Category Archives: International

Education, International

STOP THE BLEED CLASS

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Dr. Andrew Badulak, a member of Doctors of the Americas, offered the ACS Stop the Bleed course, also known as modern tourniquet use, to about fifty volunteers from Comandos de Salvamento, thereby updating their knowledge for the pre-hospital services they provide to the community.

“Stop the Bleed” is a registered trademark of the United States Department of Defense and the Defense Health Agency, and is part of the American College of Surgeons program. The course teaches modern techniques to stop bleeding and the use of the tourniquet, as it is popularly known.

Each of the attending volunteers received a certificate from the Committee on Trauma of the American College of Surgeons.
@alertacomando thanks Dr. Andrew Badulak for the services provided to the volunteers.

Community Support, Health Brigades, International

CDS Honored to Host Doctors of the Americas

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Efraín Solís thanks the work of Doctores de las Américas.
Dr. Andrew Badulak, head of the Doctores de las Américas mission, receives recognition.

Members of the Board of Directors, Executive Management, and Health Coordinator of Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador expressed their gratitude to the Doctores de las Américas on their last day of medical missions carried out in the country.

During the missions, nearly 1,500 people with limited economic resources from various communities were attended to by health professionals, who were supported by Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador.

Efraín Solís, treasurer of the Board of Directors of Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador, presented a recognition to each of the Doctores de las Américas, as well as to the medical staff, nurses, and volunteers who were a fundamental part in making the consultations a success.

Rosa Arrué de Méndez, Health Coordinator of Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador, highlighted the importance of joining efforts to bring assistance to the most in-need places in our country.

For their part, Dr. Andrew and Stephanie Badulak were emphatic in thanking all the support they receive from Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador to bring some relief to Salvadoran communities.

Badulak, head of the Doctores de las Américas mission, said that it is time to continue with this humanitarian and brotherly work with Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador, and expressed hope to return next year.

Affiliate Bases, International

DOCTORS OF THE AMERICAS: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

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Dr. Martín gives instructions.
More than 1,500 people were attended to by Doctors of the Americas.

About 1,500 people from low-income communities benefited from the medical missions carried out by Doctors of the Americas and Comandos de Salvamento of El Salvador.

Doctors of the Americas, a U.S.-based nonprofit organization, concluded its hard humanitarian work in the Río de Las Cañas community in Soyapango, where hundreds of people came to receive a free medical consultation and medication.

For 21 years, Comandos de Salvamento of El Salvador has been the entity providing logistical support and part of the medicines distributed during each mission, where the elderly, women, and children are the main beneficiaries.

It is worth mentioning that Dr. Andrew and Stephanie Badulak have led Doctors of the Americas, which year after year arrives to help the Salvadoran people, joined by doctors from the University of California.

Comandos de Salvamento of El Salvador expressed gratitude for the sacrifice of the healthcare professionals from Doctors of the Americas, as well as the medical staff, nurses, and volunteers from Comandos who support each mission.

Many thanks to Doctors of the Americas.

Children received assistance.
They received care.
Dr. Rubén came to support consultations.
Comandos de Salvamento of El Salvador staff in the pharmacy.
Delivery of medicines.
Dr. Andrew Badulak gives an interview to a local TV channel.
Dr. Laila examines a patient.
Hard work.
Dr. Andrew Badulak supervises work.
Dr. Daniel May in the middle of the mission.

23 members of Doctors of the Americas arrived in the country to work in the missions.
Children, women, and the elderly benefited.
Hundreds of patients received consultations.
A patient is examined.
Doctors of the Americas at work.