Support for Ukraine Mountain Rescues
Project title: “Support for Ukraine Mountain Rescues”
Financing: Project is co-financed by the International Visegrad Fund
Project implementation period: 02.01.2024–31.08.2024
Project Leader: Europejska Fundacja Rozwoju from POLAND
Project Partners:
Horská služba Pieninského národného parku from SLOVAKIA
Horská služba ČR, o.p.s. from CZECHIA
Горомадська організація „Асоціація гірських провідників «Ровінь» from UKRAINE
Project aims to equip 20 Mountain Rescuers from Ukraine with knowledge, skills and competences in the field of procedures and rules of
tactical care for the injured in combat conditions. Due to their basic medical knowledge they are especially needed at the front, acquired
knowledge will allow them to support front medical services in saving lives and health of soldiers and civilian victims of war.
In project a medical training entitled "Procedures and principles of tactical care for the casualty in combat conditions" for 20 Mountain Rescues from Ukraine will be provided. The training covering theory and practice will be carried out in Ukraine by experts from Poland,
Slovakia and Czechia. The training will consist of 5 modules (each module with 20 hours of classes)-Module I "Tactical assumptions and medical principles on the battlefield", Module II " Stopping the hemorrhage on the battlefield", Module III "Chest wounds, clearing the airway, tension pneumothorax", Module IV "Traumatic examination with assessment of vital signs", Module V "Evacuation of the casualty from the battlefield". Additionally 200 pieces of brochures related to the subject of procedures and rules of conduct of tactical care for the casualty in combat conditions will be distributed to min. 3 organizations associating a total of min. 200 Mountain Rescuers in Ukraine
International Visegrad Fund – www.visegradfund.org
Horská služba Pieninského národného parku - www.hspieniny.sk
Horská služba ČR, o.p.s. - www.horskasluzba.cz
Горомадська організація „Асоціація гірських провідників «Ровінь» - www.rovin.com.ua
19.02.2024
MODULE I "Tactical assumptions and medical principles on the battlefield"
On 17.02.2024 and 18.02.2024 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 I "Tactical assumptions and medical principles on the battlefield" was conducted. 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 took part. Medical Training including 20 hours of classes was conducted by 2 experts from Poland. For participants board and accommodation was provided.
Medical Training programme:
17.02.2024 08:00-18:00
a) Introduction to Tactical Combat Casualty Care:
- differences between civilian and tactical rescue - 1h
-main causes of death on the battlefield - 1h
-detailed discussion of injuries arising during tactical operations - 1h
-proceedings in individual zones - 1h
- rescue equipment used on the modern battlefield - 1h
b) TCCC assumptions and priorities
- assistance zones - 1h
-help levels - 1h
c) Approaching the injured person
- Self-protection measures - 1h
-Security of the scene - 1h
- The mechanism of injury - 1h
18.02.2024 08:00-18:00
c) Approaching the injured person:
-Total number of victims - 1h
-Equipment and resources needed in action - 1h
-Consent of the commander - 1h
- Communication with the victim - 1h
d) Protocol M-A-R-C-H-E
-M – Massive hemorrhage control (searching for sources of external hemorrhage/stopping) – 1h
-A - Airway management (recognition of airway obstruction, securing patency) - 1h
-R – Respiratory management (occlusive dressings on the chest, diagnosis and decompression of pneumothorax) – 1h
-C – Circulation (Bleeding control, Intravenous, Fluid resuscitation, Tourniquet assessment and removal) – 1h
-H - Hypothermia (use of Hypotermia Prevetion Kit or Helios systems as an element of the fight for hemostasis) - 1h
-E - Everything else (M-PHAAT-D, additional activities) - 1h
