On May 18, practical first-aid training sessions were held in Dnipro for young people from Donetsk Oblast as part of the project “Our Donetsk Oblast. Our Home. Our Fortress," initiated by Vadym Filashkin, Head of the Donetsk Regional State Administration.
Throughout the day, two practical workshops were held on providing first aid using the MARCH algorithm—a protocol for saving lives in critical situations.
The event was attended by students from the Priazovsk State Technical University’s separate structural units that have relocated to Dnipro—the Mariupol Vocational Machine-Building College and the Mariupol Vocational Polytechnic College—at which the training took place. Representatives of other relocated educational institutions from the Donetsk region, which are currently operating in Dnipro, also joined the training.
Lieutenant Colonel Stepan Dubas, head of the communications department of the 11th Army Corps, addressed the participants with a welcoming speech. He emphasized that today, every Ukrainian needs first aid skills, as Russian aggression claims the lives of civilians every day, and the ability to act quickly and correctly in a critical moment can save what is most precious—human life.
The practical session was led by Staff Sergeant Rustam Grechko, head of the tactical medicine group in the 11th Army Corps Medical Department. Participants learned the MARCH algorithm, how to respond to life-threatening emergencies, and examined the contents of a soldier’s personal first-aid kit and the purpose of its main components.
Special attention was paid to practical training: each participant had the opportunity to practice providing aid to a casualty, applying a tourniquet, and familiarizing themselves with various types of tourniquets, including the Ukrainian-made “Dnipro” and “Sich.”
In the reality Ukraine faces today, knowledge of first aid is an essential skill. Such training helps young people understand the protocol, practice it, and be ready to act quickly and decisively when a human life depends on it.