National Army soldiers - trained to provide medical first aid

CHISINAU, February 28, 2023 — Soldiers of the 22nd Peacekeeping Battalion “Blue Helmets” and the General Staff Regiment “Brigadier General Nicolae Petrică” are being trained by a group of medical instructors from the US National Guard of North Carolina in the field of medical first aid.

The theoretical and practical meetings, organized between February 20 and March 3 this year, aim to acquaint the servicemen on term and on contract with the new practices and instructions in the field, the evacuation and transportation of traumatized persons, as well as to achieve an exchange of experience with colleagues Americans.

The course in the field of providing medical aid is part of the training plan of the National Army for 2023. Such theoretical and practical sessions were also held in previous years in different units, with the involvement of soldiers, sergeants and officers of the National Army.