The individual I.S.A.R. Germany specialist groups hold regular training sessions and courses. This was also the case last weekend, when around 40 members of the medical team trained together at Haus Wohnung on the Lower Rhine. A large number of training units were on the programme from Friday to Sunday. In addition to the latest familiarisation with the monitoring devices from the company Corpuls, The immobilisation of casualties using a spineboard and vacuum mattress was also practised. The training also included a short unit on self-care for injured emergency personnel with appropriate emergency medication as well as theoretical units on palliative care issues in foreign missions and crush syndrome.
In addition, the new I.S.A.R. partner organisation, the Dental EMT, . By working together, the Emergency Medical Team (EMT) units will also be able to provide treatment for injuries and illnesses in the oral and maxillofacial area in future. The Deathcare Embalmingteam also used the meeting of I.S.A.R. experts to draw attention to its work. The thanatopractitioners reported on their work following the earthquake in Turkey and explained how they enable the deceased to be treated with dignity after disasters.
Alongside the medical team, the field office also used the weekend to practise operational procedures. They found a home for this at Duisburg Fire Brigade's Station IV. In the staff room, where the Information and Situation Centre (ILZ) is normally based during an I.S.A.R. operation, the experts trained in communication with foreign authorities as well as WHO and United Nations units.