LIFE SUPPORT TRAINING AND DISSEMINATION (LIFESTRAND)
FOR HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS AND COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES LIVING IN MILITARY RISK AREAS OF UKRAINE AND GEORGIA

Project Acronym: LIFESTRAND

Project Title: Life Support Training and Dissemination (LIFESTRAND) for Higher Education Institutions and Community Representatives living in Military Risk Areas of Ukraine and Georgia

Project coordinator: Petre Shotadze Tbilisi Medical Academy (TMA)

Goal of the project: Safeguard the health and survival rights of vulnerable populations in Ukraine and Georgia affected by the Russian Occupation and military aggression.

Duration of the project: 2023-2026

Partners:

• Petre Shotadze Tbilisi Medical Academy (Georgia) - Coordinator
• Tbilisi State Medical University (Georgia)
• University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
• Society Semergen (Semergen) (Spain)
• University of Porto (Portugal)
• Alte University (Georgia)
• Grigol Robakidze University (Georgia)
• I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University (Ukraine)
• Poltava State Medical University (Ukraine)
• Lugansk State Medical University (Ukraine)

Goal of the project:

• Strengthen capacities of 27 Academic Staff in 7 Higher Education Institution (HEI) of Ukraine and Georgia in the design and elaboration of new training material (First Aid Guides for Staff, Students and Community Representatives) through experience-sharing, guidance and technical assistance from partner institutions operating in Spain and Portugal.
• Benefit 242 Staff and Students of 7 HEIs in Ukraine and Georgia through capacity building in teaching and provision of First Aid, including core elements of Life Support and Pre-hospital Trauma Care.
• Strengthen life-saving First Aid skills among 7,200 members of communities living in Military Risk Areas of Ukraine and Georgia, as the final beneficiaries of Capacity Building in Higher Education (CBHE).
• Provide essential First Aid training equipment (including simulators) to 3 partner medical universities in Ukraine.