CDS assisted victims of a fire in the colonia Lomas del Río, main street No. 18 and 20 in Soyapango this Sunday afternoon. Two home residences were consumed with flames and smoke when a small propane tank exploded. Patients attended to were 29 yo Blanca Gómez, 50 yo Mario Zamora and 17 yo Alexander Vásquez. They were transported to local Emergency Rooms while the National Fire Dept put out the remaining flames and assured safety of the scene. A young child was transported to Childrens Bloom Hospital, with name undetermined. Common friends, family, and neighbors helped put out the fire with local resources.
CDS offered a free basic first aid class in Quincy, Washington State in collaboration with the local Community Clinic and the First Baptist Church. More than 25 people learned 1 and 2 rescuer CPR, and how to respond situations that includes bleeding, feinting, fractures, choking, and epilepsy.
The class was sponsored by pastor Jose Magallanes of the First Baptist Church and included immigrants from Mexico, Honduras, and Peru. In celebrating it’s fifty years of existence, Comandos de Salvamento is offering training to Hispanic Communities of Central Washington where there are many agricultural employees that work in the apple, pear, and cherry orchards. We want to formallly thank Ballard Ambulance again for loaning the training manniquins and also Quincy Community Health employees Mary Jo Ibarra, and Kathy Hirschel for assisting in making this class a success. Fotos: Marco
On January 10th 1981, the Frente Farabundo Marti para la Liberación Nacional started what they called their “final offensive” against a revolutionary military Junta “coup d’etat” that had recently taken over the Salvadoran government. The objective of the FMLN was to over thrown the coup before the taking of the presidency in the USA by Ronald Reagan which occurred the 20th of January of the same year.
The Comandos de Salvamento are documented during this offensive in the new documentary Return to El Salvador by director Jamie Moffet. Together with the Green Cross, they evacuate an FMLN patient involved in a shootout with the Army during the offensive. Upon leaving the scene with Green Cross, the ambulance was stopped at an army roadblock and the patient shot. CDS has numerous EMS experiences during the war, and also during times of peace working separate or along side their EMS comrades from other agencies like the Green and Red Cross.
Comandos de Salvamento offered a First Aid class for the first time ever in the USA this past Friday in Wenatchee Washington. The class was sponsored by the Comité Salvadoreño de Washington Central. Many Latinos in the area work in agricultural and benefit from knowledge and skills the Comandos have in first aid and basic CPR. The course was geared for the first to respond meaning friend or family on scene and what to do before handing care over to more qualified EMS providers such as Ballard or Lifeline Ambulance. Luis taught students how to manage basic injuries, choking, bleeding, small fractures, and sprains. Comandos de Salvamento wants to formally thank Ballard Ambulance of the Wenatchee Valley for loaning 8 adult training mannequins and 10 baby mannequins for the class to practice their newly acquired skills.
Family members and CDS bury the remains of 17 yo Volunteer Comando Christian Neftali Escalón at the municipal cemetary of Apopa. Christian was shot by unknown assailants this last Wednesday night while driving a Microbus with his dad around the Colonia Tikal neighborhood. He was transported to Hospital Rosales, yet died during surgery in intensive care. His father is the head delegate leader of our Apopa base.
The Comandos de Salvamento express their deepest sympathies and condolences to family and friends. Fotos: CDS
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