The Municipality of Concordia, through the Health Secretariat, has begun equipping Health Centers with automated external defibrillators, for which a series of CPR training sessions have been conducted for all personnel in conjunction with SIMES (Municipal Integral Emergency Health Service).
The Secretary of Health, Diego Sauré, explained that the reason for the training is based on the fact that “sudden cardiac arrest is one of the leading causes of death, where one must act immediately by performing high-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation.” In that regard, the fundamental aspect “is to gain time with CPR until the defibrillator arrives.”
Sauré reported that “we are delivering defibrillators to all Primary Health Care Centers and we will now have all personnel trained for their use in the event of a cardiac emergency.”
Equipment was recently delivered to the CAPS in the Los Pájaros, Villa Adela, and Nébel neighborhoods. The new devices will be added to all “those that the municipality already has in other locations, such as the Palacio Arruabarrena, the Convention Center, the Airport, and the SIMES mobile units.”
Finally, highlighting the importance of the training, Sauré recalled that “survival from cardiac arrest decreases by 10% per minute if no one does anything, and it is proven that the use of high-quality CPR and the automated defibrillator increases that possibility of rhythm return or survival by almost 70%.”
It is worth noting that with this action, Concordia is one of the only municipalities in Entre Ríos that will have its Health Centers equipped with AEDs.
The Secretary of Health, Diego Sauré, explained that the reason for the training is based on the fact that “sudden cardiac arrest is one of the leading causes of death, where one must act immediately by performing high-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation.” In that regard, the fundamental aspect “is to gain time with CPR until the defibrillator arrives.”
Sauré reported that “we are delivering defibrillators to all Primary Health Care Centers and we will now have all personnel trained for their use in the event of a cardiac emergency.”
Equipment was recently delivered to the CAPS in the Los Pájaros, Villa Adela, and Nébel neighborhoods. The new devices will be added to all “those that the municipality already has in other locations, such as the Palacio Arruabarrena, the Convention Center, the Airport, and the SIMES mobile units.”
Finally, highlighting the importance of the training, Sauré recalled that “survival from cardiac arrest decreases by 10% per minute if no one does anything, and it is proven that the use of high-quality CPR and the automated defibrillator increases that possibility of rhythm return or survival by almost 70%.”
It is worth noting that with this action, Concordia is one of the only municipalities in Entre Ríos that will have its Health Centers equipped with AEDs.