The role of the Institute for Emergency Medicine Belgrade in the simulation exercise of the emergency services on the occasion of the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims

On the occasion of World Day of Remembrance for Traffic Accident Victims, 11/17/2024. a joint exercise of all emergency services was held. Under the slogan "Remember! Support! Do!" traffic accident simulation (SN) was organized by the Traffic Safety Agency and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in cooperation with the Institute for Emergency Medicine (ZZUM) Belgrade and the Serbian Red Cross. In the designed scenario, a traffic accident occurred in which a pedestrian was injured while crossing the tracks outside the marked pedestrian crossing. At the same time, an accident involving three vehicles takes place at another intersection. ZZUM teams acted according to the protocol for taking care of a traffic accident with a large number of injured persons. The doctor of the first arriving triage team, according to the START ("Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment") triage algorithm, categorized the injured according to the urgency of treatment into three triage categories (RED; YELLOW; GREEN) and marked them with triage tapes. Out of a total of six injured: two were from the red, two from the yellow and two from the green category. In addition to the ZZUM teams, the police, the fire and rescue service and the helicopter unit of the Ministry of Interior of Serbia also participated in the further treatment of the injured. Although we do not expect accidents, they do happen. Proper joint response of emergency services with predefined roles, tasks and method of mutual cooperation can contribute to the greatest possible number of injured being taken care of in the best possible way and in the shortest possible time, while reducing the consequences of SN in the Republic of Serbia. That is why more frequent joint trainings of employees from all emergency services are necessary.