Every year in the spring their professional holiday is celebrated by those on whose speed and reaction the health of millions of people throughout the country depends. Right now, as you read this text, several hundred ambulances are on call, saving lives. The professional holiday of medical workers in this area is one of the days when one should pay tribute to the work of these people.
When is Ambulance Day celebrated?
For many years in a row, the Day of Ambulance Workers in Our Country and in the countries of the former USSR has been celebrated 28 Apriland 2023 will be no exception.
history of the holiday
April 28 is considered to be the birthday of the ambulance in our country. The modern extensive medical network, consisting of dozens of brigades connected with each other, began modestly, with two carriages. More than a hundred years ago, in 1898, on this day in Moscow, a decree was issued on assignment to two police stations of the capital by ambulance. Moreover, separate rooms were allocated for doctors on the spot, in which one of the doctors was on duty around the clock. The mobile brigade accompanied the police on calls – the victims were taken to the station, where, in fact, there was a branch of the hospital.
Calling an ambulance was, of course, problematic at first – there was no telephone connection, it took a long time to run to the police station. Therefore, in the first years after the emergence of an ambulance, only policemen and officials could send a call to doctors. They mainly concerned accidents and injuries – it was difficult then to imagine calling a doctor to the house due to a cough or fever. Yes, and there was no “home” yet – for a long time, doctors conducted an initial examination of patients on the street, after which they either sent them home with the prescribed treatment, or took them to their police hospital.
Soon, the experience of cooperation between doctors and law enforcement officers was adopted in other cities. By the beginning of the XNUMXth century, the number of ambulance stations increased significantly, and specialists who received medical education began to work in this industry. With the growth of the prestige of the profession, recognition also came – research institutes began to appear in large cities, among them the well-known scientific research institute named after. Sklifosovsky in Moscow and the Research Institute. Dzhanelidze in St. Petersburg.
In the post-revolutionary years, round-the-clock support centers for suddenly ill people appeared for the first time. Doctors came to the house – at that time, medical teams moved on motorcycles with sidecars – where they provided the patient with all the necessary assistance. And during the Great Patriotic War, it was the ambulance doctors who were the first to come to the aid of wounded compatriots.
In modern Our Country, the holiday remained unofficial for a long time. However, the COVID-19 pandemic provided the necessary impetus. Ambulance workers perform perhaps the most difficult job during the epidemic – they are always on their feet and are the first to come into contact with potential patients, being at the same time in a high-risk group. The invaluable contribution of these specialists was noted by the President of the Federation. The day of ambulance workers was officially approved on April 28, 2020 by the relevant resolution (1).
Holiday traditions
This day is usually not celebrated widely. Ambulance workers are congratulated by friends and relatives, as well as colleagues and immediate supervisors. Doctors who are on duty accept congratulations from grateful patients.
Interesting Facts
- Red Cross – the symbol of emergency medical care, generally accepted throughout the world. However, its variations may vary from country to country. For example, in Muslim states, the cross can be inscribed in a crescent or even replaced by it. In Israel, a red six-pointed star is used instead of a cross. In the west, the emblem of the “star of life” predominates – a schematic star with the image of the staff of Aesculapius. In the Soviet Union, the red cross was most often inscribed in a circle.
- First Aid – the invention of medieval healers. In the XNUMXth-XNUMXth centuries, “xendochia” appeared in Europe – shelters for wanderers, the poor and the sick, where every sufferer was provided with all possible medical assistance free of charge. Curiously, before xendochia, “pandocheions” and “mitates” arose – here they also offered emergency care, but for a fee.
- We are all accustomed to the modern look ambulance. But throughout history, doctors have had to use everything to get to patients. During the Great Patriotic War, when all possible vehicles were mobilized to the front, doctors went to calls on the only transport left in the city – trams. In wartime, hospital trains were also not uncommon. In the northern regions of Our Country, doctors still get to patients on snowmobiles or (in very extreme cases) in reindeer teams.
Sources of
- http://government.ru/news/39597/