The Local Police practiced a tourniquet until the ambulance arrived
The 112 Emergency Coordination Center of the Region of Murcia received a call at 10 am informing of the urgent need for health care for a 70-year-old man who was bleeding to death after suffering an accident with a tilling machine. . The caller reported that the machine caught his foot, which caused several cuts. The event occurred in a field area, in the Vereda Arjona area, in Cañada de Canara de Cehegín.
Local Police officers were mobilized to the scene who, following the instructions provided by toilets from the Emergency and Health Emergencies Management 061, proceeded to practice a tourniquet until the arrival of the ambulance.
The Medical Coordinator of the Management of Emergencies and Health Emergencies 061 mobilized an ambulance from the Emergency Service that treated the injured person ‘in situ’ and then proceeded to transfer him to the Northwest Regional Hospital.
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