01/02/2021
Ms Koh is among 64 Grab drivers who, through the Community Emergency Preparedness Programme, have been trained by the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) on how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation, apply first aid, use a fire extinguisher and an AED.
This is part of the SCDF-Grab AED-on-Wheels programme, through which 50 of Grab's private-hire vehicles are equipped with AEDs as well as fire extinguishers and first aid kits.
Ms Margaret Koh, a semi-retiree who has been a Grab driver for two years, has often witnessed traffic accidents while on the job but all she could do was look on helplessly. Recalling seeing someone lying motionless on the road in Jurong after one accident, the 65-year-old...