Edmonton firefighters return to Ukraine to teach medical course
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The medical course focuses on life-saving interventions for injuries associated with military attacks on civilian populations.
Three Edmonton firefighters are going to Ukraine to teach first responders a modified version of the NATO standard Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) course.
The firefighters are all volunteers with Firefighter Aid Ukraine (FFAU). They’ll leave from the Edmonton airport on Tuesday.
They’ll teach more than 70 firefighters and police officers, who will then train others across Ukraine.
The medical course focuses on life-saving interventions for injuries associated with military attacks on civilian populations.
“The number of emergency incidents is through the roof,” said Kevin Royle, FFAU’s volunteer board director. “The type and severity of injuries and destruction they see is exponentially greater than what we have to deal with here as first responders in North America.
“Critical injury, acute injury, even in the mental health aspect. You’re dealing with destroyed infrastructure and all the destruction they have that goes along with that.”
He said the specialized training will focus on haemorrhage control, blast injuries, airway management, treatment of thoracic injuries including needle decompression, hypothermia prevention in patients suffering from traumatic injuries and basic wound care.
“It is aimed at addressing the most immediate emergency care needs that first responders are dealing with,” Royle said.
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