Ukraine IFAK Training -- WEB
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- Ukraine IFAK Training -- WEB
- June 17, 2022
- Language English
- Transcript/Script English TV Ukraine IFAK Training – Kosstutschenko HEADLINE: US Charity Gives Ukrainians Lifesaving Gift in Wartime TEASER: United Help Ukraine donates tens of thousands of first-aid kits, and instructor Iryna Kostenko shows soldiers how to use them PUBLISHED AT: 6/17/2022, 8:40am BYLINE: Anna Kosstutschenko CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Kyiv, Ukraine VIDEOGRAPHER: Oleksiy Yakushev VIDEO EDITOR: Oleksiy Yakushev SCRIPT EDITORS: KE; Reifenrath VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA, Story Hunter PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _X_ RADIO __ TRT: 2:36 VID APPROVED BY: KE TYPE: TVPKG EDITOR NOTES:)) ((INTRO)) [[In Ukraine, soldiers follow first-aid standards adopted by the United States and NATO. They also have tens of thousands of lifesaving first aid kits, thanks to volunteers with an American nonprofit. Anna Kosstutschenko has the story narrated by Steve Baragona .]] ((NATS)) ((Iryna Kostenko giving instructions (Ukrainian)) “Your comrades are wounded! They have massive bleeding from the left arm and right leg! You have your commander’s permission to help while there’s no fire.” ((NARRATION)) Ukrainian Armed Forces recruits are getting a lesson in tactical first aid. Instructor Iryna Kostenko re-creates a real-life situation for the fighters. In this scenario, there is little time to save a friend. ((NATS)) ((Iryna talking (Ukrainian))) “One, two, three and go!” ((NARRATION)) With both training in tactical medicine and practical experience on the battlefield, Kostenko has been working as a tactical medical instructor for over eight years. In February, she was in Washington, participating in an exchange program. After the full-scale war started, Kostenko immediately flew back to Ukraine. But thanks to the United Help Ukraine charitable organization, she brought with her some critical supplies. ((Iryna Kostenko, Tactical Medical Instructor)) ((in Ukrainian)) “[Russian President Vladimir] Putin changed our plans, and we were forced to return to Ukraine. United Help Ukraine collected first-aid kits and medical equipment for us so we would not go home empty-handed.” ((NARRATION)) United Help Ukraine has been at work since 2014. Since the start of the Russian invasion on February 24, the organization has distributed over 15,000 first-aid kits, and 10,000 more are on the way to the country. Intensive training lasts for eight hours. During that time, soldiers must learn to stop massive bleeding. ((NATS)) ((Iryna giving instructions)) ((in Ukrainian)) “In case of injury, take the tourniquet, open it and move the soldier.” ((Iryna Kostenko, Tactical Medical Instructor)) ((in Ukrainian)) “On the battlefield, help is given by whoever is closest, by their comrades, so they need to know what to do. I believe that they will succeed. I believe in the team that I am working with today. I am sure we will be able to teach them the basics of military first aid.” ((NARRATION)) Kostenko's team has three other instructors. Each of them teaches soldiers at a separate stage of the training. ((NATS)) ((Iryna explaining)) ((in Ukrainian)) “As I was pulling, the tourniquet stopped being useful. Can this happen? Yes.” ((NARRATION)) The training program, based on the experience of the U.S. military, has become the gold standard for all NATO countries. ((Mykola Ayb, Tactical Medical Instructor)) ((in Ukrainian)) “Today we’ll have the TCCC training. It focuses on massive bleeding, airways, respiration, circulation and hypothermia. There will be an evacuation station where we will teach how to pick up the wounded from the battlefield.” ((NARRATION)) Kostenko and her team conduct intensive training for the military every week. Instructors work for free. They say that for them, the main reward is lives saved. ((For Anna Kos-tiu-chen ko in Kyiv, Ukraine Steve Baragona VOA News))
- Transcript/Script TV Ukraine IFAK Training – Kosstutschenko HEADLINE: US Charity Gives Ukrainians Lifesaving Gift in Wartime TEASER: United Help Ukraine donates tens of thousands of first-aid kits, and instructor Iryna Kostenko shows soldiers how to use them PUBLISHED AT: 6/17/2022, 8:40am BYLINE: Anna Kosstutschenko CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Kyiv, Ukraine VIDEOGRAPHER: Oleksiy Yakushev VIDEO EDITOR: Oleksiy Yakushev SCRIPT EDITORS: KE; Reifenrath VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA, Story Hunter PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _X_ RADIO __ TRT: 2:36 VID APPROVED BY: KE TYPE: TVPKG EDITOR NOTES:)) ((INTRO)) [[In Ukraine, soldiers follow first-aid standards adopted by the United States and NATO. They also have tens of thousands of lifesaving first aid kits, thanks to volunteers with an American nonprofit. Anna Kosstutschenko has the story narrated by Steve Baragona .]] ((NATS)) ((Iryna Kostenko giving instructions (Ukrainian)) “Your comrades are wounded! They have massive bleeding from the left arm and right leg! You have your commander’s permission to help while there’s no fire.” ((NARRATION)) Ukrainian Armed Forces recruits are getting a lesson in tactical first aid. Instructor Iryna Kostenko re-creates a real-life situation for the fighters. In this scenario, there is little time to save a friend. ((NATS)) ((Iryna talking (Ukrainian))) “One, two, three and go!” ((NARRATION)) With both training in tactical medicine and practical experience on the battlefield, Kostenko has been working as a tactical medical instructor for over eight years. In February, she was in Washington, participating in an exchange program. After the full-scale war started, Kostenko immediately flew back to Ukraine. But thanks to the United Help Ukraine charitable organization, she brought with her some critical supplies. ((Iryna Kostenko, Tactical Medical Instructor)) ((in Ukrainian)) “[Russian President Vladimir] Putin changed our plans, and we were forced to return to Ukraine. United Help Ukraine collected first-aid kits and medical equipment for us so we would not go home empty-handed.” ((NARRATION)) United Help Ukraine has been at work since 2014. Since the start of the Russian invasion on February 24, the organization has distributed over 15,000 first-aid kits, and 10,000 more are on the way to the country. Intensive training lasts for eight hours. During that time, soldiers must learn to stop massive bleeding. ((NATS)) ((Iryna giving instructions)) ((in Ukrainian)) “In case of injury, take the tourniquet, open it and move the soldier.” ((Iryna Kostenko, Tactical Medical Instructor)) ((in Ukrainian)) “On the battlefield, help is given by whoever is closest, by their comrades, so they need to know what to do. I believe that they will succeed. I believe in the team that I am working with today. I am sure we will be able to teach them the basics of military first aid.” ((NARRATION)) Kostenko's team has three other instructors. Each of them teaches soldiers at a separate stage of the training. ((NATS)) ((Iryna explaining)) ((in Ukrainian)) “As I was pulling, the tourniquet stopped being useful. Can this happen? Yes.” ((NARRATION)) The training program, based on the experience of the U.S. military, has become the gold standard for all NATO countries. ((Mykola Ayb, Tactical Medical Instructor)) ((in Ukrainian)) “Today we’ll have the TCCC training. It focuses on massive bleeding, airways, respiration, circulation and hypothermia. There will be an evacuation station where we will teach how to pick up the wounded from the battlefield.” ((NARRATION)) Kostenko and her team conduct intensive training for the military every week. Instructors work for free. They say that for them, the main reward is lives saved. ((For Anna Kos-tiu-chen ko in Kyiv, Ukraine Steve Baragona VOA News))
- NewsML Media Topics Conflict, War and Peace
- Topic Tags IFAK
- Network VOA
- Embargo Date June 17, 2022 14:41 EDT
- Description English n Ukraine, soldiers follow first-aid standards adopted by the United States and NATO. They also have tens of thousands of lifesaving first aid kits, thanks to volunteers with an American nonprofit. Anna Kosstutschenko has the story narrated by Steve Baragona .
- Brand / Language Service Voice of America - English