EXPERIENCE OF ORGANIZATION OF MEDICAL SUPPORT OF PERSONNEL OF THE NATIONAL GUARD OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN AT THE WINTER UNIVERSIADE IN ALMATY (2017)

Properly organized and sustainable medical support for socially significant public events requires thoughtful preparatory work, which begins with an assessment of the management’s intentions, the characteristics of the location and working conditions of the personnel, the possible level of morbidity and injury, the specifics of the region and the region’s infrastructure, and the calculation of the forces and facilities of the medical service, early provision of a reserve of medical property. In the course of studying the experience of organizing medical support, the basic principles of managing the staged system of medical support for mass events were formulated. The most complete information on the interaction of the medical service of the National Guard of the Republic of Kazakhstan (NG RK) with other governing bodies was studied and summarized. The stages of separation of medical care were developed for the personnel of the involved forces and the population. The results of the analysis showed that therapeutic pathology (acute respiratory diseases) prevailed among the personnel, since the games took place in the winter. Moreover, the need for hospitalization was less than 50% of the number of sick employees. The injuries were sporadic and not severe. In the course of studying the experience of organizing medical support for mass sporting events, fundamental principles were formulated for managing the stage-by-stage system of medical support for mass events and organizing interaction with other special services, the scope of which includes measures to maintain public order and protect the life and health of the population. Guidelines were developed that regulate the activities of the medical service of the National Guard of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Armed Forces, medical service, medical support of troops, medical assistance, cooperation, command and control body, public safety