Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a lifesaving technique useful in many emergencies that engineers may encounter be it at construction sites or at industrial plants. Such emergencies include heart attacks, electrical shocks or near drowning, in which someone's breathing or heartbeat has stopped.

Statistics indicate that 70-80% of heart attacks occur either in the home or in public areas.  In such cases, the person nearest at hand to the victim is often a bystander with no medical expertise such as a relative, an office colleague or a passer-by. If those at the scene are able to provide CPR to the victim promptly, the latter’s chances of survival are significantly increased.

Why learn CPR - Cardiac arrests are more common than you think and they can happen to anyone at any time. Nearly 383,000 “out of hospital” sudden cardiac arrests occur annually and 88% of cardiac arrests occur at home.  Many victims appear healthy with no known heart disease or other risk factors.  Sudden cardiac arrest is not the same as a heart attack.  

Who can you save with CPR - The life you can save with CPR is most likely to be a loved one.  4 out of 5 cardiac arrests happen at home.

Why take action – Failure to act in a cardiac emergency can lead to unnecessary deaths. Effective bystander CPR provided immediately after sudden cardiac arrest can double or triple a victim’s chance of survival, but only 32% of cardiac arrest victims get CPR from a bystander. Sadly, less than 8% of people who suffer cardiac arrest outside a hospital survive

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Madam Lee Chai Hee qualified as a Staff Nurse in 1995 after graduating from The University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC, USA) with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. She was an emergency nurse with three years in hospital nursing experience in Kansas Medical Centre USA. She handled medical emergencies resulting from events such as strokes, cardiac arrests, car accidents and breathing difficulties in children and infants. She joined a private medical center as a clinical nurse trainer for 10 years after she came back from the United States.

Madam Lee has been an experienced lecturer as First Aid/AED/CPR Training instructor for 12 years. She currently teaches and assesses student nurses and healthcare support workers, and has particular passion in training healthcare assistants in New Hope CPR Learning Centre. She is all about saving lives and hopes one day that everyone in the Malaysia will be CPR certified. Her teaching on First Aid/CPR courses will give you the skills to save a life. She has conducted CPR training for various private organizations and community service centers.