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SAF enhances its heat injury management and prevention measures
Arm immersion is a preventive measure where soldiers dip their arms into iced water between 15 seconds and 30 seconds to help cool their core body temperature. It is done during rest periods in training and after training. PHOTO: LIANHE ZAOBAO
Jan 28, 2021 06:00 am
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A five-member panel was convened in May 2018 to review the existing strategy for heat injury prevention and management in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) after the death of 19-year-old full-time national serviceman Dave Lee Han Xuan.
He died of heatstroke in April 2018 and was promoted to corporal first class posthumously.