(comunicated by MFA Spokesman's Bureau)
Israel's National Agency for International Cooperation – MASHAV, of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs – together with NATO and Rambam Medical Center will hold an advanced training course on, “The best ways of training for mass-casualty situations”. This is the first time MASHAV and NATO have cooperated on a project.
The workshop, which will be held on 16-18 November, is intended for doctors, nurses, hospital administrators and first-responder organizations that deal with treating the injured in mass-casualty events. Professionals from NATO member states in Europe as well as FSU (Former Soviet Union) and Mediterranean states are expected to attend.
Speakers include experts from the United States and Finland and key figures in the field of trauma in Israel. The program consists of lectures, working groups and exercises in different ways to handle mass-casualty situations.
A NATO senior official will attend the first day of the workshop.