China News Service, Mali Gao, April 26 (Sun Zhaoshun, Liu Gang, Zhu Dongdong, Yang Bo) Armed helicopters took off and armored vehicles flew... Mali local time on April 25, China's ninth batch of peacekeeping medical units and foreign troops in the mission area went to Mali Carry out joint rescue exercises to hone emergency response capabilities.
The air evacuation team carried the "wounded" into the armored ambulance.
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The exercise was based on the deteriorating security situation in Mali and the attack on the Jordanian fast-reaction team in an area separated by thousands of miles.
According to the exercise plan, the Chinese peacekeeping medical team is responsible for going to Gao Airport, transferring the seriously wounded to the second-level hospital for emergency treatment, and is not responsible for carrying out the security task.
The peacekeeping medical team arrived at the hospital from the airport.
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The drill kicked off with a shrill siren.
The duty room received the order from the Eastern Theater Command of MINUSMA. The Jordanian peacekeeping team encountered a roadside bomb attack while performing its mission in the Ansongo area. Three soldiers were injured to varying degrees, and one of the seriously injured needs to be urgently sent to a Chinese secondary hospital for treatment. The other two wounded with minor injuries were transferred to the German first-level hospital for treatment.
After receiving the order, the Chinese peacekeeping medical team quickly launched an emergency treatment plan.
At the same time, the air evacuation team and the security personnel acted upon the order, quickly checked the weapons and equipment, stepped into the armored ambulance carrying medical equipment, and rushed to the Gao Airport to pick up the wounded.
The medical staff of the ninth Chinese peacekeeping medical team to Mali are receiving the "wounded".
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At 8:45, the German armed helicopter responsible for receiving the wounded landed at Gao Airport. Jin Hai, the leader of the air evacuation team, led the team to the helicopter immediately to connect with the person in charge of transporting the wounded, to understand the injury of the wounded, and to carry out the wound treatment. After emergency treatment, the wounded were loaded into an ambulance and transferred to a second-level hospital in China.
Paramedics are receiving the "wounded".
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After arriving at the hospital, Wang Shuai, the leader of the medical team, quickly organized medical staff to carry the wounded into the general consultation room according to the procedures, and conducted auxiliary examinations such as physical examination, X-ray, color Doppler ultrasound, and blood analysis on the wounded, so as to implement precise treatment.
It was diagnosed that the wounded suffered brain trauma, right elbow trauma and right tibia and fibula fracture due to the explosion of the IED. In view of the serious head injury of the wounded.
The brain surgeon immediately decided to deal with the severe head trauma first, investigate the injury, debride the head trauma and change the dressing, and at the same time provide fluid replacement, antiemetic and symptomatic and supportive treatment, and closely monitor the patient's state of consciousness and vital signs.
X-ray examination showed that the right tibia and fibula were fractured, and the right lower extremity plaster external fixation was given first, and the patient's condition was stable and elective surgery was performed.
Medical staff treat the "wounded".
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It is reported that since arriving in the mission area, the detachment has successively organized the establishment of a medical technical assistance mechanism with the local hospital, conducted technical exchanges on war wound treatment with the first-class hospital of the German detachment, and conducted technical training on war wound treatment for the peacekeeping detachments in the East Theater of the MINUSMA. . Organize exchange meetings on the system of peacekeeping detachments from various countries in the mission area, sort out common diseases of each detachment, put forward reasonable diagnosis and treatment opinions, and carry out professional skills training in medical care, etc., through various modes to improve medical treatment capabilities and save the lives of the wounded.
Wang Xiaochen, the captain of the medical unit, said: "We have the confidence and ability to provide strong protection for the lives of officers and soldiers of the peacekeeping units in the mission area, and contribute more Chinese power to maintaining world peace, so that the Blue Helmets can move forward bravely and perform their tasks with peace of mind." )