How to respond erstwhile individual passes out, chokes or gets seizures. How to halt massive bleeding or treat a deep wound or burn. In Wesoła, in the 1st Warsaw Armored Brigade, medical training took place as part of a pilot program of universal, voluntary defence training “in Goth”.
The medical module is 1 of the 4 areas in which the pilot training programme is being conducted. 38 people volunteered for the Saturday course in Wesoła. They were led by instructors from the Military Centre for Medical Education in Łódź. The training was divided into respective parts: the usage of the AED defibrillator, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the handling of dangerous wounds and injuries, and the first medical aid. According to Captain Jacek Piotrowski, spokesperson for the 1st Warsaw Armored Brigade, the interest was much greater than the planned number of seats. The instructors stress that there is clearly a hunger for cognition in this area in society. “The students listen, they ask quite a few questions and are willing to do tasks,” says 1 instructor.
The group gathered just before 8:00. After a short introduction and divided into 5 teams – they all went to the training room, where respective positions were separated. Each was devoted to a different subject, another problem. At the circulatory-respiration resuscitation training point, including utilizing AED, students based on different scenarios learned how to connect the apparatus, how to scope for it and how to supply appropriate assistance.
Then it was time to learn how to behave in the case of emergency states. The students learned to sneer the airways, measure the awareness of the victim or the treatment of fainting, convulsions and coughing. “For the first time, I learned how to turn an unconscious individual on his tummy efficiently and safely,” says Michał of Wedłoj and admits that he now knows how to do it without having to usage quite a few force – just catch it decently and make a safe lever.
Next point: wound dressing and bleeding. In this part of the exercise, realistic fantasies were used. Participants had to put their hands inside the ‘body’ to detect broken blood vessels and, utilizing haemostatic dressing, to halt the bleeding and build a clot. At first I had the opposition to put my hand inside the phantom. But I yet got over it. This gives a certain image of what it might look like in reality – 1 associate estimates. Participants asked how to cover the bleeding erstwhile there were no specialist dressings available and came out with the cognition that it was worth carrying a tourniquet in the car, which could be useful if we witnessed an accident.
Another halt is treating burns and treating fractures. The trainees trained to immobilize limbs on their colleagues and themselves. – Course scripts foretell situations we can meet in everyday life – says Lieutenant Julia Derek from WCKMed from Łódź, training coordinator. The officer points out that students ask quite a few questions, mention situations they have encountered, and wonder how they should behave. He plunges them into what if their aid leads to any wellness damage. Lieutenant Derek emphasizes that the most crucial thing is to break the fear. “Don’t be afraid to act, that we can hurt someone,” he says. Because, as the instructors emphasize, saving lives is most crucial and better to do anything than stand and watch.
Some students have come for training to refresh knowledge, to train behavior. For some, this is another course from the “inReady” cycle. Michał of Wesoła took part in 1 of the editions "Train with the Army". And it indicates that he wants to increase his cognition and awareness of how to respond in a crisis situation. To aid others and myself. He admits that he does not intend to finish his education with soldiers on this course. “I will usage all the training I can enroll in,” he says.
Olivia from Warsaw came out of curiosity and after encouraging her husband who works in the service and stresses that it is crucial for her that she can try, practice various situations and behaviours. – Helping in explanation seems simple, but erstwhile we get gloves, mannequin and mattress on which to aid someone, it starts to get uphill. I want to know how to help, so as not to harm – he says. It turns out that participation in training has added value. any people meet again. – Value added is fresh acquaintances – they say.
The ongoing exercises are piloting the Universal Voluntary Defence Training Programme. A full scope of free courses for citizens will be available in the fresh year. all adult Pole can take advantage of the class. You can subscribe to individual training via the mCitizen app. Next week will be the last pilot edition.
