The Ministers of Government, Roger Tejada Bryden and Security, Juan Manuel Pino accompanied the General of the United States Southern Command Laura J. Richardson, who this afternoon toured the Bravo Task Force camp and the campaign hospitals, following up on the practical exercises in the III Regional Simulation of Response to Disasters and Humanitarian Assistance.
Also on the tour of the US military were the Vice Minister of Health, Ivette Berrío, the director of the National Civil Protection System (Sinaproc), Carlos Rumbo and the Executive Secretary of the Coordination Center for the Prevention of Disasters in Central America and the Republic Dominican (Cepredenac), Claudia Herrera Melgar.
On this third day of the Regional Simulation where rescuers from El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic and Panama participate, with the collaboration of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Argentina, Ecuador, Brazil, Israel, Peru, Haiti and Japan, practical exercises They continued in the collapsed structures, there was a traffic accident with multiple injuries, evacuation due to fire and high-altitude rescue.
In the collapsed areas, after propping up the structures, 13 canines from Sinaproc, the National Police, the National Aeronaval Service and the National Border Service, and seven foreign canine units from El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Honduras and the Dominican Republic collaborated in the work. rescue people trapped in the rubble.
Juan Manuel Carranza, leader of USAR-EL Salvador, praised the participation of his units in the drill, ensuring that the canine specimens come to work in these exercises because by their sense of smell, they can locate the victims and then the rescue team arrives at the point that the dog has pointed out and the victim can be rescued effectively.
He added that as a region they are very close, “since we are the closest neighbors and at a certain moment when this type of incident occurs we provide the support of specialized people and it is better that we practice together and learn from everyone and thus save lives.” .
Along these lines, the Meritorious Fire Department of the Republic of Panama (BCBRP), from the USAR PAN 16 Group, released a victim, who was trapped under a heavy slab, reported Ángel Delgado, general secretary of the Fire Department, applying very strict rules. millimeters so as not to affect the health of the victim. The injured person was stabilized and channeled. The extraction operations included propping and it was also necessary to stabilize and channel the victim, since one of his extremities was trapped under the heavy slab.
In another hypothetical scenario of maneuvers, a traffic accident was recorded on the Amador Causeway with 25 injured, all Minsa officials who were going to reinforce the health force, 13 ambulances transferred those affected to hospitals in an articulated manner. inter-institutionally, following the guide for prehospital management in Accidents with Multiple Victims. Similarly, the Minsa facilities received Dr. Ciro Ugarte, the highest authority of the Pan American Health Organization, during the drill.
