Joint exercises for volunteers of Ukrainian Red Cross emergency response teams were held in the Ivano-Frankivsk region
A joint training exercise for volunteers of Ukrainian Red Cross emergency response teams, called “Carpathian Manoeuvres II,” recently took place in the Ivano-Frankivsk region.
Emergency response teams from the Zakarpattia, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ternopil, Chernivtsi, Rivne, Volyn, and Zaporizhzhia regions, along with the National Committee of the Ukrainian Red Cross, first responders from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES), and students from the College of Physical Education participated in the exercise.
Over the course of three days, the participants gained new knowledge and skills, including:
- Providing first aid.
- Transporting patients with limited mobility.
- Offering psychosocial support and psychological first aid during search and rescue operations.
- Searching for victims in mountainous terrain: orientation in open areas, team coordination, search methods, and using special equipment for locating people.
- Transporting individuals using rope systems: working on slopes, descents, and ascents with transport stretchers, and fostering team interaction and cohesion in difficult conditions.
The exercise aimed to coordinate and practise joint actions between emergency response teams from different regions of Ukraine and first responders from the SES of Ukraine during search and rescue operations.
