Improving odds of surviving cardiac arrest


Vital lesson for all: A trainer showing how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation using an automated external defibrillator (AED). — CHAN TAK KONG/The Star

Long Soo Keat collapsed on the field from a sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) during a football match in Ayer Itam, Penang, in September 2018.

He could not be more thankful that there were people around trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

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