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German emergency teams test response to mass casualties in NATO exercise
Emergency teams in Saxony practised treating large numbers of people injured in a military attack.
The exercise took place at the Annaburger Heide training area over three days in late September.
About 300 workers from medical task forces in Leipzig, Dresden and Chemnitz took part.
They worked in shifts during a 24-hour operation and treated up to 100 simulated casualties.
The scenario involved attacks on several eastern NATO countries, with injured people needing triage and medical care.
Germany has 61 medical task forces, made up of different aid organisations and part of its civil protection system.
The exercise was the first of its kind in Germany to run for 24 hours in real time and to practise a NATO collective-defence scenario.
German emergency teams conducted a large-scale exercise in Saxony to practise treating casualties after military attacks.
The exercise took place at the Annaburger Heide training area and included a 24-hour operation.
About 300 responders from medical task forces in Leipzig, Dresden and Chemnitz took part.
Teams treated up to 100 simulated casualties in shifts.
The exercise tested how emergency services could respond if attacks in several eastern NATO countries caused mass casualties.
- Who
- About 300 responders from the medical task forces in Leipzig, Dresden and Chemnitz.
- What
- They practised treating mass casualties after military attacks in a 24-hour exercise.
- When
- The exercise took place over three days at the end of September; the exact dates are not stated.
- Where
- The Annaburger Heide training area in Saxony, Germany.
- Why
- To practise responding to a scenario involving military attacks in several eastern NATO countries and many injured people.
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The three-day exercise took place at the Annaburger Heide training area in Saxony.
Medical task forces operated in shifts during a 24-hour real-time simulation, treating up to 100 simulated casualties.
- Responders
- About 300
- Simulated casualties
- Up to 100
- Exercise operation
- 24 hours in real time
- Location
- Annaburger Heide training area, Saxony
- Medical task forces nationwide
- 61
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