With the purpose of providing better access to cardiovascular health, the National Academy of Medicine (ANM) and the Venemergencia Foundation formalized an alliance for the donation of an automatic external defibrillator at the Palace of the Academies, located on Avenida Universidad, in the Cathedral Parish, Caracas.
In terms of first aid and through the Public Access Defibrillation (DAP in Spanish) program that is being promoted, it is possible for any person, even without complex professional training, to act in a timely manner in the event of a medical emergency.
“It is very significant to install this defibrillator in the Palace of the Academies, it is a great achievement of this administration, a historic event, a life-saving measure,” said Dr. Huniádes Urbina, president of the ANM.
Training for the professional practice of paramedics
The institutions will offer training courses for the professional practice of paramedics, which will be endorsed by the National Academy of Medicine to guarantee the standard of quality and excellence in the service of health professionals in the country.
For his part, Andrés Simón González – Silén, executive president of Venemergencia, reiterated the commitment of the foundation “to promote the installation of more defibrillators in Caracas and the country, in order to give citizens the security of being in cardioprotected areas.”
Venemergencia Foundation celebrates its 13th anniversary
The Venemergencia Foundation is a non-profit organization specialized in the creation and implementation of community development programs with the aim of promoting access to health through education.
We are equipping Caracas with Automatic External Defibrillators (AED) and training neighbors with basic life support training. This is useful only to the extent that people commit to receiving training as first responders, to work as a team and to save lives with the corresponding protocol, said Andrea Galarraga, Venemergencia’s sustainability director.
In the framework of the celebration of the thirteenth anniversary of the foundation, Galarraga also stated that thanks to this alliance, progress is being made in promoting cardiovascular health and improving medical care in Venezuela: “being today at the Palace of the Academies is, without a doubt, a milestone for the foundation.”
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