Overview

“Towards a World Class Pre-hospital Emergency Care System for Singapore” has always been UPEC’s motto since the day of its commencement. Our goal is to implement world class EMS training that will align with hospital standards and better serve patients’ increasingly complex needs.

Apart from a group of dedicated Emergency Medicine physicians, we have worked hand in hand with other stakeholders, such as SCDF, SMTI and paramedic training institutions, to enhance the quality of training and education for paramedics.

For an overview of Prehospital courses and Seminars in Singapore, please refer to "Courses and Seminars".

Simulation for PEC

Simulation as a means of training in a safe and controlled environment has become increasingly common in the field of pre-hospital emergency care.

UPEC staff and physicians work closely with SCDF paramedic educators to create simulation scenarios or environments that allow paramedics to practice, learn, evaluate, and test both existing and new knowledge and skills. It also helps paramedic crews foster teamwork and develop a better understanding of systems and team dynamics.

UPEC and SEMS collaborated in organizing EMS SIMWars. UPEC also assists SAF and SCDF paramedics in preparing for competitions such as the international Ferno Australia Paramedic Simulation. Paramedic teams have participated since 2014, with the SCDF team achieving 1st runner-up in the same year.

Education Supporting SCDF

UPEC provides oversight and advisory to the National EMS. Courses and training are conducted to enhance the skills and knowledge of our paramedics.

OBSTET
Management of a range of obstetrics emergency situations likely to be encountered by paramedics providing hands-on practical skills, teamwork and decision making in simulated obstetrics emergency situations with high fidelity manikins.

Pre-hospital Cardiac Life Support (PHCLS)
This course targets the Level 3 paramedics to upscale their cardiac resuscitation skills responding to 995 calls

High Performance CPR (HP CPR)
HPCPR is a high-quality CPR delivered to Out of hospital cardiac arrest cases which is lately internationally recognized. It was introduced to Singapore EMS in 2017. (See ST news report).

This HPCPR initiative involves Four key interventions, and they will be implemented nationwide by phases:

High Performance CPR by EMS crews
Manual Defibrillation by advanced paramedic
Administration of IV Amiodarone during resuscitation
Use of the Impedance Threshold Device (ITD).

Targeted Temperature Management (TTM) Trial

"Targeted Temperature Management (TTM) is recommended for all patients who achieve return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) after cardiac arrest during the immediate post-arrest period. A trial is underway for paramedics to apply the TTM device to patients with ROSC.