A man of about 45 years of age was ran over by a #21 route transit bus along the Juan Pablo II street and 14th Ave. N. in San Salvador on Sept 18th, 2009. The patient presented gravely injured, unconscious and was transported to Rosales Hospital. The driver was detained by the police due to the patient ambulating in a secure pedestrian zone.
BUS ACCIDENT AND DOWNED POWERLINES
Comandos de Salvamento help a woman who was injured during an accident in the Colonia Flor Blanca in San Salvador. The crash caused high voltage powerlines to fall. The Comandos stopped pedestrian traffic due to dangerous live wires and cables.
About fifty Comandos de Salvamento participated this last Tuesday the 15th, in the 188th anniversary of El Salvador’s independence. During the festive event, there were no acute emergencies. Later that afternoon, volunteers enjoyed a well deserved lunch.
CDS are present at events like these in order to be ready for whatever emergency occurs. This is only one of many examples where CDS supports Salvadorans by being presente and siempre pendiente.
The CDS education department has an EMS school called “Escuela de Comandos de Salvamento,”Yolanda Elizaberth Ramírez”-named after a Comandos who died in the line of duty.
The school prepares medical students from the University of El Salvador, and other students from other institutions in pre-hospital patient care. The course is taught by Comandos Luis Kolatto, lead EMS educator. The courses take place every Saturday. If you or your agency are interested in recieving EMS courses, please stop by to visit us at la 9a. Calle Oriente y 16 Av. Norte de San Salvador.
Luis Kolatto instructs students on how to check for internal injuries.
Rosa María Gálvez,”Chilindrina” teaches student observers her role in doing simple “curaciones” and suturing.
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