Taking the 5th Place among 87 Teams from 34 Regions of Russia and 7 Countries is a Victory!

From March 24 to March 26, the final stage of the International Student Olympiad in Emergency Medicine “Safety Zone” was held at the I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University.

GrSMU was represented by a team of 5^th and 6^th-year students of the Medical Faculty for International Students “The PITT CREW”.

The scale of the Olympiad was immense: 87 teams from 34 regions of Russia and 7 countries participated in the competition, making it incredibly tough to take the top places.

The three-day program included a lot of intense and challenging tests. The first day was devoted to theory and team presentations.

The second day included three most complicated competitions: “First Aid” and “Emergency room”, during which participants performed a full cycle of diagnosis and treatment, was held at the Simulation Center; “Tactical Medicine”, where they worked in conditions close to combat, was held at the Military Training Center.

On the third day, the medical marathon concluded with three key stages (“Chain of Rescue”, “Practicum”, “Emergency Care”), which required the highest level of resilience and united teamwork from the participants.

Considering the intense competition and extreme complexity of all stages, conquering a place in a top five teams of the Olympiad is a significant result. The organizers highly evaluated the skills and performance of our students.

We would like to thank the Department of Anesthesiology and Emergency Medicine, the Head of the 1^st Department of Internal Medicine Mikhail S. Dzeshka, as well as Assistant of the Department of Traumatology, Orthopedics and Military Field Surgery Eduard A. Bykovsky for training the team for such serious competitions.