Paramedic instructors from the training center of the Main Office of the National Police in the Donetsk region – Police Captain Mariiana Tkachenko and Senior Lieutenant Ihor Tkachuk – conducted a training session «How to act under fire? » for cadets of the Donetsk State University of Internal Affairs.
This was not a classic lesson, but an intensive course on survival and providing assistance in extreme conditions. Mariyana and Ihor, who personally travel to strike sites, shared the knowledge exclusively verified in practicing real rescue operations in the Donetsk region.
«When you are at the scene of event and realize that someone’s life depends on your actions, all instructions are reconsidered. It is this «reconsidered» knowledge that we share with cadets», emphasized Mariiana Tkachenko.
During practical sessions, the participants practiced: quick decision-making in an extremely stressful situation, techniques for safe approaching a wounded person in a «hot» zone, effective use of individual first aid kits and improvised means, as well as communication with the victim to prevent panic and shock.
The DonSUIA continues to train specialists ready for modern realities of the service, where quickness of reaction, cool mind, and confidence in their own actions can save the lives of both citizens and police officers themselves.
