New-type field first-aid equipment debuts in immense forest and snowfield

Due to the heavy snow, the temperature suddenly dropped to -30 . A study-oriented tactical treatment and cure drill organized by the Joint Logistics Department of the Shenyang Military Area Command (MAC) of the Chinese People s Liberation Army kicked off in the immense forest and snowfield. The reporters saw on the site that a batch of new-type field medical service equipment such as the hauling blanket, the eight-wheel all-terrain first-aid vehicle and the search and rescue system for the wounded appeared in the vast ice field to face up to the test of sever winter.

During the drill, a batch of special-purpose medical equipment that is adaptable to the treatment and cure in frigid areas such as new-type field first-aid vehicle, electronic medical tag system, new-type tourniquet, first-aid haemostatic application and field heating box gave full play.

According to the leader of the Health Division of the Joint Logistics Department of the Shenyang MAC, the level of medical equipment of the frontline troop units is relatively low and it is hard to meet the rescue requirement of the wounded in wartime. Therefore, the Health Division of the Joint Logistics Department of the Shenyang MAC made explorations by mainly centering on such subjects as battlefield first-aid, casualty evacuation and medical support in frigid areas and developed, introduced and improved 2,782 sets (pieces) of medical equipment and apparatus, preliminarily forming a field medical support equipment system adaptable to operation in frigid areas.

This snowfield drill not only all-roundly tested dozens of medical equipment and apparatus, but obtained nearly ten thousands groups of test data under frigid conditions.

By Wang Xiuhong and Dai Yue