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course for free is a “luxury”. “For me it is very difficult
to access courses like this due to the cost. I always
wanted to take them”, says Lema with gratitude.
Another of the participants, Karina Toscanini, works
as a doctor practising in the rural areas of Merino
and Morató in the Paysandú department. The doctor
highlights the importance of being up-to-date on
how to act when faced with a trauma prior to arrival
at the emergency room. “Taking a PHTLS course is
the best way of keeping up-to-date and reinforcing
knowledge based on practice; and this is essential
because the town is next to Route 90. We have had
accidents and I have already had to use the techni-
ques”, stresses Toscanini.
The course was run by PHTLS Uruguay instructors
with international certification and registration in the
USA. This form of assistance has been developed to
improve care for people injured in different types of
accidents and allows healthcare staff to identify and
properly assess injuries, handle the affected patients
and make the appropriate interventions in each
situation.
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