A 50-year-old man has managed to save his life in FUENLABRADA Due to a «chain of life» attended by a neighbor, who witnessed the incident and «the immediate and efficient performance of the emergency services of Local Police.»
The events took place when a man suffered a Cardiorespiratory arrest at a sports center in the city. The 50-year-old received initial assistance from a woman who witnessed the event.
She performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation, using a defibrillator while members of the local police in Laborada, belonging to the Emergency Care Section (SERPOL), arrived.
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The officers, a man and a woman, continued with the resuscitation and also performed airway opening on the unconscious person. Another pair of officers joined the intervention. They kept him stable in a police vehicle with Basic life support.
Resuscitation operations continued until the arrival of the Summa UVI, whose professionals, assisted by advanced life support, managed to «reverse the arrest and transfer the man to the hospital.»
Citizen Security Advisor Raquel López stated that «a survival chain that demonstrates the vital importance of having tools and knowledge that facilitate a quick and effective intervention to reverse these life-threatening situations.»
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The man was taken to the hospital and is now back home recovering from the serious incident, although he is undergoing rehabilitation to regain full mobility, according to municipal sources.
The Municipal Council of Fuenlabrada has had an emergency unit (SERPOL) for over a decade that focuses on providing initial intervention and medical assistance.
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The twenty members received specialized training and also have a vehicle equipped with support materials. Basic life support.
«The rapid arrival at the scene of an event and proper care of the victim until medical attention arrives is very important and can make the difference between the person staying alive until the arrival of a UVI,» stated Raquel López.
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