Entries by Naomi Lum

Nurse helps perform CPR on passenger having medical emergency on plane

While Ms Katie Stencel was on a flight recently, the pilot requested for medical professionals on board to assist in a medical emergency. Without hesitation, Ms Stencel, a nurse by profession, sprang into action. She joined a fire fighter and a flight attendant to resuscitate a passenger with CPR for an hour before the plane […]

DARE X NUS-DUKE Medical School

Earlier last week, the DARE Team had the opportunity to work together with the Year 2 students from NUS-DUKE Medical School to train 30 taxi drivers from the National Taxi Association in our DARE programme.  Thank you, DUKE-NUS for having us and organising this session!  For more updates and schedules of our virtual DARE classes, […]

The Good Technologist podcast with Dr Jade Kua

In this episode of The Good Technologist, Our Programme Director, Dr Jade Kua shares more about our DARE Programme and also her experiences in the process of developing and launching a successful DARE APP to deciding to decommission the app five years later. And also, for more updates and virtual DARE schedules, do check out […]

Wife performed CPR to save husband’s life!

When Lisa Wiles was preparing dinner in the kitchen, she heard her husband, Dan from the other room. She went over and found Dan had weird breathing sounds. Immediately, after checking that there was no response, she called the ambulance. The medical dispatcher on the line could hear the sounds that her husband was making […]

DARE X Primus Schoolhouse!

This month, we had the opportunity to teach the kids at Primus Schoolhouse on how to save a heart with early CPR & defibrillation (using an AED). Thank you to Primus Schoolhouse for having us and organising this session with the kids! For more updates and schedules of our virtual DARE classes, do check out […]