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"Thanks to the donation by the Football Federation of the Region of these life-saving equipment, practically 100% of the pavilions, sports centers and municipal soccer fields will be cardioprotected places," said the mayor.

The City Council is going to give 15 training courses for the use of the devices, allowing the management to 300 people to avoid possible cardio-respiratory arrests

The mayor of Murcia, José Ballesta, accompanied by the Councilor for Sports and Health, Felipe Coello, today signed with the president of the Federation of Football of the Region of Murcia, José Miguel Monje, the agreement by which 53 new sports facilities of the helmet Urban and pedanias will receive a defibrillator.

"Thanks to the donation by the Football Federation of the Region of these life-saving equipment, practically 100% of the pavilions, sports centers and municipal soccer fields will be cardioprotected places, adding a total of 75 installations", said the mayor , Who added that "the objective of this action is to extend the sanitary protection of sports fans in the whole municipality."

In addition to the devices, which will begin to be installed next week in visible places and close to the sports courts or at the entrance of the locker rooms - in the case of soccer fields - the City Council will give 15 training courses For the use of the devices, allowing the management of 300 people to avoid possible cardiac arrests, an action that is part of the municipal program 'Murcia te cuida'.

"The courses will preferably be given to the maintenance staff of the municipal sports centers, as well as staff from the different clubs in Murcia, but they will also be open to other interested people," said José Ballesta.

The City Council wants to extend to other public spaces in the municipality the installation of these defibrillators that allow, thanks to its simplicity and security, non-medical personnel with the necessary training can attend a cardiac arrest outside the health centers.

In this regard, the mayor added that "the Department of Sports and Health is already working on a new agreement that is quite advanced and that will extend its implementation in schools."

A cardioprotected municipality

Specifically, the defribriladores donated by the Federation of Soccer of the Region of Murcia will be installed in the following sports facilities:

Football fields of: La Flota, Patiño, Santiago El Mayor, La Alberca, Alquerías, Barqueros, Beniaján, Churra, Corvera, Espinardo, Los Garres, Guadalupe, Javalí Viejo, New Javalí, Llano de Brujas, Puebla de Soto, Tocinos Bridge , El Puntal, El Raal, Los Ramos, Rincón de Seca, San Jose de la Vega, Sangonera la Seca, Sangonera la Verde, Sucina, Torreaguera, La Raya, El Palmar and Algezares

The pavilions and sports centers that will have defibrillators are: San Jose de la Vega, Federico de Arce, Narciso Yepes, Cabezo de Torres, La Alberca, Alquibla, Corvera, Los Dolores, Javalí Viejo, Javalí Nuevo, El Palmar, Sangonera La Seca, Sangonera la Verde, Sucina, Beniaján, Torreaguera, Aljucer, Alquerías, Albatalía, Los Martínez del Puerto, San Ginés, Zarandona and Zeneta.

This figure is added to the installations that already have this apparatus, Palacio de Los Deportes;

Pavilions Prince of Asturias, Cagigal, Infante Juan Manuel, Félix Rodriguez de la Fuente, The Tower in Tocinos Bridge, Santo Ángel, El Esparragal, Espinardo;

Swimming pools Mar Menor, Infante, Tocinos Bridge, El Palmar, Murcia Park;

Monte Romero Stadium;

Football fields José Barnés, El Ranero, El Esparragal, Zeneta and Los Garres;

Polideportivo El Palmar;

And sports courts José Barnés.

Diagnosis and treatment of a stop

Semi-automatic defibrillators are devices capable of diagnosing and treating cardiorespiratory arrest.

Through a series of auditory indications and images are able to guide its users to assist a person in situation of possible cardiac arrest.

The apparatus itself will determine whether or not it is necessary to perform a discharge.

The semiautomatic external defibrillator is designed for those cases of cardiac arrest that happen outside the hospital because its simplicity of use makes it possible for non-medical personnel to safely and effectively handle the instructions for use that the defibrillator indicates at each step.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia