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Wenatchee Clinical Social Worker Mark Hoffman ha sido colaborador y un representante internacional de Comandos de Salvamento desde 1996.
Mental Health, Rescue

Mountain Recovery: Red Cross Collaboration

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Puerto Colaboración

EMS Recovery crews from CDS and Salvadoran Red Cross recover the body of a female that committed suicide by jumping off the face of Puerta de Diablo, south of San Salvador. Recovery efforts took a long time due to the 30 meter height of the precipice.

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Redacción Diario Co Latino report Translation by Marco Forty year old Delhi Mabel de Montes took her own life this Thursday when she jumped off the highest cliff of the Devil’s door at Los Planes de Renderos. According to preliminary reports from search and recovery teams, the woman was a nurse at the psychiatric hospital and is from Tonacatepeque. Circumstances that led to the suicide remain unknown.  The National Civilian Police are investigating a motive. However, it is known that the sixteen year old daughter of Delmi was disappeared and this circumstance made her very depressed. EMS crews have informed that before jumping off the ledge, she had called friends at work to inform them of her decision to take her own life. This Friday, recovery teams from the Red Cross, Comandos de Salvamento and the PNC worked since 10 am to recover the cadaver that was in a difficult zone to access.

First Aid

Comandos Siempre los Primeros

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Troncal Accidente: Comandos de Salvamento

The Emergency Unit of Rosales National Hospital released a report on emergencies attended by Salvadoran EMS crews. A total of 1,660 emergencies were documented between July and December 2009. Of them, 476 were attended to by CDS, 387 by the Red Cross, 515 by the National Civilian Police, 139 by the Green Cross, and others by various groups and individuals. This report demonstrates the responsiveness of CDS during EMS and Rescue runs. The following photo essay shows CDS EMS crews helping young patients that are trapped in their vehicle last week on the infamous “Troncal del Norte” that heads north out of San Salvador. Images courtesy of  La Prensa Gráfica Photo Credit: Francisco Alemán

Walk in Clinic

Donativo de Esparadrapo

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Donativo

Rodolfo Rivera, President of the Foundation against Renal Failure, (FUNCIR) , hands donated plaster bandages to Yessenia de Larios of the CDS Health Clinic. The donation consisted of 864 boxes of these bandages that the Comandos will use to offer First Aid to patients. The donation is valued at over 5 thousand dollars.