With a simulation accident that culminated in the public presentation throughout “Launch of the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020” which aims to reduce traffic accidents and thousands of deaths and injuries they engender. The event was inaugurated by public works minister Gerson Martines. The road safety plan presents alarming statistics on accidents. they are the leading cause of death for young people between 15 and 29 in El Salvador. Nearly 1.3 million people die each year on the roads throughout the world making Motor Vehicle Accidents the leading cause of deaths worldwide. In El Salvador accidents cause about three deaths per day and an average of 22 injuries. 75 percent of these deaths are related to driver inattention, excessive speed and imprudence by pedestrians.
The campaign ended with an extrication drill enacted by CDS paramedics, EMTs and extrication specialists from our “UDR” rescue unit. The UDR is also involved in Urban Search and Rescue. San Salvador is one of the most densely populated cities in Latin America and MVAs are an every day occurrence.
Fifty year old popular painter Elena Lemus appears in front of two paintings of important people of El Salvaodor’s history. Schafik Jorge Hándal, leader of the current party currently governing the country and the deceased journalist spokesperson for Comandos de Salvamento commonly known as Mayen. The painter is a student of the city’s municipal art workshops. She states that Mayen always walked in the afternoons around Plaza Gerardo Barrios in this historic area . She maintains his memory so that he is always present in the park. Foto: Francisco Campos
Comandos EMS volunteers responded to a MVA located at Bulevar Tutunichapa and la 5a. Av. Norte inn Sal Salvador this afternoon. The accident happened due to a vehicle with licence plate number N-2919 crossed lanes into oncoming traffic crashing into two microbuses per statements of witnesses on scene. One patient was transferred to the hospital “Diagnositico” while two others were taken to the National Social Security hospital. CDS attended to 50 yo Idalia Nerio de Espeinal and 23 yo Tania Idalia Espinal who were driving the car with license plate P462-442. Other vehicles included was a Supreme Justice Court microbus N-7549. Photo: KAMALA/CDS
EMT’s from Comandos de Salvamento attended to 20 adult and children patients that were injured in a traffic accident at KM 5.5 on Highway Troncal del Norte, north of San Salvador. They were all in the back of a black pickup. National Civilian Police participated in transporting. Patients that were transferred to hospital ERs were the following: Number represents age of patient. Fotos: KAMALA/CDS
Fatima Nohemí Ruiz 4
Maino Emanuel Nerio10
,Jairo Antonio Garcia 10
Nestor Emiliano García 8
Maino Jonatan Francisco 9
Luis Gomez 10
Katerine Estefani Rodríguez 6
Ileana Magali García 6
Juan Francisco Ruiz 30
María Mercedes Nerio 50
Alejandro Nerio Segundo 30
María Silvia Cortes 51
Héctor Antonio suñiga 19
Emma Sicilian Suñiga 53
Joaquin Garcia 19
Reina Isabel ´García 25
Ana Gloria Gomez 27
Abelio Alberto Ruis 32
Rene Amelio Pacheco 18
Iris Magdalena Ruis 18
This last weekend, Comandos de Salvamento fumigated a neighborhood in San Martin called El Proyecto. The project was in collaboration with the San Martin Mayors office, medical brigades, the local health dept, and a battalion of parachutists from the Salvadoran Armed Forces. Dozens of families received medical consults and Comandos fumigated over 100 homes while the military offered pet vaccinations and haircuts for children. Fotos: CDS
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