Manual Operativo del COE Centro de Operaciones de Emergencias de la República Dominicana

El Centro de Operaciones de Emergencia (COE), en base a las experiencias hechas en el sector de la gestión de las emergencias, ha considerado necesario realizar un manual sintético, con el fin de estandarizar y unificar los procedimientos, las estructuras, el lenguaje y todos los otros aspectos que entran en juego durante una emergencia que requiere su activación.
Muchas veces, por supuesto, se encuentran actitudes de improvisación justo en los momentos que sería necesario seguir comportamientos consolidados y automáticos.
El objetivo fundamental es producir un documento de fácil consulta y de uso inmediato por parte del COE para que se definan de forma unificada roles, funciones y procedimientos.
La esperanza es que este documento sea un recurso vivo, conocido por cuantas más personas estén involucradas en la gestión de la emergencia y que tenga su asiento en cada una de la sala del COE para ser fácilmente consultado por parte de los operadores.

Enlace para bajar documento en formato pdf dedes la web www.coe.gov.do

Fecha publicación:	23.04.2010
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MAPA DE ALERTA TORMENTA TROPICAL ISAAC 23 DE AGOSTO 2012

BROCHURE TEMPORADA CICLONICA 2012 1

BROCHURE TEMPORADA CICLONICA 2012 2

Última actualización el Jueves, 23 de Agosto de 2012 15:43

Centro de Operaciones de Emergencias COE República Dominicana

Enlace para bajar listas de Refugios 

LISTADO NACIONAL DE ALBERGUES 2012

Escrito por Dpto. Tecnologico

Jueves, 02 de Junio de 2011 17:05

En este documento encontraras los los listados de albergues por provincias indicando su nombre, ubicación y capacidad, todo empaquetado en un archivo RAR, el cual contiene los PDF por provincia.

Nuevo auto-Inyector de Epinefrina con guía verbal

Inyector de epinefrina Auvi-Q guíado verbalmente aprobado en EE.UU. (video)

Fuente MedGadget Español

by TILO FEBRES-CORDERO on ago 13, 2012 •

Sanofi acaba de anunciar la aprobación de la FDA para su inyector de epinefrina Auvi-Q, que guía al usuario verbalmente y paso por paso sobre cómo utilizarlo en caso de una reacción alérgica severa. Al extraer el dispositivo de su caja, una voz le indica cual es el primer paso.

Pequeños sensores detectan el cumplimiento de cada paso y al instante se sucede la próxima indicación verbal.

Le presentamos un video corto de cómo funciona el sistema:

MORITA Forest firefighting. VIDEO

Forest firefighting concept vehicle wins 2011 IDEA Gold Award

JUL. 15, 2011 - 05:27AM JST

From Japan today

OSAKA —

Morita Holdings Corp has been awarded a 2011 IDEA Gold Award - the highest possible award - in the Commercial and Industrial Products category for its forest firefighting concept vehicle. The International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) are the preeminent design awards in the United States.

The award-winning forest firefighting concept vehicle is a future prototype fire truck developed through the joint efforts of Morita’s technical, development, and design teams. The goal of the concept vehicle’s design is to solve many of the problems encountered when fighting large-scale forest fires, which occur frequently around the world.

Communication is critical when fighting forest fires because the fires tend to change direction moment by moment due to weather and forest conditions. The concept vehicle is outfitted with all the advanced data and telecommunication functions to serve as a local communications base as well as with the ability to navigate through rough roads and fight fires while on the move. And because it is difficult to locate water sources in the midst of a forest fire, it is equipped with a compressed air foam system (CAFS) developed by Morita. Using only a small amount of water, CAFS gives the vehicle superb fire extinguishing capability.

In awarding the IDEA Gold Award, the judges praised the design of the forest firefighting concept truck: “The wildfire truck illustrates the power of a bold, refined prototype to test innovative thinking by richly probing a market space with a visceral, hands-on experience of the features and brand,” they said in a statement. 

JCN Newswire

Toronto EMS Special Operations Support Unit

Toronto EMS by gopherit2, on Flickr

Toronto EMS by gopherit2, on Flickr

Toronto EMS by gopherit2, on Flickr

Toronto EMS by gopherit2, on Flickr

Stretchers: Changing the Way We Move our Patients

Stretchers: Changing the Way We Move our Patients

Kathryn L. Hall-Boyer, MD, FACEP
Chair

In field medical exercises with the Army Reserve, we use two-wheeled stretchers to transport patients.  These stretchers are amazing. Due to fascination on my part, I decided to do a bit a research about these stretchers.

The wheel was developed around the 5th Century BC in Mesopotamia¹. There were no major changes in the wheel until the 19th century when pneumatic tires were invented. Two-wheeled stretchers were used back into at least the 19th century. Baron Mundy’s and Neuss’s two-wheeled stretchers² are shown in the references below. I found in Google Book Search the description of two-wheeled carts to transport patients in the Army Surgeon’s Manual printed in 1864³. We used these stretchers to move bags across the base in Bosnia when we moved into our quarters. They transport patients over all sorts of terrain and we continue to care for patients on these stretchers in the emergency treatment areas. The base has two wheels and stabilization bars at each end. These are raised when the cart is wheeled. The canvas stretcher on top is separate and also can be hand carried.

This is one amazing stretcher that with minimal modifications has been used over 140 years on the battle field. Modifications may further improve its durability, maneuverability, transportability, and other features, but it is still quite an invention.

References:

1. Longmore and Morris. A Manual of Ambulance Stretchers. 1893. p. 192-193. See also the discussion of the Geneva Convention and Red Cross starting on page 56. http://books.google.com/books?id=-qk9f_8VmhoC&pg=PA193&lpg=PA193&dq=Neuss's+two+wheeled&source=bl&ots=bHhtcnEH-G&sig=1-MO63RBXVaSU7WVC1ts6W2O3t8&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA193,M1.
2. http://books.google.com/books?id=WptXLoeE3QcC&pg=PA22&lpg=PA22&dq=two+wheeled+army+stretcher&source=bl&ots=hVLWGkfISI&sig=fT1lwBwLRMo09COJlkuyHmBiRrs&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA7,M1.

Health advisory on Leptospirosis. Philippines

Information link

Health advisory on LeptospirosisAugust 9, 2012

Cause:  Leptospira bacteria

Incubation Period:  7-10 days

Mode of Transmission:

• Entry of the leptospira bacteria through wounds when in contact with flood waters, 
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• vegetation, moist soil contaminated with the urine of infected animals, especially rats.

Signs and Symptoms:

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• Fever
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• Non-specific symptoms of muscle pain, headache
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• Calf-muscle pain and reddish eyes fro some cases
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• Severe cases result tot liver involvement, kidney failure or brain involvement.  Thus some 
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• cases may have yellowish body discoloration, dark-colored urine and light stools, low urine 
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• output, severe headache.

Treatment:

• Antibiotics duly prescribed by a physician.
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• Early recognition and treatment within two days of illness to prevent complications of 
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• leptospirosis, so early consultation is advised.

Prevention and Control:

• Avoid swimming or wading in potentially contaminated water or flood water.
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• Use of proper protection like boots and gloves when work requires exposure to 
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• contaminated water.
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• Drain potentially contaminated water when possible.
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• Control rats in the household by using rat traps or rat poison, maintaining cleanliness in 
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• the house.

Primeros Auxilios en Dolor de Pecho Aspirina

Aspirina en Dolor de Pecho

Recomendación American Heart Association 2010, Todo paciente con dolor de pecho sin historia de alergias o problemas gatrointestinales recientes, se recomienda que mastique 1 aspirina de adulto (comprimidos no entericos). en lo que llega la ambulancia o le llevamos a un hospital. La aspirina beneficia si las molestias torácicas se deben a un Síndrome Coronario Agudo (Ataque Cardíaco). Es muy difícil incluso para el personal medico determinar el origen de las molestias torácicas. La administración de Aspirina nunca debe de retrasar la activación de la ambulancia o la llevada del paciente al hospital.

Bajar Guia RCP 2010-2015 en formato pdf

Curso de Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres (RRD). USAID

Curso de Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres (RRD) pdf

CURSO SEGURIDAD ESCOLAR (CUSE) Material de Referencia USAID

CURSO SEGURIDAD ESCOLAR (CUSE) pdf
Material de Referencia USAID