DISASTER MEDICINE No. 3 •2026

doi: 10.33266/2070-1004-2026-3

Original article

Experience of Territorial Center for Disaster Medicine of Omsk Region in Teaching First Aid to Persons Without Medical Education: from Forming Skills to Implementing Practice

Kostyuk I.I. 1, Savchenko O.A. 1,2, Kropotov I.Yu. 1, Savchenko O.A. 3

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1 Territorial Center for Disaster Medicine of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Omsk, Russian Federation

2 Novosibirsk Scientific Research Institute of Hygiene of Rospotrebnadzor, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation

3 Omsk State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Omsk, Russian Federation

UDC 378.147:614.88

P. 87-91

 

Summary. The purpose of the study is to analyze and summarize the scientific, methodological, and practical experience of the Territorial Center for Disaster Medicine of the Omsk Region (TCDM) in developing competencies in first aid for individuals without medical education, with a focus on studying the step-by-step pedagogical process that ensures the transition from initial acquisition of theoretical skills to the development of sustainable practical skills for providing assistance in cases of injuries, traumas, and other life-threatening conditions in emergency situations.

Materials and methods of research. The research materials include the practical experience of TSMK employees, as well as regulatory legal acts that govern the training of individuals without medical education to provide first aid to victims in various life-threatening situations. The research methods used include literary analysis, formal legal analysis, formalization, comparison, generalization of experience and regulatory legal analysis, storytelling, demonstration, and training. The research object is students, individuals without specialized medical education, and the teaching methodology, which ranges from the development of skills to the acquisition of knowledge.

The results of the study and their analysis. A step-by-step training system is described, aimed at transforming theoretical knowledge into sustainable practical skills that can be applied under stress. The methods used, organizational models, and results of the TCDM’s work are analyzed. Special attention is paid to the quality of training, from the development of skills to the imparting of advanced first aid techniques to victims.

Keywords: first aid, Omsk Region, Territorial Center for Disaster Medicine, people without medical education, pre-hospital stage, training, skills, and abilities, victims

For citation: Kostyuk I.I., Savchenko O.A., Kropotov I.Yu., Savchenko O.A. Experience of Territorial Center for Disaster Medicine of Omsk Region in Teaching First Aid to Persons Without Medical Education: from Forming Skills to Implementing Practice. Meditsina Katastrof = Disaster Medicine. 2026;3:87-91 (In Russ.). Doi:10.33266/2070-1004-2026-3-87-91

 

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The material was received 24.12.25; the article after peer review procedure 07.07.26; the Editorial Board accepted the article for publication 16.09.26
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