BUTTERWORTH: A voluntary firefighter has revived more than 100 sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) victims in the last three years – thanks to the automated external defibrillator (AED) that he carries wherever he goes.
“I had always wanted to be a fireman since I was 12. I don’t remember why I did not become one, but when the voluntary fire squad was formed in our neighbourhood, I immediately signed up,” he said.
Since he started carrying it wherever he went on his motorcycle, Gee, who runs a private hawker food delivery service, said he was saddened by how often he receives emergency calls about victims whose hearts stopped.Some were at home and fell or experienced some sort of calamity that triggered the SCA.The youngest person Gee had to administer CPR to and use the AED on this year was a 35-year-old man.
“It makes me sad and whenever I meet people now, I talk about eating healthily and exercising regularly,” said Gee, also a certified CPR trainer. Gee said of the over 100 people he revived with the AED and CPR, he did not know how many had survived.“But some still die later after they are sent to hospital. I don’t keep track of those I helped,” he said.
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