Open AccessOrganization and functioning of the Polish Red Cross Rescue Group in Bedzin
Author(s) -
Dominika Śmieja
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
puls uczelni
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2449-9021
pISSN - 2080-2021
DOI - 10.5604/01.3001.0010.1620
Subject(s) - documentation , natural disaster , search and rescue , first aid , function (biology) , psychology , medicine , medical emergency , geography , computer science , biology , artificial intelligence , evolutionary biology , meteorology , robot , programming language
Polish Red Cross is a humanitarian organization providing aid in the events of natural disasters, mass accidents,and search-and-rescue operations. It educates the citizens by providing first aid training. The Polish Red CrossRecue Group System consists of three types of groups: the Rescue Group, the Medical Rescue Group and the SpecialistRescue Group. They are always ready to provide assistance, especially in times of catastrophes and naturaldisasters. Moreover, they provide medical support at mass events, such as concerts, live shows, etc.. Theaim of this paper was to show in detail how these Rescue Groups function when providing medical support andto describe their legal status. In addition, I have described the organization and functioning of the Polish RedCross Rescue Team in Bedzin, based on the documentation covering their activity in 2014. The documentationshows that the Rescue Team is a fully functioning, effective and efficient group, always at-the-ready. The number of rescue actions the group participated in shows that its members are fully qualified and experienced, thus the society can rely on them whenever necessary.