The Var, on the Côte d’Azur, has everything of a small paradise bathed in sunshine between the mountains and the sea. The department welcomes more than 8 million tourists each year. To ensure the peace of all, its capital has an extraordinary service of guardian angels: the doctors and nurses of the SAMU in Toulon. Seven teams go into action 4,000 times a year. In the hinterland, they save the lives of injured motorcyclists on tricky small roads and go in search of life-threatening hikers lost in the bush. On the coast, they perform miracles by saving dozens of drowned people. In town, they have to face the scourge of heart attacks, 6,500 per year in the department, which overwhelm increasingly young victims. rival bands. Beatings, violent fights, the emergency workers of the Samu do not spare their efforts to help victims in poor condition. With 1,000 calls per day to the 15 switchboard, Samu doctors can also count on “Sauv-life”. This fast-growing application identifies nearly 400,000 volunteer rescuers throughout France, sent to an emergency near their homes while waiting for help to arrive.
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