The Management of Sanitary Services of the Lanzarote Health Area, attached to the Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands, carried out this Wednesday an external catastrophe simulation at the Dr. José Molina Orosa Hospital. The exercise, which began at 3:09 p.m. and lasted approximately two hours, consisted of measuring the hospital's response to a massive traffic accident with the simultaneous arrival of multiple affected people to the Emergency service.
The objective of the Management is to train and prepare the hospital staff, and especially those attached to the Emergency service, for the possibility of a large-scale catastrophe.
Simulation development
The simulation began at 3:09 p.m., when a call was received from the Lanzarote Emergency Consortium warning that a traffic accident had occurred in the Timanfaya National Park. A tourist bus had run off the road and overturned on lava terrain.
The ambulance personnel reported that it was a massive accident, with a total of 19 seriously injured. At that moment, a first triage was carried out and the affected people were transferred to the Doctor José Molina Orosa Hospital.
Immediately, the director of the Catastrophe Committee was notified and the protocol was activated to establish a triage team, an information and identification office, as well as to carry out the zoning of Emergencies in accordance with the protocol.
The Doctor José Molina Orosa Hospital received a total of 16 patients, 11 of whom were critical emergencies (one deceased), three urgent without the need for vital support, and two less serious. Another two mild patients were referred from the scene of the accident to the health centers of Playa Blanca and Valterra.
End of simulation
The simulation, which ended at 5:15 p.m., had the collaboration of the 112 Emergency Coordination Center, the Lanzarote Emergency Consortium, the Arrecife Local Police, the Arrecife Civil Protection Group, the Tías Civil Protection Group, the Red Cross, Emerlan, ISCAN Servicios Integrales Ambulances, SIA Urgent Sanitary Transport Ambulances, the Zonzamas Professional Training Institute (Medium Degree in Emergencies), 19 volunteers from the Island Emergency School to represent those affected and thirteen volunteers to represent the relatives.
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