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Lim Swee Han

Clinical Professor

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Education Qualifications: MBBS, FRCSEd (A&E), FRCPEd, FAMS

Prof Lim completed his medical undergraduate studies in 1986 from the National University of Singapore (NUS). He was awarded HMDP to pursued specialist training in emergency medicine in Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK in 1992 and University of Cincinnati Medical Centre, Ohio, USA in 1995. He was Head of Emergency Department SGH from 2003 to 2009.

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships:

Professional Bodies

  • Secretary, College of Emergency Medicine, Academy of Medicine Singapore
  • Member, First Aid Taskforce and Former Treasurer (2012-18), International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation
  • Treasurer and Past Chairman (2012-2016), Resuscitation Council of Asia
  • President, Society for Emergency Medicine in Singapore (2012 to 2020)
  • Assistant Secretary, Asian Society of Emergency Medicine

Awards:

  • SGH Excellent Publication Award 2003 (Merit)
  • The Public Service Medal, National Day Award 2012
  • SingHealth Publish Award, 2017
  • AM.EI Golden Apple Generativity Awards for Educators, 2017
  • Outstanding Educator Award, SingHealth Excellence Awards, 2019

Leadership positions / roles in Education: 

  • SingHealth Residency, Program Director (PGY1), 2011-2018
  • Education Director  Singapore General Hospital 
  • Associate Designated Institutional Official SingHealth   Residency
  • Duke-NUS Medical School, Clinical Professor
  • Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Adjunct Professor


Research Interests:

  • Emergency cardiac care, Resuscitation (CPR Training), and cardiac markers.
  • Lim S H; Anantharaman V; Teo W S; Goh P P; Tan A T
    Comparison of treatment of supraventricular tachycardia by Valsalva maneuver and carotid sinus massage.
    Annals of emergency medicine 1998; 31(1):30-35 (Article; Published in Print)
    JIF: 5.352; Times Cited: 99
  • Lim S H; Anantharaman V
    Emergency medicine in Singapore: past, present, and future.
    Annals of emergency medicine 1999; 33(3):338-343 (Article; Published in Print)
    JIF: 5.352; Times Cited: 23

  • Wang Jenn Chyuan; Lim Swee Han; Teo Wee Siong; Anantharaman V
    Calcium channel blockers as first line treatment for broad complex tachycardia with right bundle branch block: ingenuity or folly?
    Resuscitation 2002; 52(2):175-182 (Article; Published in Print)
    JIF: 5.23; Times Cited: 9

  • Lim S H; Anantharaman V; Teo W S
    Slow-infusion of calcium channel blockers in the emergency management of supraventricular tachycardia.
    Resuscitation 2002; 52(2):167-174 (Article; Published in Print)
    JIF: 5.23; Times Cited: 30

  • Lim Swee Han; Sayre Michael R; Gibler W Brian
    2-D echocardiography prediction of adverse events in ED patients with chest pain.
    The American journal of emergency medicine 2003; 21(2):106-110 (Article; Published in Print)
    JIF: 1.504; Times Cited: 26

  • Lim Swee Han; Anantharaman V; Teo Wee Siong; Chan Yiong Huak; Chee Teck Siong; Chua Terrence
    Results of the first five years of the prehospital automatic external defibrillation project in Singapore in the "Utstein style".
    Resuscitation 2005; 64(1):49-57 (Article; Published in Print)
    JIF: 5.23

  • Lim S H; Anantharaman V; Teo W S; Chan Y H
    Slow infusion of calcium channel blockers compared with intravenous adenosine in the emergency treatment of supraventricular tachycardia.
    Resuscitation 2009; 80(5):523-528 (Article; Published in Print)
    JIF: 5.23; Times Cited: 28

  • Lim Swee Han; Shuster Michael; Deakin Charles D; Kleinman Monica E; Koster Rudolph W; Morrison Laurie J; Nolan Jerry P; Sayre Michael R;
    Part 7: CPR techniques and devices: 2010 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science with Treatment Recommendations.
    Resuscitation 2010; 81 Suppl 1:e86-092 (Article; Published in Print)
    JIF: 5.23; Times Cited: 24

  • Than Martin; Cullen Louise; Reid Christopher M; Lim Swee Han; Aldous Sally; Ardagh Michael W; Peacock W Frank; Parsonage William A; Ho Hiu Fai; Ko Hiu Fai; Kasliwal Ravi R; Bansal Manish; Soerianata Sunarya; Hu Dayi; Ding Rongjing; Hua Qi; Seok-Min Kang; Sritara Piyamitr; Sae-Lee Ratchanee; Chiu Te-Fa; Tsai Kuang-Chau; Chu Fang-Yeh; Chen Wei-Kung; Chang Wen-Han; Flaws Dylan F; George Peter M; Richards A Mark
    A 2-h diagnostic protocol to assess patients with chest pain symptoms in the Asia-Pacific region (ASPECT): a prospective observational validation study.
    Lancet (London, England) 2011; 377(9771):1077-1048 (Article; Published in Print)
    JIF: 44.002; Times Cited: 285

  • Than Martin; Cullen Louise; Aldous Sally; Parsonage William A; Reid Christopher M; Greenslade Jaimi; Flaws Dylan; Hammett Christopher J; Beam Daren M; Ardagh Michael W; Troughton Richard; Brown Anthony F T; George Peter; Florkowski Christopher M; Kline Jeffrey A; Peacock W Frank; Maisel Alan S; Lim Swee Han; Lamanna Arvin; Richards A Mark
    2-Hour accelerated diagnostic protocol to assess patients with chest pain symptoms using contemporary troponins as the only biomarker: the ADAPT trial.
    Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2012; 59(23):2091-2888 (Article; Published in Print)
    JIF: 19.896; Times Cited: 255

  • Lim Swee Han; Anantharaman Venkataraman; Sundram Felix; Chan Edwin Shih-Yen; Ang Ee Sin; Yo Sui Lan; Jacob Edward; Goh Anthony; Tan Say Beng; Chua Terrance
    Stress myocardial perfusion imaging for the evaluation and triage of chest pain in the emergency department: a randomized controlled trial.
    Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology 2013; 20(6):1002-1121 (Article; Published in Print)
    JIF: 4.011; Times Cited: 16

  • Lim Swee Han; Aw Sze Jet; Cheong May Anne; Chew Jenny; Ler Ai Choo; Yong Li Ping; Chan Yiong Huak; Win Ma Thin Mar; Suppiah Nagamal
    A randomised control trial to compare retention rates of two cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction methods in the novice.
    Resuscitation 2016; 103:82-87 (Article; Published in Print)
    JIF: 5.414; Times Cited: 1

  • ZW Lin, SH Lim, TSJ Chua, YH Chan, ES Tai, AM Richards
    High sensitivity Troponin T and long-term adverse cardiac events among patients presenting with suspected acute coronary syndrome in Singapore
    Singapore Medical Journal 2019; SMJ 60(8):427-431 (Article; Published in Print)

  • Ziwei Lin, Swee Han Lim , Qai Ven Yap , Carol Hui Chen Tan , Yiong Huak Chan , Hung Chew Wong , E Shyong Tai , Arthur Mark Richards 6, Terrance Siang Jin Chua. Comparing conventional and high sensitivity troponin T measurements in identifying adverse cardiac events in patients admitted to an Asian emergency department chest pain observation unit, Int J Cardiol Heart Vasc 2021; N.A.:N.A.-N.A. (Article; E-Published Ahead of Print)

  • Swee Han Lim, FRCSEd, FRCPEd, Kee Chong Ng, MBBS, MMed, Chi Keong Ching, MBBS, MRCP, GeneYong-Kwang Ong, MBBS, MRCPCH, Yew Woon Chia, FRCP, EDIC, Agnihotri Biswas, MBBS, MRCPCH,Janice Hui Hong Oh, BSc, Jia Hao Lim, MBBS, MMed, Faraz Zarisfi, MRCSEd, FRCEM, Jun Hao Loke, BSc,Benjamin Sieu-Hon Leong, MBBS, MRCSEd
    SRFAC: resuscitation and saving lives in the COVID-19 era and beyond. Singapore Med J 2021; 62(8): 369-371. doi: 0.11622/smedj.2021106 2021; 62(8):369-371 (Article; E-Published Ahead of Print)