Joinville, north of Santa Catarina, is hosting the 4th Catarinense Trauma Meeting and the 5th National Trauma Competition this weekend. This will be from the 21st to the 23rd of this month. The event, hosted by the Volunteer Firefighters of Joinville (CBVJ), will bring together 80 pairs of rescuers from volunteer and military firefighters, SAMU, aviation brigades and other bodies providing first aid in the public sphere.

The meetings are part of a calendar to celebrate the 130th anniversary of the oldest corporation in the country – Photo: Felipe Pelegrinello Cuypers/North Dakota

The meetings are held as part of the calendar of celebrations of the 130th anniversary of the country’s oldest corporation, which is celebrated on July 13 this year.

The 4th Catarinense Trauma Meeting and the 5th National Trauma Challenge are hosted by the Association of Volunteer Firefighters in the State of Santa Catarina (ABVESC) and the Brazilian Association of Lifeguards and Rescuers (ABRES), the representative of the World Rescue Organization (WRO) since 2013, when the country approved as a member – respectively. These two events are selective for the 2023 national and world meetings.

Numbers highlight the importance of serving the public

In Santa Catarina alone, in the 12 months of 2021, volunteer firefighters (23,803), military firefighters (51,142) and SAMU (56,807) treated 131,752 victims of some type of injury.

“This means that on average every four minutes an ambulance arrives with the first to arrive,” says Igor Arakhon Shvingel, volunteer firefighter, adviser to the World Rescue Organization WRO and member of the WRO Vehicle Rescue Training and Development Committee.

According to him, the problems of injuries are fundamental to the development of emergency services.

“When we deal with emergency services, we understand that education is the only tool that can nurture professionals for this activity, which requires us to develop skills for rapid diagnosis and the right decisions about the treatment of victims,” he notes.

Injury issues are fundamental to the development of emergency services – Photo: Felipe Pelegrinello Cuypers/North Dakota

How will the event take place?

The opening ceremony will take place on Friday (21) at 8:00 am at the Joinville Volunteer Fire Department Central Block. Both events take place at Expo Centro Edmundo Doubrawa adjacent to Centreventos Cau Hansen (21st, from 13:30; Saturday, 22nd, from 8:00; Sunday, 23rd, from 8:00).

At the track, each pair of firefighters, technicians, nurses or doctors will have 10 minutes to complete tests under standard and difficult conditions in a multi-victim simulation of injuries – crushes, amputations, fractures, burns and possible other scenarios – resulting from accidents. cases in various environments (mountains, water, work, traffic, domestic, etc.).

The first and second editions of Encontro Catarinense de Trauma were held by Concordia volunteer firefighters in 2018 and 2019; the third edition in 2020 was organized by the volunteer firefighters of Cásador.

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Which: 4th Catarinense Injury Meeting and 5th National Injury Competition
When: from 21 to 23 October 2022
Time: 21st, from 13:30; 22nd, from 7:30; 23rd, from 13:00 (scheduled closing at 13:00)
Where: Expo Centro Edmundo Doubrawa (Av. José Vieira, 315 – America) Public has free access