SCDF also noted that the coroner had found its interventions to be appropriate and timely, and that the requests for the birth certificate would not have changed the outcome.
SCDF said it agrees with the coroner’s observation that paramedics should exercise flexibility in emergency situations when patients need to be brought to hospital as quickly as possible.
It added that this was its standard operating procedure (SOP) and that all its paramedics are “trained to prioritise patient care over compliance with administrative procedures”.
