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The mayor of San Pedro del Pinatar, Visitation Martinez, accompanied by the Councillor for Civil Defense and Emergencies, Angela Gaona and the Head of the Emergency and Civil Protection, Vicente Salas, presented, in the home Pensioner "Raimundo Benedict" the new medical supplies Emergency Service of San Pedro del Pinatar which has nine defibrillators monitors, with a budget of about 12,000 euros.

The mayor has indicated that this is an important project that began some years ago with the goal of making San Pedro a "protected city cardio" because it has been shown that rapid intervention prevents fatal consequences of a cardiorespiratory arrest.

A total of 22 defibrillators monitors are in San Pedro, arranged in public places donce people concentrate with a high risk of heart processes, such as in activity centers for the elderly, residences, etc. and areas where there is a obvious risk of cardiac arrests occur, such as sports facilities, performing multitudinous areas shows, municipal library, etc.

In addition, the municipality has currently with defibrillators at sports facilities and beaches during the summer months, and strategic areas based on a number of factors and criteria.

The Head of Emergencies and Civil Protection, stressed that any user can use these devices in the past year there have been four editions of 16 people each to train workers of public buildings, local police officers, volunteers, etc. according Vicente Salas, some 250 people have been trained in the use of defibrillators monitors, in the last year.

Defibrillators monitors are easy to use, compact, lightweight and are designed to meet a variety of needs defibrillation and monitoring in one device, allowing sharing between the technical staff of 112 in AED mode and medical equipment advanced support in manual mode.

So in AED mode, voice prompts in Spanish and text messages guide users along the defibrillation process, while the monitor / defibrillator continuously monitors the patient.

Once it reaches the advanced medical equipment, the monitor / defibrillator is easily changed to manual mode, enabling healthcare have access to advanced therapeutic units.

Source: Ayuntamiento de San Pedro del Pinatar