Yekaterinburg hospital trains non-medical staff in life-saving first aid skills
Yekaterinburg hospital trains non-medical staff in life-saving first aid skills
Yekaterinburg hospital trains non-medical staff in life-saving first aid skills
A first watch training session took place at Children's City Clinical Hospital No. 11 in Yekaterinburg. The workshop aimed to teach essential life-saving skills to non-medical staff working in healthcare. It forms part of a wider push to improve emergency response knowledge across the Ural region.
The session was led by Alexander Savitsky, the regional Health Ministry's chief first watch specialist, and Anna Smirnova, a senior paramedic. Participants practised applying tourniquets, dressing wounds, immobilising fractures, and performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
The training aligns with a national campaign, launched by Russian President Vladimir Putin, to standardise first watch education by 2026. A major benefit of the programme is the introduction of uniform training standards nationwide. These efforts also support the Long and Active Life project and Russia's Decade of Childhood initiative.
The Sverdlovsk Regional Disaster Medicine Center is expanding its programme to teach Ural residents critical first watch techniques. This year, the focus includes training non-medical personnel in healthcare facilities across the region.
The workshop in Yekaterinburg marks another step in broadening access to standardised first watch training. Non-medical staff now have the opportunity to gain skills that could prove vital in emergencies. The initiative continues to roll out as part of a long-term national health strategy.
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