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Thai rescue teams looking for 12 boys trapped in a waterlogged cave were practicing evacuation and medical procedures on Saturday, while desperate search was on the seventh day.
There was no contact with boys aged 11 to 16 years. their coach since they entered the cave last weekend and were surrounded by heavy rains that blocked the entrance.
These showers continued throughout the week, hampering rescue efforts to find the youth and their 25-year-old coach.
Medical teams held drills on Saturday to prepare for their possible rescue as concerns were raised about how the boys could have come out of Tham Luang's cave if and when they were found.
Ambulances and helicopters were waiting for exercise on Saturday morning, at the busy rescue site in the northern province of Chiang Rai.
"It is to set up a system to know what to do until we can hospitalize them," said Friday the governor of Chiang Rai, Narongsak Osottanakorn.
As the search for boys reached its seventh day, attentions turned to their chances of survival in a cave with little or no food and light.
Boys probably have access to fresh water or rushing through the entrance – but experts have warned that runoff from nearby farms could carry dangerous chemicals or bacteria.
"If they drink water in caves and make it sick, it could accelerate the problem, but if they do not drink it, they also have problems," he said. AFP Anmar Mirza, coordinator of the US National Commission for Rescue of Caves (19659010). live for a month or a month and a half "but the main challenge now would be mental resolution." The biggest problem they face right now if they are alive is psychological because they do not know how much they could be saved, "Mirza said. Indiana.
– "promising" ch imney –
SEAL divers from the Thai Navy explored the entrance to the cave, where muddy and fast-moving waters made research difficult and water pumps worked 24 hours a day to attempt to maintain the water level
"Whenever the water recedes, the divers immediately enter the cave," said Navy SEAL on his Facebook page
Several teams have traveled the thick jungle above the cave, desperate for new openings.
They found a "promising" entrance on Friday that led to a muddy room 40 meters (130 feet) lower, Narongsak, said the governor
. "We are turning our staff in the fireplace since yesterday, they are still inside and we are waiting for their conclusions," Surachai Thathes, head of the Department of Parks' northern rescue team. told AFP. [19659020] Teams of foreign experts, including more than 30 US soldiers, descended on the remote mountainous site near the border of Laos and Myanmar to reach about 1,000 Thai rescuers
Australians, Chinese and Japanese have also joined forces. Stone-faced parents watched in a makeshift tent where the monks lead prayers.
Extending over 10 kilometers, Tham Luang is one of the longest and most challenging caves in Thailand. 19659024] Officials said the boys knew the site well and visited it several times, hoping that they could have walked up to a large, airy room in the center called Pattaya Beach.
Rescue divers continue to fight mud while water pumps run 24 hours to try to maintain water levels
A team of British divers has been exploring an opening in the mountain above the cave complex, desperately seeking new openings this could lead to the boys trapped
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