COVENTRY University is helping train doctors and health workers to treat victims of Russia’s invasion on Ukraine.
A researcher from the university started the scheme to train workers care for those who were injured and impacted by the war.
Dr Agnieszka Lewko, assistant professor, hosted an online course in first aide for those on the ground in Ukraine.
The course was arranged through a collaboration with the Ukrainian physical therapists association and Ukrainian Society of Ergotherapists and was followed by live webinars in amputee management and rehabilitation.
A programme for physiotherapists working in intensive care units was developed as part of the charitable foundation Patients of Ukraine’s War Trauma Rehabilitation in Ukraine scheme.
Dr Lewko visited Lviv to host a two day practical training with other professionals, and then 12 physiotherapists and rehabilitation leaders from Ukraine visited Coventry University.
They took part in simulation training on physiotherapy in intensive care and attended an ‘excellence symposium’ organised by the Centre for Care Excellence for Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health.
Dr Lewko said: “The last two years have showed that we are stronger together; leaders in education, clinical practice and research supporting our Ukrainian rehabilitation colleagues to improve patients’ care in this horrendous situation.
“We learned a lot from each other through this journey and continue working together to improve patients’ care and access to high-quality rehabilitation globally.”
