The Erasmus+ Project “Life Support Training and Dissemination (LIFESTRAND) for Higher Education Institutions and Community Representatives living in Military Risk Areas of Ukraine and Georgia” Continues at TNMU

On June 21-23, 2024, the Erasmus+ project “Life Support Training and Dissemination (LIFESTRAND) for Higher Education Institutions and Community Representatives living in Military Risk Areas of Ukraine and Georgia” was implemented at the Simulation Training Center of the I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University. Leading specialist of the Simulation Training Center Nadiia Pasiaka, Associate Professor of the Department of Emergency and Simulation Medicine Olha Prokhorenko, and Assistant Professor of the Department of Emergency and Simulation Medicine Alina Tomkiv organized the first training for junior project instructors. All the participants are students of our University in their 3rd-5th years of study. They are extremely motivated, confident, active, and creative young people. During the three days, everyone had the opportunity to improve their knowledge and practical skills in first aid and to try themselves as instructors. Given the current dangerous situation as a result of Russia’s invasion, we face a daily threat to the lives and health of hundreds of people.

The aim of the project is to train civilians to provide first aid in combat situations. During the instructor course, we worked on practical skills related to methods of stopping critical bleeding, providing first aid for injuries, and basic resuscitation using an automated external defibrillator. They also discussed the most common emergencies among civilians and how to deal with them. The participants successfully completed the course and passed the test. Afterwards, each of them received an instructor’s certificate, as well as a handbook and additional training materials.

We thank the project coordinators Nataliia Lisnychuk and Tetiana Kovalchuk for the opportunity to implement the project.

It is worth noting that this project is extremely relevant for our country, as the training of 40 instructors will help teach simple manipulations that are able to save lives of at least a thousand people.

Information and photos provided by Alina Tomkiv.