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Special
Write-up on Ops Merdeka 2005 (click to read)
Emergency Ambulance
Support Service (EASS) was mooted by Mr. Yeoh Koon Yong, and Cpl. Khoo Teng Giap, EMT-B, who
has plenty of experience in Emergency Ambulance Service from his service
with Emergency Medical Assitance Service (EMAS), SJAM Wilayah Persekutuan.
EASS
was introduced by MCAD in 2003 when Ambulance Attachment Unit by our state
headquarters came to a halt. We too discovered the shortage of ambulances
especially during festive seasons and eves. The intension to resume similar
service like AAU thus started.
With
the help and advice from Dr. Teo Aik Howe, MBBS, MMed(Emergency
Medicine), Head of Accident &
Emergency Department, Hospital Pulau Pinang, equipped ambulances with experienced personnel
are stationed at headquarters to receive calls from 999 Emergency Call
Centre, Hospital, Royal Police, Fire & Rescue Department, Civil Defense
Department and sometimes public.
Our
teams standby at headquarters once alerted, will rush to the scene to
provide help. Every call is treated
emergency, equipment and training our members carry with them are
equally important for them to help to save lives. We are to deliver all we
can do on the scene to ensure casualty is ready to be transported. Penang Emergency Ambulance Radio Link (PEARL)
introduced in 2004 is so important to keep ambulance crews, ambulance base
and receiving hospital closely when response to emergencies. Our ambulance
too will alert the receiving hospital with information about the casualty
they are to receive in order to better prepare for better service.
As
preparation to support SJAM Penang Bayan Lepas Emergency
Ambulance Service, and to step forward towards the service, we have EASS to
act as training ground for our members. Members were mentored by more
experienced ones to perform and improve to a better quality of service delivered.
As
the first SJAM unit in Northern Malaysia
to own an Automated External Defibrillator (AED), it is only worth if the
AED is put into use. Ambulance will be dispatched with AED and 2 trained
members to all calls.
We are
looking forward to own our ambulance to allow us to extend this service to
weekend basis, or even to be part of the 24hour emergency ambulance service
in future.
by,
Gan Hoo Kok
Other Related Document(s):
What is PEARL?
Automated External Defibrillator
Photo Gallery – Emergency Ambulance Services
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