cure the flu.

 

[middaydog]

The kid is still so small and young. WHERE's the PARENTS??

The parent is the lifeguard

 

[Leongsam]

Imagine doctor who cannot cure flu?

There's no cure for influenza you twit.

 

[Zombie]

However, revised guidelines by the American Heart Association omit mouth-to-mouth contact and require only hard and fast pumping on the chest (read more).

Dr. Michael Sayre, a spokesman for the American Heart Association, told Reuters that "only if a rescuer has been specifically trained in conventional CPR should they give rescue breathing as well." Otherwise, pumping on the chest 100 times a minute is just as beneficial.

New CPR is meant for heart attack cases. When someone drops and you find no pulse, you should call the ambulance first and then keep pumping the chest. The method assumes there is enough oxygen in the lungs/blood, and you are acting like the heart in circulating oxygen to the vital organs until the pros take over.

But when a person is drowning, the blood has little oxygen and the lungs may be filled with water. You may be killing him if you go straight for the chest and start pumping.

Don't anyhow be a hero.

 

[hockbeng]

new cpr is meant for heart attack cases. When someone drops and you find no pulse, you should call the ambulance first and then keep pumping the chest. The method assumes there is enough oxygen in the lungs/blood, and you are acting like the heart in circulating oxygen to the vital organs until the pros take over.

But when a person is drowning, the blood has little oxygen and the lungs may be filled with water. You may be killing him if you go straight for the chest and start pumping.

Don't anyhow be a hero. :d

exactly my previous point.

Just becos someone is unconscious doesn't mean cpr straight away.
Check the breathing and the pulse first.

If there is water in the lungs, mouth to mouth may be futile.

The child looks like she was in a recovery position; probably trying to drain out the water in the lungs.

I seriously doubt the child was pulseless and not breathing when a passerby came along, started cpr and the child woke up.
This is not hollywood/tvb.

 

[Zombie]

The child looks like she was in a recovery position; probably trying to drain out the water in the lungs.

yes, recovery position...
those gone through BCTC should remember this little "napping" opportunity

 

[Glaringly]

The spokesperson of MBS said:

"It is regrettable that the incident occurred and we hope that the child is recovering well. Safety is our number one priority and that is why all lifeguards at Marina Bay Sands have received their Lifeguarding Certificates and CPR Certificates. At any one point in time during pool operating hours, we have between 3 – 5 lifeguards on duty.

"In a near-drowning incident, the first step is to ascertain if the airway is clear and in this case, the child was placed in a position to minimize any possible airway blockage.

"The lifeguard will determine if there is a pulse as CPR is only performed if there's no breathing or pulse.

"At the time, one of our hotel guests identified himself as a doctor immediately and came forward to administer CPR. We thank him for his proactive assistance.

"We strongly encourage all guests to take the necessary precautions if they are not strong swimmers or if they are swimming with children or people with any pre-existing health conditions."

 

[halsey02]

>The spokesperson of MBS said: "It is regrettable that the incident occurred and we hope that the child is recovering well. Safety is our number one priority and that is why all lifeguards at Marina Bay Sands have received their Lifeguarding Certificates and CPR Certificates. At any one point in time during pool operating hours, we have between 3 – 5 lifeguards on duty.>

We are so sorry that the child did not perish....:p

 

[silverfox@]

The spokesperson of MBS said:

"It is regrettable that the incident occurred and we hope that the child is recovering well. Safety is our number one priority and that is why all lifeguards at Marina Bay Sands have received their Lifeguarding Certificates and CPR Certificates. At any one point in time during pool operating hours, we have between 3 – 5 lifeguards on duty.

"In a near-drowning incident, the first step is to ascertain if the airway is clear and in this case, the child was placed in a position to minimize any possible airway blockage.

"The lifeguard will determine if there is a pulse as CPR is only performed if there's no breathing or pulse.

"At the time, one of our hotel guests identified himself as a doctor immediately and came forward to administer CPR. We thank him for his proactive assistance.

"We strongly encourage all guests to take the necessary precautions if they are not strong swimmers or if they are swimming with children or people with any pre-existing health conditions."

"We will ban the parents of the child from our casino so that they can provide adult supervision in the swimming pool while their child is swimming."

 

[chootchiew]

No doctor, can cure the FLU...they can treat the symptons with medicine, lessen the infection & make it go away, but they can not cure the flu.

Anyone also can treat the symptons with medicine, just that we are not allowed to prescribe the medicine. I really find a waste of time and $ to visit GP just to get all the usual cough syrup, antibiotics and flu tablets.

 

[Ramseth]

All common cough and flu can be relieved or cured by two methods:

- Chinese method - pork rib soup (bakkutteh)

- Western method - chilled beer

The Chinese method is more healthy in the long run.

But seriously, drink honey is the best. Try it.

 

[Cruxx]

Did the lifeguard make the mistake in an honest fashion? If he did, I think we should forgive him and move on.

 

[Cruxx]

There's no cure for influenza you twit.

Will you be so kind as to draw the distinction between "cure" and "treat" for us? Thanks for the advise

 

[Baimi]

Will you be so kind as to draw the distinction between "cure" and "treat" for us? Thanks for the advise

Sam, your job.

 

[Cruxx]

Sam, your job.

What is Sam's job? Care to advice?

 

[Baimi]

Read a real life story, how a girl saved her drowning sister.
After pulling her out from the pool,
all she knew was this technique, and was able to save her sister.
She used Heimlich Maneuver.

 

[Leongsam]

Will you be so kind as to draw the distinction between "cure" and "treat" for us? Thanks for the advise

Do a search yourself you twit.

 

[exSINgaporean]

CPR on a child different from adult...

you pump the child like adult...you will crush the chest...

100 times per minute...not easy leh...ask me pump 100 times a minute when fucking maybe LOL

My 14 year old son just passed his Bronze Cross lifesaving cert after the 3rd attempt. During the training from the swimming classes to lifesavign classes, CPR to adults and children were drummed into him constantly.

In fact along the way to the Bronze Cross training, he needed to repeat in a few stages, mainly bec. of CPR ...like not knowing obstructions in airway. Frankly I was glad he needed to repeat so many times even when it invloved me driving up-and-down for me to the pool bec. the repetition corrects whatever wrong he has and also humbles him and teach him the important of a lifeguard's job.

After so-call failing so many times, this 14 year old is now an expert in CPR. In Canada Red Cross Saving Society for lifeguard and lifesaving training they take Emergency First Aid (including CRP of course) just as important as saving someone from the water.

Is the MBS trying to "gamble" with people's life?

 

[exSINgaporean]

is the lifeguard a FT?

kukubird:

He must be a FT. Remember your emergency training in you BMT and reservist?

Yes, all N.S. men have gone through field first-aid which include the CPR of ABC and it is just second nature when in situation like this.

ABC....quickly check the airway to ensure the kid's lung is not blocked by candies or water.

B check for breathing right away, if stop breathing the apply the mouth-to-mouth or mouth-to-nose....but she was not a baby and not below 4 so MTM should be OK.

C: After five blow to her mouth check also her heart circulation.

I remember some 35 years ago, I attented to an old man injured in a car accident along Jalan besar. It was a rainy day and his blood was all over. Some fool took him to the side of the road without checking whether he had complicated facture and when i was there he was on the side of the road.

So when I was attending to him another passer-by kept scolding me for moving him. Kept shouting at me in Hokkien.

This old man was in in mid 70s. I could see his brain moving through the hole in his skull. I learnt fromt he army field first aid to apply pressure on his neck to slow down the blood to this head.

Also his lower left leg, the fresh was cut open, exposing his fat and tissues. I applied direct pressure on his uppdr leg to slow dow the blood flow. All these was happening while it was still raining and the gangster looking passer-by kept scolding me.

I asked the motor cyclist who hit the old man on his trishaw to help. But he was so nervous he kept shivering and beg me to leave him alone.

Then the ambulance came and I let them take over.

I could not eat meat for the whole week after that incident.

Frankly, any N.S. who has some guts and put into a situation like mine should be able to fall back to the field first-aid they learn from the army medic.

This training was very valuable. I also saved my daughter's life when at 3 years old she eat a grape and it choked her. My wife panic. She shoulded at her. I saw her face turned blue. I also learn from my St. Johns' First Aid and the army field first aid than for kids we can hold and over turn her....I did that. The gape came out immediately.

Just last week, my same daughter now 22 got a deep cut in her finger. Blood kept ozing out. I get her to left up her hand, press on to her wrist as pressure point to stop the bllod flood. Then I bandaged her her finger. Told her to left her hand up for the evening. Blood stop.

All these I attribute to the N.S. and reservist training. Field first-aid should be a second nature to all N.S. men......like shitting and farting. So again this lifeguard must be a FT and MBS should test whether he can swim or not! You never know the fake cert.......even milk power can be fake in China so why not lifeguard cert.

 

[wahlaneh]

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wahlaneh...
even tho that lifeguard dinnoe how to do CPR but at least he managed to turn the child to 1 side to prevent choking to death - he had already done first-aid - and he stayed with the casualty. bravo!!!
and that kid needs air to breathe so why is everyone crowding around there? shoo! shoo!
go n call ambulance lah!