Ministry of Defence has approved 4 levels of premedical care for the military

Ministry of Defence has approved 4 levels of premedical care for the military

The Ministry of Defence has approved the scope of medical care for different levels of training of military personnel and employees of the Defence and Security Forces.

This was reported to the Ministry of Defence .

New standards were introduced by Order of the Ministry of Defence No. 436 of June 29, 2024 and registered by the Ministry of Justice on July 19, 2024.

The document defines the division of medical care into four levels and establishes a list of skills and interventions that are used by military personnel to provide assistance to victims. It also contains a list of medicines used to help victims.

Deputy Minister of Defense Natalya Kalmykova called the establishment of the volume of pre-medical care an extremely important step, which was preceded by a lot of work with Western partners, combat medics and representatives of specialized public organizations.

“The document has been worked out with the General Staff, representatives of the branches, individual branches of the military (forces), as well as other components of the Defence and Security Forces. Now there is a system that accumulates the best experience of Ukraine and NATO countries. This will save the life and health of our defenders at the front” and improve the quality of training in tactical medicine,” she said.

In turn, the head of the Department of Health of the Ministry of Defence Oksana Sukhorukova said that the volume of medical care will make it possible to develop uniform clear training standards and standard training programs in tactical medicine.