1. CPR RELAY
Keep the Heart Beating:
Be Someone’s Hero
A Project by UKECharisma

2. UKECharisma
UKECharisma is an organization established with
the support of United Kingdom and Eire Council
of Malaysian Students (UKEC) in January 2011 to
encourage students’ volunteerism by providing a
reliable and sustainable framework for
community services and leadership projects to be carried out in Malaysia. The
UKECharisma team consists of Malaysian students studying from highly regarded
universities across the United Kingdom as well as Malaysia.
Projects begin with a recruitment phase where any university student studying in the
United Kingdom, Ireland or Malaysia will be given the opportunity to apply to be a
volunteer, or as called in UKECharisma, a Charisman. Then on, the Executive
Committee selects volunteers based on the merits of their applications. Control of
projects are handed over to project leaders alongside with their respective teams.
Projects cover various aspects but particularly on education with an emphasis on the
English language.

3. And the Charismen came marching in.
The idea of UKECharisma proved to be one worth pursuing. Over the past 5 years,
UKECharisma has seen the execution of over 6 education projects all over
Malaysia, including Kuala Lumpur, Kelantan and Sabah. Through these projects,
we witnessed commitment and passion from the participating members in their
nation building efforts. Hopefully, along the way, we’ve changed some lives as
well.
We anticipate 2016 to be our biggest year yet with an expanded Executive
Committee and additional team members to be deployed under respective tasks,
as we concentrate our efforts to continue inspiring youths of Malaysia in the
spirit of volunteerism, servitude and cultivate a sense of care for our society.

4. WHAT’S NEXT FOR US
While there seems to be increasing awareness on Lung Cancer, AIDS and Breast
Cancer in Malaysia, these diseases are only ranked 5th, 6th and 11th respectively as
causes of death in Malaysia. Coronary Heart Disease is the number 1 killer in
Malaysia, followed by stroke, signifying a strong need for cardiovascular health
awareness. In 2010, the total number of deaths in Malaysia due to coronary heart
disease was at 22,701 according to the World Health Organisation (WHO),
contributing to about 22.18% of the total deaths in the country.
Heart attacks and myocardial infarctions can happen anytime, anywhere. The only
way to increase chances of survival is through pre-hospital treatment. 39% to 47%
of pre-hospital fatalities are preventable. The chain of survival includes early access
to the emergency response system, early cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to
support circulation to the heart and brain, early defibrillation and early advance care
by Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and hospital personnel.
One of the factors that has a negative impact on its rate of success is the lack of
basic skills and knowledge in performing bystander CPR among the Malaysian public
before medical aid arrives.

5. MOTIVATIONS
For Tammy Tan, a chemical engineering student from University of Manchester, this
realisation hit hard. A year ago, Tammy witnessed her beloved grandpa falling down and
breaking his skull. Seeing the poor old man lying in a pool of blood, Tammy felt totally
helpless. To watch someone she loves suffering in agony but to have no knowledge or
skills to help led her to realize the importance of pre-hospital treatment, and
subsequently, sparked an interest in Tammy’s mind to spread the awareness of CPR
training to people around her.
Through the Inspire Initiative campaign, a platform provided by UKECharisma which
allows students to voice out their ideas, Tammy and a group of Malaysian students
studying abroad have decided to come together to transform the idea of educating the
public about CPR into reality. The theme for this event is “Be Someone’s Hero”, and they
aim to educate 1500 people the basic skills needed to manage an emergency life
threatening situation until medical aid arrives. This can potentially help save a life or at
least mitigate the effect of the untoward incident.

6. ACTION PLAN
Date: 31st of August 2016 (Wednesday)
Time: 10am to 9pm
Venue: Atria Shopping Gallery, Petaling Jaya
CPR Training CPR Practice CPR Relay
● The event will see a coordination of 90 volunteers, 16 training
professionals and 25 dummies for on-site CPR training.
● Our goal for the event is to have 1500 participants providing
compressions within 3s of each other.
● If we do hit our target of having 1500 participants, an application
to the Malaysia Book of Recods will be made.

7. ● Our collaborating partners are Caring Pharmacy and
Atria Shopping Gallery.
● St. John Ambulance Malaysia will be providing training
during the event.
PARTNERS

8. TARGETS?
● Educate 1500 citizens on CPR skill and knowledge
● Subsequently, set the record for the greatest number of
participants in a CPR Relay, to be acknowledged by the Malaysia
Book of Records
In line with our 59th National Day Celebration
We’re hoping to celebrate our 59th National Day in a different spirit.
As we ponder upon and celebrate our growth as a nation together
this far, made possible through our national heroes’ efforts, let’s
aspire to be someone’s hero in return. Despite the differences that
we may have, as is the nature of our unique diversity, keep the
hearts of the nation beating.

9. We are still looking for
collaborators!
If your company is in favour of supporting our pursuit in our
effort in healthcare awareness and shaping a caring society, do
let us know.
Contacts
Tammy Tan Eshen Ang
email: ukecharismainspire16@gmail.com
phone number: 0162864386 phone number: 01137255878