Singap Med J
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The combined American Heart Association and ILCOR publication, International Guidelines 2000, presents a wealth of scientific data on the management of victims before, during and after cardiopulmonary resuscitation. By reference to this publication, individual National Resuscitation Councils can develop their own guidelines for basic and advanced and paediatric life support in the knowledge that they will be following uniform, international guidelines.
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Singapore's elderly population has been growing rapidly and is expected to constitute more than 25 percent of the total population by the year 2030. The ageing process brings with it a host of health problems. Here the question arises--Are the increasing years of life going to create a high proportion of sick and disabled elderly people, or a rich human resource of healthy senior citizens? Since more women are living longer than men, who would face a higher risk of disability and handicap? These questions are yet to be answered in Singapore. ⋯ The results revealed that more than half of the aged had a disability and the rate of disability was significantly higher among the women as compared to the men. More than one-third of the elderly had a handicap and the rate of handicap among the women was twice as much as that among the men. Severity of handicap was directly correlated with age.