Drowning girl saved by guest instead of lifeguard?
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A young girl almost drowned at Marina Bay Sands‘ infinity pool last Sunday afternoon but her rescuer turned out to be a quick-thinking hotel guest, instead of the MBS lifeguard on duty.
According to an eyewitness called Eric, the lifeguard on duty was checking the girl’s pulse when a hotel guest, who identified himself as a doctor, stepped forward to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on the victim.
The drowning girl who was clad in a pink swimsuit looked no older than a 10-year-old.
Eric, who first reported the incident on citizen journalism portal STOMP, was at the SkyPark when he saw the near-drowning.
He wrote: “She was successfully pulled out from the pool, but the lifeguard on duty didn’t seem to know CPR.”
However, an MBS spokesperson refuted his claims and said all MBS lifeguards have Lifeguarding Certificates and CPR Certificates.
The spokesperson said that “in a near-drowning incident, the first step is to ascertain if the airway is clear and in this case, the child was placed in a position to minimise any possible airway blockage. The lifeguard will determine if there is a pulse as CPR is only performed if there’s no breathing or pulse.”
“At the time, one of our hotel guests identified himself as a doctor immediately and came forward to administer CPR. We thank him for his proactive assistance,” he was quoted as saying on The Straits Times.
The spokesperson added that MBS has between 3 – 5 lifeguards on duty during pool operating hours.
-- Yahoo! News
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lifeguard useless, they just sit there and slack de
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doctor vs cpr trained life guard. of course the doctor is more experienced.
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There is insufficient information in the report to determine if the Lifeguard was at fault or not.
Long story short, the lifeguard is correct to check the pulse and breath of the girl. We don't know how long that took and how long in between until the doctor stepped in.
Any lifeguard on duty will have to allow a doctor to perform CPR as he is a trained medical professional. A doctor doing the CPR will have to take priority. A lifeguard can't say, "Oh I'm the lifeguard, I have to do it."
Hence, there is insufficient reporting done here, and its not fair to criticise the lifeguard yet.
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Originally posted by Jiani:
lifeguard useless, they just sit there and slack de
I wonder whether all lifeguards in Spore is really that experience in saving pples life? Or only show show, wear sunglasses, showing off his tan body and sit on top of the ladder with eye closed? -
the doc kaypoh?
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Supposing if there is no doc at the time of incident, how will the lifeguard reacted? Will the girl died?
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the lifeguard afraid that if he do CPR on the girl, she will scream ' molest ' lah.............. Doctor bo xiang, trained and official somemore.............
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Originally posted by Ä«Õß:¸ïÀë:
the lifeguard afraid that if he do CPR on the girl, she will scream ' molest ' lah.............. Doctor bo xiang, trained and official somemore.............
So many pple crowded around, I dont think he dare.... -
not say if near-drown means must administer CPR
the lifeguard checking pulse and other signs, then �路�出程咬金 (then he suay loh, kena stomped at the right moment)
since the guest say is doctor then lifeguard have to step one side rite....... -
Originally posted by likeyou:
So many pple crowded around, I dont think he dare....ha ha ha............ if the girl scream ' molest ' , he will still kena loh...... bcos his hand really touch the chest mah...... so that's why locals are called ' cold blooded ' bcos it is so dangerous due to woman chapter in the law......
my 2 cents
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Originally posted by Ä«Õß:¸ïÀë:
ha ha ha............ if the girl scream ' molest ' , he will still kena loh...... bcos his hand really touch the chest mah...... so that's why locals are called ' cold blooded ' bcos it is so dangerous due to woman chapter in the law......
my 2 cents
Aiya...also difficult lah.But to save, no choice, must do it in front of the pple who's looking.
But only palm pressing in between the breast right with the other hand interlock the fingers. Hmmm...shouldnt we have more female life guards?
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Originally posted by likeyou:
Aiya...also difficult lah.But to save, no choice, must do it in front of the pple who's looking.
But only palm pressing in between the breast right with the other hand interlock the fingers. Hmmm...shouldnt we have more female life guards?
yeah...... female lifeguards like bay watch will be excellant!!!!!!!!!!
Mens swimming will have humps under them!!!!!!!!!
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i got lifeguard cert and life-saving cert. but they are neber to use. haha~
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Originally posted by Ä«Õß:¸ïÀë:
yeah...... female lifeguards like bay watch will be excellant!!!!!!!!!!
Mens swimming will have humps under them!!!!!!!!!
Many guys will pretend to give drown....
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the lifeguard did the right thing - check for pulse and breathing.
If both ok victim is able to breath him/herself - just let them recover.As the girl is such a young age - since she is breathing on her own, trying to do CPR - may cause more injuires.
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but haha, once the lifeguard save me when i was very young and the pool super deep
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if drowning girl is a sexbomb............i sure dive in to save her one..............i'll grab her tits 1st..............then pull off her bikini.............
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u can be the underwater rapist
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dun be quick to judge the lifeguard.he's just doing the SOP for emergency.there are protocols to follow.anyway,it just happens that a doctor was there,so between them,of course it makes sense to let the experienced doctor to take charge...it makes sense
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stomper shd apologise for jumping to conclusions?
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Originally posted by FireIce:
stomper shd apologise for jumping to conclusions?
MANY stompers are guilty of that.
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Lolx
maybe that lifeguard muz been a beginner
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perhaps the lifeguard is focusing on other young gals to save at the same time?
esp. those with big boobs....scared they drown more easily than other smaller ones?
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Ïts one person's word against another. The photo don't prove a damn thing. MBS had to clarify because someone made noise. Someone made noise because of what he thought, and assumed. Who's right, who's wrong? No one can tell. Any more witnesses want to take oath, swear upon his life, and explain? No right? No one dares, no one cares. Money talks, bullshit walks.