Valencia, June 20, 2025.—As part of the celebration of the 53rd anniversary of the School of Health Sciences and thanks to an institutional partnership between the University of Carabobo and the Venemergencia Foundation, the campus’s first automated external defibrillator (AED) was unveiled in Building 6 of the faculty, making the University of Carabobo a cardio-protected zone and significantly improving its response capacity to cardiac emergencies.
This is the first automated external defibrillator that the Venemergencia Foundation has donated to an institution outside the city of Caracas, representing an expansion of its DAP (Public Access Defibrillation) program. To date, 26 defibrillators have been installed, 15 of them donated by the foundation to various communities and institutions such as the headquarters of El Sistema, the Church of Our Lady of La Candelaria, the Palace of the Academies, and various public squares in the city of Caracas.
The rector of the University of Carabobo, Jessy Divo de Romero, thanked the Venemergencia Foundation alongside the university’s deans and highlighted the importance of this partnership, which is a major step toward continuing to strengthen the healthcare sector. She emphasized that “in our healthcare system, we must all work together; whether it’s a private company, the public sector, or academia, we must form partnerships for the benefit of all,” said Rector Divo.
“Every second counts in an emergency. Every minute that passes reduces the probability of survival by between 7% and 10%,” said Venemergencia President Dr. Andrés Simón González-Silén, who stated that “with the installation of this defibrillator, we are providing an essential tool that can make the difference between life and death.”
At the opening ceremony, Dr. Luis Velásquez, a founding partner of Venemergencia, explained the basic life support protocol and provided details on how the defibrillator works. Velásquez emphasized the importance of the community not only having this equipment but also having the necessary training to use it properly. “Education is fundamental in emergency care,” he stated.
This partnership between the Venemergencia Foundation and the University of Carabobo not only seeks to protect and strengthen the health of the university community but also aims to promote collaboration in developing an academic program for the professional training of paramedics and first responders in the community.
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