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Civil Protection of the City of Murcia has a new most modern and comprehensive ambulance, which joins the existing one.
This is a Mercedes Sprinter van on high care model adapted to class C ambulance designed to provide advanced life support, provided all the funds and technical features required by current regulations.
The vehicle has a modular monitor defibrillator capable of reading vital signs, semi-automatic defibrillator and pacemaker output and printer;
ventilator, chair transfers latest generation GPS navigator, radio transmissions emitting luminaire signaling leds, etc.
The investment is € 95,000.
The Councillor for Safety and Human Resources, Nuria Fuentes, this morning the vehicle with person of Civil Protection and explained that incorporate this new ambulance was necessitated by the increased number of assists and the many events that require presence of Civil Protection.
During 2013 SEAMUR-Protecting Health Unit Civil-made more than 1,200 performances, making guards 24 hours every weekend of the year with an ambulance, and covering 122 preventive services, health care coverage and support organizations , Local Police and Fire, with a total of 6,821 volunteer hours worked.
Civil Protection has been in pageants Reyes, carnival parades, processions of Holy Week in Murcia and districts, Bando de la Huerta, Burial of the Sardine, SOS 4.8 Festival, Feria de Murcia, Pilgrimage, fun runs and festivals in villages and neighborhoods.
In addition, last year health support was provided to Firefighters in the fire at the recycling plant Espinardo, in extinguishing a fire in a garment factory in Cobatillas and other actions such as falling branches by strong viewing or finding a person he fell to the Segura river during the celebration of the musical event SOS.
The ambulance which has currently Civil Protection of the City of Murcia is a Basic Life Support which became operational in April 2007.
SEAMUR (Emergency Service of the City of Murcia) Civil Protection born of the need to dispose of Municipal Government emergency services and health assistance himself covering the various events that they will require a preventive health service in holding public events, sports , concerts, etc., which bring together large numbers of people, and being created councilman Remigio Lopez.
SEAMUR is composed of members of the Association of Civil Defence Volunteers, where the Health Unit is aimed quickly and effectively solve those health emergencies that are required within the municipality, as well as attention to disasters and public calamity.
Currently the Health Unit is comprised of 44 volunteers of which 10 have the need to drive ambulances 11 Technical lifeguards, 6 Technicians health emergencies and 17 registered nurses BTP card, and are equipped with a standard ambulance basic life support, vehicle Rapid Reaction (VIR) and two hospitals, to which must be added the new ambulance that was presented today.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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