Category Archives: First Aid

EMS HealthCare

Death Caused by 40 Meter Fall

Comandos UDR rescate Cadaver

Members of CDS Search and Rescue Unit (UDR) recover the cadaver of a person that was found below a bridge that is 40 meters high. The bridge is located at the Venezuela Blvd and Cuscatlan Avenue. The body was found by the National Civilian Police at about 5:30am this morning. The person is estimated to be about thirty years old and presented with multiple fractures of the upper and lower limbs as well as damage to the parietal and occipital region of the skull. The police report he was killed by being thrown off the bridge by unknown assailants.

Unidad de Rescate El Salvador

Disaster Mental Health

cuzinterview

On November 20 2009, AGARESO interviewed Executive Director Roberto Cruz about the mental health symptoms of the population of Guadalupe and Verapaz after mudslides decimated many homes and businesses.  He speaks of two suicides as a result of the disaster  The original blog entry on AGARESO website here. The interview is only in Spanish.  In a few days, the CDS press department will present documentary photos of the disaster the day after it happened in Guadalupe and Verapaz. The photographs were taken by a resident of Guadalupe named Josue Ricardo Dimas.

[podcast]https://comandosdesalvamento.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/entrevista_cruzconagareso11_20_09.mp3[/podcast]

Photo Credit: Chus Álvarez