Training on COVID-19 Vaccination were Held at TNMU

On December 9-10, 2021, a series of trainings on vaccination against COVID-19 was held for interns at the Center for Medical Simulation of I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University. These measures were carried out within the implementation of the Roadmap for introduction of vaccine against acute respiratory disease COVID-19 caused by coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and mass vaccination in response to the pandemic COVID-19 in Ukraine in 2021-2022.

The trainers were university lecturers who completed full-time training in July 2021 in Kyiv within implementation of the first stage of this project organized by the Centre for Public Health of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine in cooperation with the WHO Office in Ukraine. That is, Roman Liakhovych, Associate Professor of the Department of Emergency Medical Aid and Emergency Medicat Treatment, Volodymyr Horodetskyi, Associate Professor of the Department of Higher Nursing Education, Patient Care and Clinical Immunology, Chepil Ivanna and Yurii Soroka, Associate Professors of the Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine.

The trainings covered issues related to vaccination against COVID-19. Associate Professor Volodymyr Horodetskyi expanded on the general principles, standards and requirements for vaccination from COVID-19 established at the global level. He reviewed the National Deployment and Vaccination Plan in Ukraine (COVID-19 Vaccination Roadmap). He also presented a generalized description of COVID-19 vaccines used in Ukraine. He outlined the organization of an on-site vaccination session, in particular on vaccine storage and medical waste management. An important focus was also on the mechanisms of pharmacovigilance of vaccines.

Associate Professor Roman Liakhovych considered current issues of diagnosis, clinical course and treatment of patients with various forms of anaphylactic shock. He paid special attention to the quality of primary and secondary examination of patients with this pathology, which ultimately can provide rapid diagnosis and immediate emergency medical care. All the presented materials are related to current clinical protocols agreed with the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, as well as with the latest recommendations of the European Resuscitation Council.

Associate Professors Chepil Ivanna and Soroka Yuriy in their lecture, besides the issue of diagnosis and emergency care for anaphylactic shock, analysed in detail the issues of differentiation of this critical condition with other diseases. After all, the clinical picture of anaphylactic shock in some cases may be similar to psychopathological conditions (fainting, loss of consciousness, etc.), anaphylactoid reactions due to the release of allergy mediators without prior immunological reaction as a result of excessive consumption of foods high in histamine. Very rarely, various comatose states, cold allergies, aspiration, heart attack, embolism, spontaneous pneumothorax, orthostatic collapse, hyperventilation syndrome can imitate shock.

Information by Professor Stepan Zaporozhan, Vice-Rector for Science, Education and Clinical Affairs