TNMU Team Was the Second in the International Championship in Simulation Medicine within the European Emergency Medicine Congress
An International Conference on Emergency Medicine was held on September 19-22, 2020 within the European Emergency Medicine Congress by the Central Coordinating Committee in Paris (France). This event joined almost all European countries. Ukraine was represented by one team of experts: workers and scientists of I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, which involved the director of the Center for Medical Simulation Halyna Tsymbaliuk and Roman Huk, as well as Assistant Professors of the Department of Disaster and Military Medicine Narhiz Dzhavadova and Bohdana Pereviznyk.
Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic there are many challenges for emergency medicine experts; there is a need for better teamwork, strong leadership, availability of all necessary resources to save patients’ lives. The European Congress of Emergency Medicine is aimed to share experience and knowledge between practitioners, paramedics and nurses from around the world, to discuss the most topical issues of emergency medicine. The conference was held online to stay safe for all participants. During the congress the leading scientists and practitioners presented reports, electronic voice-guided posters, etc.
Moreover, within the European Emergency Medicine Congress, on September 21-22, 2020 an international championship in simulation medicine (emergency medical care at pre-hospital and early hospital stages) took place. All participants performed tasks online. 5 teams from Great Britain, France, Romania, Belgium and Ukraine took part in this competition. Each team consisted of 4 people, including a doctor, paramedics and a nurse. The competition was focused solely on professionals. A doctor was a leader in each team.
Assistant Professor of the Department of Disaster and Military Medicine Narhiz Dzhavadova told us that the championship was organized using the latest technologies. Each team member had access to a special platform on their mobile phone or computer, where they could use the software to control the actions of virtual performers (avatars). “We could see every manipulation of all participants. This is quite an interesting experience. Each team received 2 competitive tasks. They were all different because the tasks were performed simultaneously. During the first task, we rescued the drowning man and it was necessary to establish the real cause of what happened to the man. In our case, the man lost consciousness due to a rapid decrease in blood sugar and began to sink. Our team coped well with the tasks. The organizers of the championship noted that we identified the root cause quickly and worked well at all other stages. In another task we had a case with a girl who committed suicide,” Narhiz said.
She added that after the announced results of two tasks, the TNMU team and the Great Britain team entered the finals. During the final stage, a draw took place, which determined which of the teams would provide assistance at the scene and transport the victim to the hospital. Another team, which were representatives of our university, under the terms of the competition provided assistance in the Emergency department, i.e. in the resuscitation of the admissions department. For this task, the organizers of the championship also chose a rather difficult case – organophosphate poisoning in a restaurant, which resulted in clinical death. A similar situation happened once in Belarus. Teams had to work in special equipment. As we have already mentioned, representatives of TNMU provided care at an early hospital stage.
As a result, the team of Ternopil Medical University lost to English specialists and was the second in this championship.
The TNMU administration and the team of our university appreciate financial support for participation in the championship by the NGO National Council of Resuscitation and Emergency Medical Care.
TNMU spokeswoman Yanina Tchaikivska
Photos by championship participants