Top managers of Kryvyi Rih GOKs have mastered the skills of providing first aid. Skilled experts from the Ukrainian Red Cross Society conducted the training.
How to check if someone is conscious and what to do if they're not breathing? How to call an ambulance and perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation? What to do in case of fracture, bleeding, suspected stroke or heart attack, thermal burns and other critical situations? During the 6-hour intensive course, the management of mining enterprises worked out practical skills for aiding victims in emergencies and gained fundamental knowledge about proper evacuation procedures.
"Regrettably, due to the ongoing hostilities in Ukraine, situations requiring first aid and rapid response skills in critical conditions are all too frequent. For the second time, the company arranged training sessions on delivering pre-medical care within enterprises, prioritising their employees' health and safety. Even in the third year of the war, this knowledge and these skills remain crucial. Having more employees in our enterprises who are prepared to offer high-quality aid during emergencies increases our ability to safeguard health and lives of both employees and their families. The initiative's target audience is broadening: the directors in functional areas are now proficient in first aid algorithms. A situation where someone's life depends on your actions can happen to anyone, and the key to saving a life lies in straightforward yet timely and precise actions—the very skills we honed during the training," said Ihor TONIEV, General Director of Integrated GOK of Metinvest, after the training.
Over 60% of the intensive course focused on practical skills, and the small group size ensured everyone could participate.
"The war has introduced far greater challenges and risks into our lives. In critical moments, it's important not to lose composure. The instructor focused not only on providing aid and organising evacuation using improvised means but also on maintaining self-control, approaching the victim correctly, and ensuring one's own safety. Sometimes, saving a life means assessing the person's condition, stopping the bleeding with a tourniquet or bandage, or simply making an accurate call to an ambulance. During the training, we asked questions and interacted while performing tasks, making the six hours pass quickly and enjoyably, with great benefit," said Olena BELAN, Director of Technology and Quality at Integrated GOK of Metinvest.
It is crucial that every company employee, from top managers to workers, can properly, quickly and effectively help a potential victim in an emergency. Proper actions taken before emergency medical services arrive save valuable minutes and, ultimately, lives. Yurii Rovinskyi, HSE Director at Integrated GOK of Metinvest, firmly believes this.
Upon completing the training, each participant received a certificate valid for three years and recognised in over 190 countries worldwide. It is worth reminding that at the mining and processing plants of Kryvyi Rih, the next stage of training began on 20 May. Within a month and a half, it is planned to train over 500 miners and fifty employees of Metinvest Promservice.
