First aid station
Under a first-aid station is defined as a facility of the medical guard service in public places, such as in discotheques or for larger events in which professional first aid will be provided. The medical station is usually manned by paramedics ( treatment teams ) or more highly qualified personnel ( rescue specialists , emergency doctors, etc.). Particularly large medical stations that meet certain requirements are called accident relief centers . Medical stations are often the core of a (sub) deployment section in the medical watch service; As a rule, one or more first aid squads and one or more carrying squads are assigned to them as mobile elements. They can also be assigned an ambulance with an ambulance or ambulance .
Premises
The appearance of a medical station can vary greatly. While in buildings often a first-aid room is available, which is already established basic need for major events often tents are built and furnished. Containers have also proven their worth as mobile medical rooms for longer medical watch services. For smaller security services, a rescue vehicle is often sufficient as a medical station. Specially developed trailers can also serve as a medical station.
Furnishing
The equipment of medical stations is also not standardized. However, the basic equipment usually includes larger quantities of bandages , a place to rest (e.g. camp beds ), stretchers and medical backpacks . In addition, there are often chassis and storage racks for the stretcher as well as radio devices .
For larger medical services and medicines, are often in the health centers oxygenation devices , AEDs , emergency backpacks and other material from the emergency services available. Telephone and Internet connections are also increasingly found, through which contact with EAL or TEL is maintained at major events . Also suitable are motorcycles and quads as first-responders - and detector vehicles used.
activity
The medical station is usually manned by one or more treatment teams and waits for people to seek help. Under certain circumstances, first aid teams with medical backpacks are deployed from the medical station to search the venue for injured and helpless people and then arrange for transport to the medical station if necessary ( transport teams ). Injured people are given first aid in the medical station until they can leave the station independently and on their own responsibility. If necessary, the medical station can arrange for a qualified ambulance to be taken to a clinic. Every patient care in a medical station should be precisely recorded for later inquiries and for quality assurance.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mobile first aid station. DRK local association Minden e. V., accessed on April 19, 2020 .