Within the framework of the Teaching Assistance Agreement between the UCN Faculty of Medicine and the Municipality of La Higuera, the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the Universidad Católica del Norte, Dr. Giselle Myer Morales, delivered an Automatic External Defibrillator device, DEA.
The delivery was made at the Guayacán Campus in Coquimbo to the director of Health of the commune of La Higuera Francisco Menéndez Rocco, a contribution that will mean a contribution to the performance of health personnel in this rural area.
This is a portable electronic device that analyzes the heart rhythm and can help restore it when a person goes into cardiac arrest. Thus, health personnel in rural areas will be able to better respond to an emergency of this type.
“The importance of having this team is to be able to save lives, being a very remote commune means having the opportunity for our paramedics to revive a cardiorespiratory arrest. Having this team will help us give better opportunities to our neighbors, many of whom are economically deprived, and thus bring health closer”, explained Francisco Menéndez Rocco, Director of Health of the La Higuera commune and former student of the Kinesiology degree. UCN.
TEACHER ASSISTANCE AGREEMENTS
The Teaching Assistance Agreements define and allow the use of clinical fields where students of Nursing, Kinesiology, Medicine and Nutrition and Dietetics carry out their internships. And in this context, as compensation, training sessions are held for health center personnel or contributions that contribute to the communities.
