What is the difference between "disaster medicine" and the usual "ambulance"

the two units have different missions. The emergency medical service was created a quarter of a century ago…##. its task is

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These two divisions have different tasks.

The emergency medical service was created a quarter of a century ago. Its task is to travel to places of disasters and mass deaths of people. An example is the August coup, terrorist attacks in the metro and Domodedovo airport, explosions in residential buildings.

Although the tasks of emergency medical care are somewhat similar to the activities of a regular ambulance, there are many differences. First of all, emergency medical care does not deliver patients, although it also does this, but works at the scene of a tragedy.

CEMP reanimobiles have equipment for any emergency patient, and the supply of medicines is enough to provide assistance to 25 victims. The head doctor in the car is an anesthesiologist-resuscitator. During an emergency, it is he who takes the lead in providing assistance at the scene.

CEMP has at its disposal not only cars, but also helicopters with resuscitation on board to help the victims right in the sky. Such a helicopter can take on board up to three victims, and is able to transport patients with a dangerous infection, as it has an isolated box. At the same time, it was not necessary to transport patients with coronavirus during the entire period of the pandemic.

Sergey Gumenyuk, deputy director for the medical part of the CEMP, told KP that it is not easy to get a job in this elite unit. There are only 100 people in the staff and all of them are professionals of the highest class, able to work in the air and on the ground.

06.08.2020 779 impression