30th May-5th June
almeria
PART OF EWN MEDIA GROUP
EST 2005
Bid to tackle traffic accidents in Almeria
The Board of Almeria has convened a inter-agency series of seminars to in a bid to improve the city’s response to road traffic incidents. The seminars were launched by José María Martín, representative for Equality, Health and Social Policies in Almeria. He was accompanied by the director of the Public Health Emergency Services, José Javier García, and the director of the health emergency service 061 in the province, Itziar Vivar. The purpose of the conference was to facilitate the work of pro-
fessionals involved at an accident site and to improve the quality of care to people affected. Between January and April of this year 1,018 emergency calls were made in the province of Almería and 368 situations were related to traffic accidents. In 50% of these traffic accidents there are discharges of fuels or dangerous substances, a vehicle is off the road or there is a frontal collision leaving people trapped who need to be rescued before they can receive health care. In 2016, 26,607 requests for assistance due to traffic accident of which 2,828 occurred in Almería. Around 37.5 percent of these instances were classified as an emergency and required treatment for critical injuries. Representatives from the Public Health Emergency Service, Andalusian Health Service, Red Cross, the Civil Traffic Officers and the local police convened in the Maestro Padilla Auditorium in the capital.