
Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Peacekeeping Centre has coordinated withMilitary Hospital 175 and partners from Australia and the US to open a trainingcourse on first aid by air and trauma care for officers and nurses at thesecond-level field hospital.
Australian experts shared experience in firstaid by air of the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan and instructedtrainees to practise a flight to improve their capacity in the field.
Meanwhile, US specialists will provide guidanceon trauma care.
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After completing the course from October30-November 5, the trainees will take an exam to get the International TraumaLife Support (ITLS) certificate and prepare for joining the UN peacekeepingmission.
Vietnam’s first field hospital model is set to join theUnited Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan in 2018.
Vietnam has been actively participating in the UN peacekeeping operations inrecent years. Since 2014, the country has sent 19 officers to the UNpeacekeeping missions in South Sudan and the Central African Republic.-VNA