Artemisa

When you hear their sirens you always think of the worst. If you reflected for an instant, you would know that in its lights and high speed a person's salvation goes; and in many occasions the difference between life and death. 

Ambulances are just cars, but their crew dedicates their lives to this: they are heroes of the everyday, and on the edge of adrenaline they leave their skin to help others.

It is a well-integrated system. 

The Province has three regional coordinating centers: one in Artemisa, another in San Cristóbal and one more in San Antonio de los Baños; in addition to local bases in the 11 municipalities, with 46 ambulances that provide service. 

How mobile emergency is activated. 

Access to the service is free, and it is connected through the 104. When the call is received in the 104, and it applies to the criterion of an emergency, "danger to life", the help goes to the residence.  

If, instead of this, the patient arrives at the primary care service at the emergency guard corps of polyclinics; or intensive municipal areas (once given the pathology or severity of it); and it is quite clear the patient needs to be transferred to a higher level of medical attention; the doctor activates the system for the transfer, prior stabilization of the patient. 

The Integrated System of Medical Emergencies (SIUM) is very closely linked with the intensive care areas of the municipalities; and is a mechanism where each piece is arranged to benefit the patient. In extraordinary situations, such as traffic accidents, escapes of dangerous substances or meteorological situations; ambulances are diverted to the scene of the accident. 

Of course, as in any other area of ??society, there is social indiscipline. “There are those who negligently call the service to give false alarms. They should think they play with human lives.