3 SMRT Staff From Bukit Gombak MRT Station Awarded SCDF Community Lifesaver Award

Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Abdullah Bin Abu Bakar Bafadhal, SMRT Staff: Mr Mohamed Wahed Bin Sawpi, Mdm Nur Farah Shafiqah Binte Mohamed Madi, Mr Muhammad Rizwan Bin Hamzah and Colonel (COL) Goh Boon Han. (Image: SCDF/Facebook)

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) Community Lifesaver Award was presented to three SMRT staff from Bukit Gombak MRT station on Tuesday (Jun 14).

Three SMRT Station Staff Saved a Man in Cardiac Arrest

Bukit Gombak MRT station platform. (Image: SGTrains File)

On the evening of May 22, 2022, three crew members from Bukit Gombak MRT station saved a man who fell unconscious after suffering a cardiac arrest.

According to an article by the Singapore Heart Foundation, a cardiac arrest occurs when “the heart malfunctions and stops beating unexpectedly”. It is different from a heart attack.

Mr Mohamed Wahed Bin Sawpi, Mr Muhammad Rizwan Bin Hamzah and Mdm Nur Farah Shafiqah Binte Mohamed Madi were lauded by the SCDF in a Facebook post on Wednesday.

“Their collective effort is a testament of the importance of learning Emergency Preparedness Skills (e.g. CPR and AED),” the SCDF added.

The three SMRT staff were presented the SCDF Community Lifesaver Award by Commander, 4th SCDF Division, COL Goh Boon Han.

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“And on the evening of 22 May 2022, three SMRT staff from Bukit Gombak MRT Station, saved a man who fell unconscious after suffering a cardiac arrest.” – SCDF/Facebook [Accessed 19 Jun 2022]
Sudden Cardiac Arrest – Singapore Heart Foundation [Accessed 19 Jun 2022]

Images by SCDF/Facebook and SGTrains File.
This article first appeared on SGTrains.