Save-A-Life (SAL) Initiative

To enhance community first response to cardiac arrest cases in the residential heartlands, the SCDF, in collaboration with Ministry of Health (MOH), Singapore Heart Foundation and the People’s Association, introduced the Save-A-Life (SAL) Initiative in 2015.

The SAL Initiative entails three components namely:

1. Hardware; 
2. Heartware and; 
3. Software.

Cardiac Arrest Facts

• Annually, more than 2,300 Singaporeans suffer from cardiac arrest, of which only 3% survive
• Every second matters as chances of survival drops by 7% to 10% every minute
• Bystander CPR is shown to double survival rates

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