70% of Wounded Ukrainian Soldiers Return To Duty Following Treatment

That is a far higher rate than the Russians, who frequently fail or refuse to provide frontline medical treatment, and is especially impressive given the severity of wounds from artillery, mines and drone munitions. JL

Alyona Pavliuk reports in Ukraine Pravda:

More than 70% of Ukraine's wounded military personnel returned to duty following treatment. "These 70% are the backbone of the military." 75% of combat doctors now have graduated from the School of Tactical Medicine. (Only) 10% of combat medics have medical training, but the battlefield is about saving lives rather than providing treatment. "Our top priority has been to ensure that our medics are equipped with high-quality, certified AMZIs (individual general-purpose military medical kits) and components that meet international and NATO standards. We have managed to establish a sufficient stock of AMZI components."

More than 70% of Ukraine's wounded military personnel returned to duty following treatment. However, the situation varies across the front.

Source: Andrii Kazmirchuk, Commander of Ukraine’s Medical Forces, in an interview with Ukrinform 

Quote: "We can say that these 70% of the military, in fact, are the backbone, the basis of the military contingent," he stated.

Kazmirchuk further stated that there is an ongoing need for doctors on the front lines, despite the fact that they are actively trained.

"The combat medic is on the battlefield alongside his brothers-in-arms, making this a very vulnerable group of military troops who are no longer subordinate to the Medical Service of the Medical Forces Command.

They report to units across the Armed Forces' branches and types. That is, the unit is responsible for staffing the positions of combat medics, and we are doing direct special training." the commander states.time. Over 75% of combat doctors now have graduated from the School of Tactical Medicine, which trains in accordance with international standards.

"Approximately 10% of combat medics have medical training, but the rules on the battlefield are very different. It is about saving lives rather than providing treatment. As a result, we say when a soldier is trained, he is saved," Kazmirchuk says. 

"I haven’t seen a single institution head or doctor who would say they have everything they need. I’d say it’s an ongoing process, a perpetual issue, and it’s unrealistic to think it can be solved once and for all. But in this situation, the most important thing, as you rightly pointed out, is that the equipment used to save the lives of our service members is of high quality. Our top priority has been to ensure that our service members are equipped with high-quality, certified AMZIs (individual general-purpose military medical kits) and their components that meet international and NATO standards. As of today, we have managed to establish a sufficient stock of these AMZI components,"

He states that the army lacks surgeons and anaesthesiologists the most. This also applies to auxiliary surgical workers, such as operating nurses and transfusion experts.

This year, battlefield medics were authorised to use drugs for the first time.