Daring Extrication
The CDS Vehicle Extrication Brigade took part in an impressive motor vehicle accident rescue effort to save the life of Nimrod Rodrigues, who crashed into an over pass near KM 35 along the highway that…
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Vehicle Rescue
Vehicle Extrication in Apopa
CDS took part in an extrication of a patient from an MVA in Apopa, north of San Salvador. Comando Carlos Rivas worked inside the cabin delicatley cutting away metal and debris that was trapping the…
Grave Accidente 15 Vehículos
A Mass Casualty Incident this last Monday involved fifteen vehicles in an MVA near El Congo in the department of Santa Ana. Among regular vehicles, a semi truck and five buses were tangled in the…
Bus Accident: 20 Injured
A Bus with the license plate of P-20-416 was involved in a Mass Casualty Accident when it rolled off the road that goes from Los planes de Renderos to Rosario de Mora in Cantón El…
MVA: Attending to Patients
EMS crews attend to 45 day old child Angel Chavez and 31yo Mario Villalobos who were involved in a traffic accident. The child was transported to Bloom hospital, and Mario to the ER at Rosales…
Resumen de Emergencias: Semana Santa
CDS presents an overview of emergencies attended to from 8am March 27th to April 4th 12pm during Holy Week Vacation 2010. For more detailed information please call 2221 1310 and ask for Carlos Alvarado, voice…
Rescue of MVA Victims
*Viewer Discretion Advised* EMS crews from Comandos de Salvamento transported five injured patients, of a total of 18 that were involved in an MVA that occured today April 4th on the highway from San Salvador…
Injured in MVA
Comandos observe a car with license plate P-613-242 that crashed into the reondel Orden de Malta in the neighborhood of Santa Elena Friday evening. Injured in the accident was 10 yo Rubí Armando Martínez, 30…
CDS First Responders during Holy Week
Comunicado No. 2 Emergency!-First to Respond- Señores Medios de Comunicación. Presente: In order to prepare for the Holy Week holiday, Comandos de practicad a simulated traffic accident at 10am today on the Blvd. del…
Holy Week Preparation
The main base of Comandos de Salvamento sent two veteran instructors to the eastern part of the country to train affiliated base EMTs about what to expect during Holy Week Holiday coming up in April.…
Comandos Siempre los Primeros
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…
Rescue: Antiguo Base
CDS EMTs from the Antiguo Cuscatlán base rescue patient Ángela Maldonado who was victim of a traffic accident on the Central American Highway. National firefighters and CDS worked together in the extrication. The patients car…
