Elderly Patient in Sink Hole
72 year old María Leticia Torres was rescued from a large sink hole that had slowly been forming on the corner of 14th Ave. North and East Street in the Colonia La Merced, San Salvador.…
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Ravine Rescue
CDS and the Salvadoran Red Cross rescued an ebriated patient who responded to the name of Jorge Arnoldo Villeda Mejía in the Colonia El Triunfo on Blvd Constitución. Method of injuries occured when he fell…
Your Guardian Angel at the Beach
CDS Lifeguards have participated in many shallow and deepwater rescues at beaches throughout the country. Up until this Thursday, a total of 52 rescues have occurred, most of them at Majahual and Costa del Sol.…
MVA Starts off Holy Week “Guardian Angel” Plan
CDS EMS crews attended to three people that were injured when a large truck with plates C-87964 crashed into a large tree near KM 26 on the main highway to Comalapa Airport. Injured that were…
Electrocution
Douglas Amilcal Matuto de 20 años sufrió graves lesiones cuando fue alcanzado por la electricidad mientras realizaba trabajos en un almacén sobre la Calle Arce y 11 Avenida Sur en San Salvador. Socorristas de Comandos…
Guardian Angels in Training
First responders and life-guards of CDS recently completed resistance training at Majahual beach. They are preparing for Holy Week celebrations which start this Sunday when thousands of Salvadorans flock to the beach for a full…
MCI @ Eastern Bus Terminal
CDS Rescue Support teams were dispatched to the Eastern bus Terminal in San Salvador today. Witnesses on scene report a bus that was speeding crashed into one that was parked. Three patients that were trapped…
Recovery Tutunichapa
A SAR team from CDS main base recovered a body from the Tutunichapa river today. Witnesses on scene could not identify the victim. CDS estimates the male to be between 35-40 years old with blue…
Body Recovery Troncal del Nte
CDS Rescue Team recovers a body that was thrown off a cliff at KM 11 Troncal del Norte Highway near the Colonia San Antonio Foto: Carlos Fuentes
Puyallup Extrication Team
Recently, Comandos de Salvamento International Representatives Mark Hoffman and Josue Martinez were invited by Jeff Pugh, leader of the Puyallup Extrication Team in Puyallup, Washington, in order to give a presentation on the work of CDS…
