Joint Security Forces shares life saving techniques with local forces

Joint Task Force-Bravo Joint Security Forces participated in a Subject Matter Expert Exchange with and local police forces in Comayagua, Honduras, October 25, 2017. The exchange included practices on how to protect burns and open wounds, applying tourniquets, stabilizing fractures, basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation on children and adults, and how to improvise stretchers. Joint Security Forces is composed of Puerto Rico National Guard service members and conducts Law Enforcement and Security Operations for Joint Task Force-Bravo personnel and equipment anywhere within the Central American area of operations. (Photo by Maria Pinel )

Joint Security Forces and local police forces participate in Subject Matter Expert Exchange to practice life saving techniques for emergency situations.

U.S. Army Specialist Tamara Rodriguez, Joint Task Force-Bravo Joint Security Forces, teaches cardio pulmonary resuscitation to a Honduran police officer during a Subject matter Expert Exchange between JSF and local forces in Comayagua, Honduras, October 25, 2017. The exchange included practices on how to protect burns and open wounds, applying tourniquets, stabilizing fractures, basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation on children and adults, and how to improvise stretchers. (U.S. Army photo by Maria Pinel) (Photo by Maria Pinel )

Mr. Herberth Gaekl (left center), Soto Cano Air Base Fire Department, teaches basic first aid practices to local police forces in Comayagua, Honduras, Oct. 25, 2017 as part of a Subject matter Expert Exchange between JSF and local forces. The exchange included practices on how to protect burns and open wounds, applying tourniquets, stabilizing fractures, basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation on children and adults, and how to improvise stretchers. (U.S. Army photo by Maria Pinel) (Photo by Maria Pinel )

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jorge Ribera, Joint Task Force-Bravo Joint Security Forces, teaches cardio pulmonary resuscitation to a Honduran police officer during a Subject matter Expert Exchange between JSF and local forces in Comayagua, Honduras, October 25, 2017. The exchange included practices on how to protect burns and open wounds, applying tourniquets, stabilizing fractures, basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation on children and adults, and how to improvise stretchers. (U.S. Army photo by Maria Pinel) (Photo by Maria Pinel )

A Honduran police officer practices how to stabilize a patient during a Subject Matter Expert Exchange in Comayagua, Honduras, October 25, 2017. The exchange between local forces and Joint Task Force-Bravo's Joint Security Forces included practices on how to protect burns and open wounds, applying tourniquets, stabilizing fractures, basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation on children and adults, and how to improvise stretchers. (U.S. Army photo by Maria Pinel) (Photo by Maria Pinel )

U.S. Army Sgt. Jesse Ruiz, Joint Task Force-Bravo Joint Security Forces, teaches cardio pulmonary resuscitation to Honduran police officers during a Subject matter Expert Exchange between JSF and local forces in Comayagua, Honduras, October 25, 2017. The exchange included practices on how to protect burns and open wounds, applying tourniquets, stabilizing fractures, basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation on children and adults, and how to improvise stretchers. (U.S. Army photo by Maria Pinel) (Photo by Maria Pinel )

U.S. Army Sgt. Ramon Perez (left) and Sgt. Jesse Ruiz (right), Joint Task Force-Bravo Joint Security Forces, teach Honduran police how to improvise a stretcher using available objects during a Subject matter Expert Exchange between JSF and local forces in Comayagua, Honduras, October 25, 2017. The exchange included practices on how to protect burns and open wounds, applying tourniquets, stabilizing fractures, basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation on children and adults, and how to improvise stretchers. (U.S. Army photo by Maria Pinel) (Photo by Maria Pinel )

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COMAYAGUA, Honduras — Joint Task Force-Bravo Joint Security Forces participated in a Subject Matter Expert Exchange with and local police forces in Comayagua, Honduras, October 25, 2017. The exchange included practices on how to protect burns and open wounds, applying tourniquets, stabilizing fractures, basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation on children and adults, and how to improvise stretchers. Joint Security Forces is composed of Puerto Rico National Guard service members and conducts Law Enforcement and Security Operations for Joint Task Force-Bravo personnel and equipment anywhere within the Central American area of operations.