Medical service of the armed forces

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The Armed Forces medical service is a branch of the Austrian Armed Forces that has the overriding role of caring for the injured and sick. The paramedics provide initial care for the wounded and transport them to a field or civil hospital. In everyday life, one of the tasks of the paramedics is to pay attention to hygiene and medical care in the barracks. In addition, the paramedics take over the medical care for the placement of the new recruits .

Medical service training

In basic military service

The training of paramedics begins, like others, with basic training .

After voluntarily reporting to the medical service, the personnel selection is sent to one of the medical training centers in Salzburg, Hörsching, Vienna-Stammersdorf or Klagenfurt. The training (as basic training 2) takes place according to module 1 of the civil paramedic law. In addition, additional military content is trained, such as retraining for the Pistol 80 , international humanitarian law and instruction in military health care. After a preliminary examination, the trainee paramedics are assigned to a civilian rescue service for an internship in rescue and ambulance transport for 160 hours. The paramedic course concludes with a civilly recognized final examination before a committee.

In the training service

According to military requirements, candidates for professional as well as militia non-commissioned officers and KPE functions are trained as emergency paramedics with the emergency competencies NKA and NKV in the one-year training service . Basic training 3 balances the knowledge and area of ​​responsibility in the medical sector and forms the basis for the further courses.

Candidates for non-commissioned officers first pursue their military career courses (military leadership 1 and 2). At the same time, NFS candidates complete a 160-hour transport driver internship at a civilian rescue service.

Then the four-month NFS course takes place at the medical school in Vienna-Stammersdorf, after which the emergency skills are usually also trained and subject-specific leadership skills are taught.

Optionally, the sergeant candidate can complete training to become a lifeguard . Professional non-commissioned officers obtain the nursing diploma as part of further training.

In the militia stand

The armed forces conduct advanced training in accordance with the Paramedic Act as well as recertification courses on semi-automatic defibrillators to ensure ongoing ability retention.

Non-medical personnel

As part of basic training 1 (and core), all soldiers are trained in civil first aid . They are usually carried out by a medical sergeant.

As part of the preparation for foreign missions, all participating soldiers are trained in extended self-help and comrade help, which corresponds to the German first responder according to the TCCC concept.

Uses in the medical service

Trained paramedics can be used in the armed forces for the following activities:

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