Baltic Fleet medical personnel held special drills

07.06.2011 Casualty reception drill was conducted in Baltic Fleet (BF) Clinical Hospital in Kaliningrad. The objective was to practice emergency activities and procedures of the fleet's medical personnel.

Reception of 30 "injured" servicemen was imitated for display purposes.

Radiation control and decontamination of medical transport as well as triage procedures were demonstrated during the practical drills.

Culmination of the medical exercise was a "fire outbreak" on one of the hospital's top floors. BF fire department and EMERCOM staff were involved in fire isolation and evacuation of patients.

According to the exercise director Chief of BF Medical Service Col Igor Mosiagin, the practical drill was meant to increase readiness level of the fleet's medical staff, i.e. doctors, combat medics, and nurses.

Medical arrangement of a military unit was also practiced during the exercise. Out-patient treatment in medical aid post, hospital treatment, and medical stock supply in routine and alert conditions were displayed on the basis of a BF military unit.

Summarizing the drills held, Col Igor Mosiagin stated that by virtue of BF command's support and teamwork of medical personnel there were neither epidemic outbreaks nor lethalities.

In Feb 2011 Baltic Fleet Medical Service was inspected by defense ministry's Military Medical Department and received favorable review. None of BF military units achieved low grade.

Timely hospitalizing and full-scale vaccination of draftees helped to maintain stable health situation throughout the winter training period. According to experts, in organizations like armed forces vaccination of draftees should be done at pre-service training level; that would provide newcomers with immunity to army-related diseases in wintertime.