China News Service, Beirut, October 26 (Long Yue and Hu Jie) "There are officers and soldiers in the Cambodian battalion who were injured by landmines and request medical support!" Based on the local security situation, the medical unit conducted an air medical evacuation exercise with the French Air Medical Evacuation Team (AMET) of UNIFIL.
The drill was carried out on the background of multiple open fractures throughout the body caused by mine injuries caused by nearby friendly forces during mine clearance operations.
After receiving the request for rescue signal, the peacekeeping medical team immediately activated the emergency rescue plan and prepared for the treatment of the wounded in accordance with the relevant treatment procedures.
After the wounded arrived, the medical staff cooperated closely according to their functions and responded quickly. They immediately checked and classified the injuries, determined the level of the injury, gave ECG monitoring, continued oxygen inhalation, and established venous access.
Due to his critical condition, after an emergency consultation with experts, he immediately applied for air medical evacuation in accordance with UNIFIL’s standard operating procedures and was referred to a higher-level hospital for further treatment.
Air medical evacuation, due to the special characteristics of eddy current, noise, space, etc., compared with ambulance vehicles, puts forward more stringent requirements on the life stability of the injured. ECG monitoring, establishment of two venous channels for rapid infusion, waiting in the designated standby area, ready to board the helicopter at any time.
As soon as the helicopter arrived, Chinese military doctor Xu Yuchun and AMET French military doctors immediately confessed the situation of the wounded and handed over the medical evacuation documents. After reassessing the injury and confirming that the injury was stable, the medical staff from both sides worked together to transfer the wounded to the plane.
After the exercise, all medical personnel conducted a site visit to the evacuation helicopter. Both parties focused on the medical duty system of the air medical evacuation team, the application process, the configuration of the ambulance team, the internal layout of the cabin, the configuration of medical equipment, and the collaborative training of man-machines, etc. The content was exchanged in depth.
Then the French air medical evacuation team visited a Chinese hospital accompanied by medical officer Chen Jing.
"This exercise is aimed at the complex and changeable security threats in the current mission area. We have further improved the emergency treatment plan and the air medical evacuation plan. All in accordance with the general requirements of being difficult, strict and pragmatic, we will strive to increase the speed of treatment and shorten the rescue. Time, familiar with the air evacuation procedures, fully temper the commander's decision-making ability and the medical staff's emergency treatment ability, ensure that all links can be seamlessly linked at any time when there is a situation, and the medical emergency treatment and aerial three-dimensional evacuation can be quickly carried out." Wang Ge said.
"The doctors in Chinese hospitals are really professional. They can respond quickly and calmly in the face of emergencies. During the exercise, our cooperation was very close and the treatment procedures were very smooth." Colonel Jan Philippe, chief medical director of AMET France Said.
It is understood that the United Nations medical evacuation system is a combination of land and air. According to the principle of life first, the critical, emergency, and severely ill wounded can be reported directly by telephone, radio, etc., and the chief medical officer of the mission area can quickly approve. Written materials such as application evacuation forms and superior approval signatures can be sent online through the United Nations mail or office system. It is a three-dimensional, efficient, flexible and flexible evacuation transportation system, which buys valuable time for the emergency medical evacuation of the wounded.
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