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Ukrainian Medics Lead First Tactical Medical Training for Lithuania’s Emergency Teams
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Military medics from the Ukrainian organization TacMed Ukraine conducted an intensive training course in Lithuania on providing first aid in tactical conditions.
According to LRT on November 12, it marks the first time that Ukrainian medical professionals with frontline experience have shared their knowledge with Lithuanian colleagues to strengthen their preparedness for crisis and wartime situations. The training was organized by the Blue/Yellow initiative.
The course was designed for doctors, nurses, paramedics, and volunteers, equipping them with practical skills for real combat or emergency conditions. A total of 35 participants took part, including Blue/Yellow medical volunteers, emergency medical service staff, doctors who had already served or were preparing for missions in Ukraine, and marksmen.
The three-day training combined theoretical sessions with hands-on exercises—from bleeding control and casualty evacuation to realistic simulations involving gunfire, explosions, and artificial wounds, LRT reported. The training was led by a volunteer doctor with nearly four years of military experience, supported by colleagues from Blue/Yellow Medical. The program was based on the internationally used military medicine algorithm MARCH.
“We will assess the need for such training and the possibility of continuing it in the future. As for the content, there is no doubt – such knowledge is very valuable, exceptional, and as necessary as air in today’s context,” said Vaiva Jankiene, coordinator of Blue/Yellow Medical.
Laura Paukšte, director of Blue/Yellow, emphasized that the organization’s work goes beyond supporting Ukrainian soldiers — it also aims to strengthen Lithuania’s own resilience.
“In recent months, we have organized drone training with Ukrainian instructors, and now we pay tribute to the medics—helping them prepare for work in stressful and wartime conditions. Our goal is not only to support Ukraine but also to strengthen Lithuania,” Paukšte said.
Earlier, Aurimas Pečkauskas, former Lithuanian Minister of Health and now an anesthesiologist-intensivist, returned from another volunteer mission in Ukraine.
For two and a half weeks, he worked in a combat zone alongside Ukrainian medics as part of the “Blue-Yellow Medical Aid” initiative, providing medical care, assisting in patient treatment, and gaining hands-on experience in military medicine.
