The First aid workshops continue! This time, the Tbilisi Medical Academy (TMA) team visited the Cervantes Gymnasium AIA-GESS. The academy representatives and students discussed with the gymnasium students and teachers how to provide first aid to a person at the pre-hospital level.

The students participating in the workshop had the opportunity to gain practical experience and theoretical knowledge and acquire basic first-aid skills on the spot. “It was our long-standing dream to implement the practical part along with theoretical knowledge. Since we do not have models, therefore, the children do not have the opportunity to put the acquired knowledge into practice. Therefore, we wanted this meeting to take place,” said Tinatin Laghidze, a biology and natural science teacher. According to her, as a result of the children's demand and interest, a first aid club was established at the school this year, the goal of which is for the club's members to acquire basic skills, which they will then share with younger students.

In addition to first aid training, students participating in the workshop were given the opportunity to receive information about TMA's educational program, exchange programs, funding, and various extracurricular activities.

The workshop was held within the framework of the Erasmus+ Institutional Development Project - “LIFESTRAND”, which aims to train first aid skills for staff, students and the general public of universities in Ukraine and Georgia and share experience in this direction. In parallel, the project also aims to train the vulnerable population living in potentially high militarized risk zones, who have suffered as a result of Russian occupation and military aggression, in first emergency medical aid skills.

The project “LIFESTRAND”, unites 9 universities from Georgia, Ukraine, Spain and Portugal and was created, planned and is being implemented directly under the coordination of TMA.