49. Conference of the fire brigade medical service in Puchenau: Insight into operational strategies

49. Conference of the fire brigade medical service in Puchenau: Insight into operational strategies

The 49th conference of the fire brigade medical service in the Book Hall of Puchenau recently took place in the Urfahr-Umgebung district. 155 members of various fire brigades were involved in this important meeting, including from the Rohrbach, Freistadt, Linz-Land, Grieskirchen, Braunau and numerous emergency services from the Linz. professional fire brigade

The event was organized by comrade Patrick Voit, who welcomed numerous high -ranking guests. Among those present were Manfred Mayerhofer and Kurt Reiter, as well as district commander Johannes Enzenhofer and the district fire brigade doctor Matthias Kölbl. Maria Luise Ettmayer from the educational management of the State Fire Brigade Command Upper Austria and Peter Haslinger, the district manager and district rescue commander of the Red Cross Urfahr-Umgebung.

informative lectures for fire brigade members

The conference included three technically exciting lectures that offered the participants valuable information and new perspectives on relevant topics. Emergency paramedics Martin Gossenreiter from NEF Zwettl/Rodl opened the series with his contribution to "major damage management - commitment and cooperation with several patients". This lecture illustrated the challenges and concepts in dealing with emergencies in which a large number of injuries must be treated.

Afterwards, Katja Sieper, the head of the crisis assistant in Upper Austria, spoke about a very sensitive topic: "Violence/aggression against emergency services". Important points were discussed with aggressive groups of people on the security of the emergency services and dealing strategies, which may occur during an assignment. This information is particularly important for firefighters, since they often work in stressful and potentially dangerous situations.

The end of the lecture series was Andreas Manigatterer, the leading fluidter from ÖAMTC Christophorus 10.

This event was able to further strengthen the specialist knowledge and cooperation between the fire brigade members in the various districts. Such conferences are essential in order to keep emergency services up to date with the latest media technology and operational strategies and thus to improve general operational readiness.

For further information on this conference and the topics treated, see the current reporting on www.tips.at .