Medical Training "Procedures and principles of tactical care for the casualty in combat conditions" MODULE II
On 16.03.2024 and 17.03.2024 in Dołhe (Ukraine) as a part of the project "Support for Ukraine Mountain Rescues" a Medical Training "Procedures and principles of tactical care for the casualty in combat conditions" – MODULE II " Stopping the hemorrhage on the battlefield” will be conducted. It is planned that in Medical Training 20 members of the NGO Mountains Guides Association “Rovin” acting as Mountain Rescuers and having the status of a member of the Ukrainian army will take part. Medical Training including 20 hours of classes will be conducted by 2 experts from Slovakia. For participants board and accommodation will be provided.
Medical Training programme:
16.03.2024 08:00-18:00
a) stopping hemorrhage in conditions of external threat (battlefield, shelling - e.g. "active shooter", building fire, etc.) - 2h
b) stopping hemorrhage in a mass event (need to save more victims) - 2h
c) stopping hemorrhage in confined spaces, when there is no possibility to evacuate the victim - 2 h
d) "self-rescue" - when the victim has to stop the hemorrhage himself, in particular when it concerns one of the upper limbs - 2h
e) hemorrhages that cannot be controlled with direct pressure, e.g. in the case of extensive crushing injuries, traumatic amputation - 2h
17.03.2024 08:00-18:00
f) use of C.A.T. (Combat Application Tourniquet band), SOFTTW, self-help, putting on a band in conditions of limited visibility - 2h
g) methods of evacuating the victim from the car, turtle technique, fireman's grip, "BOA" grip - 3h
h) bleeding control (haemostatic agents, wound packing, pressure dressings) - 2h
i) stopping hemorrhages from hard-to-reach places (groin, armpit, use of CROC, JETT, AAJT, SAM Tourniquet bands) - 3h
Project "Support for Ukraine Mountain Rescues" is financed by the International Visegrad Fund
International Visegrad Fund – www.visegradfund.org
