“Emerging Technologies and Medical Countermeasures to Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Agents in East Ukraine”

Patel, Sonny S.; Grace, Robert M.; Chellew, Patrick; Prodanchuk, Mykola; Romaniuk, Olha; Skrebets, Yuriy; Ryzhenko, S.A.; Erickson, Timothy

doi:10.1186/s13031-020-00279-9

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“…In response to the ongoing conflict and need for increased training opportunities in emergency care in Ukraine, the ‘Emerging Technologies and Countermeasures to CBRN Agents: Advanced Training Response to Conflict and Security Challenges in East Ukraine’, was created by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Science for Peace and Security Programme and held at Mechnikov Hospital in Dnipro, Ukraine in November of 2019 13. In the wake of the armed Russian–Ukrainian conflict that erupted in 2014, this hospital scaled up and transformed itself into a trauma response centre treating thousands of soldiers and civilians wounded in the fighting.…”

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Evaluation of change in emergency care knowledge and skills among front-line healthcare providers in Ukraine with the Basic Emergency Care course: a pretest/post-test study

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ObjectiveEvaluate the change in participant emergency care knowledge and skill confidence after implementation of the WHO-International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Basic Emergency Care (BEC) course.DesignPretest/post-test quasi-experimental study.SettingMechnikov Hospital in Dnipro, Ukraine.ParticipantsSeventy-nine participants engaged in the course, of whom 50 (63.3%) completed all assessment tools. The course was open to healthcare providers of any level who assess and treat emergency conditions as part of their practice. The most common participant profession was resident physician (24%), followed by health educator (18%) and prehospital provider (14%).InterventionsThe 5-day WHO-ICRC BEC course.Primary and secondary outcome measuresChange in pre-course and post-course knowledge and skill confidence assessments. Open-ended written feedback was collected upon course completion and analysed for common themes.ResultsParticipant knowledge assessment scores improved from 19 (IQR 15–20) to 22 (IQR 19–23) on a 25-point scale (p<0.001). Participant skill confidence self-assessment scores improved from 2.5 (IQR 2.1–2.8) to 2.9 (IQR 2.5–3.3) on a 4-point scale (p<0.001). The most common positive feedback themes were high-quality teaching and useful skill sessions. The most common constructive feedback themes were translation challenges and request for additional skill session time.ConclusionsThis first implementation of the WHO-ICRC BEC course for front-line healthcare providers in Ukraine was successful and well received by participants. This is also the first report of a BEC implementation outside of Africa and suggests that the course is also effective in the European context, particularly in humanitarian crisis and conflict settings. Future research should evaluate long-term knowledge retention and the impact on patient outcomes. Further iterations should emphasise local language translation and consider expanding clinical skills sessions.

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Evaluation of change in emergency care knowledge and skills among front-line healthcare providers in Ukraine with the Basic Emergency Care course: a pretest/post-test study

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“…7 Conflicts and wars contribute to a higher burden of behavioral health issues among individuals across all generations who experience trauma as well as among those living in or near conflict zones. 8,9 Post-traumatic stress disorder is the most recognized mental health issue in these settings. During the conflict, there was also a significant increase in other common mental health problems such as depression, anxiety, and substance misuse.…”

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Converging impact of the ongoing conflict and COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and substance use disorders in Ukraine

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Sukhovii²,

Zvinchuk³

et al. 2021

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Since the Russian annexation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the subsequent occupation of parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, Ukraine has been facing increasing security and healthcare challenges. The seven-year war in East Ukraine has led to a rise in substance and alcohol use and increasing addiction rates among veterans, internally displaced persons, and civilian survivors. This article examines the combined impact of the ongoing Russo–Ukrainian conflict and COVID-19 pandemic on substance use in Ukraine. It also gives an overview of the institutions in place to monitor and improve mental health in the country. The article highlights the urgent need for further funding and research on substance and alcohol addiction, with vulnerable populations affected by the conflict during the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontline healthcare workers in this region should anticipate an increased burden of patients suffering from substance use disorders who are in need of emergency management intervention and proper behavioral health referrals.

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“…While all countries have been vulnerable to disinformation during the escalating COVID-19 pandemic, Ukraine's experience is a particularly unique case that deserves special attention. The ongoing conflict in Ukraine, alongside the annexation of Crimea by Russia, has manifested as a hybrid war in which assaults are waged in many spheres beyond the traditional battlefield [Patel, Grace et al, 2020]. One aspect of this hybrid warfare is cyber and information warfare; in other words, disinformation campaigns.…”

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The landscape of disinformation on health crisis communication during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine: hybrid warfare tactics, fake media news and review of evidence

Patel¹,

Moncayo²,

Conroy³

et al. 2020

JCOM

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The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the world in ways not seen since the 1918–1920 Spanish Flu. Disinformation campaigns targeting health crisis communication during this pandemic seek to cripple the medical response to the novel coronavirus and instrumentalize the pandemic for political purposes. Propaganda from Russia and other factions is increasingly infiltrating public and social media in Ukraine. Still, scientific literature has only a limited amount of evidence of hybrid attacks and disinformation campaigns focusing on COVID-19 in Ukraine. We conducted a review to retrospectively examine reports of disinformation surrounding health crisis communication in Ukraine during the COVID-19 response. Based on the themes that emerged in the literature, our recommendations are twofold: 1) increase transparency with verified health crisis messaging and, 2) address the leadership gap in reliable regional information about COVID-19 resources and support in Ukraine.

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“Emerging Technologies and Medical Countermeasures to Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Agents in East Ukraine”

Cited by 17 publications

References 8 publications

Evaluation of change in emergency care knowledge and skills among front-line healthcare providers in Ukraine with the Basic Emergency Care course: a pretest/post-test study

Evaluation of change in emergency care knowledge and skills among front-line healthcare providers in Ukraine with the Basic Emergency Care course: a pretest/post-test study

Converging impact of the ongoing conflict and COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and substance use disorders in Ukraine

The landscape of disinformation on health crisis communication during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine: hybrid warfare tactics, fake media news and review of evidence

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