Singapore legislation

Regulation 37

of Healthcare Services (Ambulatory Surgical Centre Service) Regulations 2023

Regulation 37

Essential life‑saving measures must be available

Subregulation 1

A licensee must —

(a)

ensure that adequate and appropriate facilities, equipment and drugs for the provision of any essential life‑saving measure to a patient are readily available at every approved permanent premises; and

(b)

at all times, be capable of providing any essential life‑saving measures to any patient who is at risk of death.

Subregulation 2

Without limiting paragraph (1), the licensee must ensure that —

(a)

there is a comprehensive and detailed response plan to resuscitate, treat and transfer unstable patients;

(b)

the licensee’s personnel promptly assesses a patient who shows any sign of being unwell at any time after a relevant procedure and delivers the necessary treatment to stabilise the patient;

(c)

any patient who remains unwell despite the delivery of treatment to stabilise the patient is transferred to the care of an acute hospital service licensee who is equipped to deliver the appropriate treatment to the patient;

(d)

all necessary arrangements with one or more acute hospital service licensees are in place to ensure a transfer mentioned in sub‑paragraph (c) takes place without delay at any time;

(e)

any patient who requires conveyance by an emergency ambulance is conveyed by an emergency ambulance operated by an emergency ambulance service licensee;

(f)

only resuscitation drugs that have not passed their expiry dates and are fit for use and resuscitation equipment that is fit for use are made available for use in the provision of any essential life‑saving measure; and

(g)

every personnel who provides any essential life‑saving measure to a patient is adequately trained —

(i)

to provide the essential life‑saving measure in a proper, effective and safe manner; and

(ii)

in the use of the equipment that is needed to deliver the essential life‑saving measure.