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The health representatives of the rural polyclinics in
Río Negro and Paysandú took part in a course on
managing emergencies in San Javier. The Pre-hospital
Trauma Life Support Course (PHTLS) was coordinated
by the ASSE Río Negro Office with the support of
the UPM Foundation.
The UPM Foundation and the State Health Servi-
ces Administration (ASSE) signed an agreement to
provide training on the management of patients
suffering from traumatic injuries to 50 doctors and
health officials working in over 30 rural communities
in the departments of Río Negro and Paysandú. The
course was declared noteworthy by the Ministry of
Public Health, ASSE and the Río Negro Administra-
tion Office.
The emergence of this project was linked to the
workshops held by the Foundation in Río Negro and
Paysandú, where one of the main concerns raised
by the residents consisted in the strengthening of rural
polyclinics. With this information in mind, represen-
tatives of the Foundation held meetings with ASSE in
FOR OFFICIALS AT RURAL
POLYCLINICS
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES
COORDINATION OF STAKEHOLDERS
these two departments to support an improvement in
the training of human resources at the polyclinics, in
line with the Foundation’s mission. In view of this pro-
posal, the Primary Care Network of Río Negro (RAP)
presented a proposal to run a Pre-hospital Trauma
Life Support Course (PHTLS) in the town of San Javier.
In return, the UPM Foundation requested that ASSE
commit to providing the polyclinics with the materials
required to carry out their work.
The 50 participants were selected by ASSE. Of the-
se, 40 are doctors and officials (ambulance drivers
or nurses) who work in rural areas of Río Negro,
while the remainder work in the heart of Paysandú.
Also in attendance were members of the Ministry
of the Interior and fire-fighters, given that these are
generally the first on the scene at traffic accidents.
Participants appreciated the opportunity to take part
in this course, especially on account of its great prac-
tical component. “They gave us the tools, guidelines
on how to act, either alone or as a team”, said nurse
Juana Lema, who also said that taking part in the
Objectives
•
To train health teams at rural
polyclinics
•
To provide updated guidelines on
how to react in an accident
Trained health
key persons
50
Hours of
training
25
Communities
30
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