Experience in organizing the work of doctor-nurse teams of joint detachments of the Russian Federation’s Armed Forces in the Italian Republic under the supervision of medical epidemiologists


DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18565/epidem.2021.11.4.96-102

Trishkin D.V., Kuandykov M.G., Azarov I.I., Akimkin V.G., Kuzin A.A., Yumanov A.P., Kolesnikov V.V., Smirnov A.V., Pshenichnaya N.Yu., Degtyarev A.A., Tatarenko A. Yu., Filippov A.V., Davidov M.M., Spirichev A.N., Semenov A.V., Dmitrakovich D.V.

1) Main Military Medical Directorate, Ministry of Defense of Russia, Moscow, Russia; 2) Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-Being, Moscow, Russia; 3) S.M. Kirov Military Medical Academy, Saint Petersburg, Russia; 4) Branch, S.M. Kirov Military Medical Academy, Moscow, Russia; 5) National Medical Research Center for Phthisiopulmonology and Infectious Diseases, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia; 6) Main Center for State Special-Purpose Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance, Ministry of Defense of Russia, Moscow, Russia; 7) Center 988 for State Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance, Ministry of Defense of Russia, Moscow, Russia; 8) Center 637 for State Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance, Ministry of Defense of Russia, Sevastopol, Russia; 9) Yekaterinburg Research Institute of Viral Infections, State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology «Vector», Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-Being, Yekaterinburg, Russia; 10) I.I. Mechnikov North-Western State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia, Saint Petersburg, Russia
The Italian Republic was one of the most affected countries with the novel coronavirus infection in March 2020. As a demonstration of solidarity in the fight against the novel infectious disease, the Russian Federation sent its specialists to the Lombardy Region at the center of the epidemic.
Objective. To analyze the use of forces and means of the medical service of the Russian Federation’s Armed Forces together with the specialists of the Ministry of Health of Russia and the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-Being on the territory of the foreign state in the context of the global spread of the novel coronavirus infection.
Subjects and methods. The experience with sanitary-anti-epidemic (preventive) and treatment-and-prophylactic measures was analyzed in the Field Hospital of the Association of Alpine Shooters at the FIERA DI BERGAMO’s Exhibition Center in Italy in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The work was done by 8 doctor-nurse teams, each of which included an epidemiologist, an anesthesiologist/resuscitation specialist, a general practitioner, and an intensive care nurse (a total of 32 specialists).
Results. During their work in the field hospital, the Russian healthcare professionals treated 115 local residents with severe SARS-CoV-2; 76 of them were discharged after recovery, before returning to their homeland, the Russian specialists referred the remaining patients to Italian colleagues to continue their treatment.
Conclusion. The work of physicians and nurses as part of the joint detachment of the Russian Federation’s Armed Forces in Italy made it possible to exchange experience with anti-epidemic measures in the localization and elimination of the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and the management of patients with this disease.

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About the Autors


Dmitriy V. Trishkin, Cand. Med. Sci., Head, Main Military Medical Directorate, Ministry of Defense of Russia, Moscow, Russia; ngvmu@mail.ru; SPIN: 1082-0719; http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4113-3147
Maksim G. Kuandykov, Deputy Head, Main Military Medical Directorate, Ministry of Defense of Russia, Moscow, Russia
Igor I. Azarov, Principal State Sanitary Inspector, Ministry of Defense of Russia, Moscow, Russia; igorazarov@yandex.ru; SPIN: 7673-7523
Professor Vasily G. Akimkin, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, MD, Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-Being, Moscow, Russia; vgakimkin@yandex.ru; https://orcid.org/ 0000-0003-4228-9044
Alexander A. Kuzin, MD, Associate Professor; Associate Professor, Department of General and Military Epidemiology, S.M. Kirov Military Medical Academy, Saint Petersburg, Russia; paster-spb@mail.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9154-7017
Alexandr P. Yumanov, Cand. Med. Sci., Associate Professor; Department of Military Health Care Management, Branch, S.M. Kirov Military Medical Academy, Saint Petersburg, Russia; yuman-1980@yandex.ru; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8516-4546
Viktor V. Kolesnikov, Cand. Med. Sci., Associate Professor; Associate Professor, Department of General and Military Epidemiology, S.M. Kirov Military Medical Academy, Saint Petersburg, Russia; quadrat-vk@yandex.ru, SPIN: 1632-7663
Alexey V. Smirnov, Cand. Med. Sci., Deputy Head, Department of General and Military Epidemiology, S.M. Kirov Military Medical Academy, Saint Petersburg, Russia; sm.aleksey2017@yandex.ru; SPIN: 8291-0308
Professor Natalya Yu.Pshenichnaya, MD, Deputy Director for Clinical and Analytical Work, Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-Being; Infectious Disease Physician; National Medical Research Center for Phthisiopulmonology and Infectious Diseases, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia; pshenichnaya@cmd.su; SPIN: 5633-7265; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2570-711X
Alexey A. Degtyarev, Senior Medical Examiner, Planning Department, Administrative and Planning Division, Main Center for State Special-Purpose Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance, Ministry of Defense of Russia, Moscow, Russia; alexey.degtyaryoff@gmail.com
Alexey Yu. Tatarenko, Head, Department of State Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance (over Strategic Missile Forces), Center 988 for State Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance, Ministry of Defense of Russia, Moscow, Russia; tatarinlexa@mail.ru
Alexey V. Filippov, Head, Department of State Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance (for Airborne Troops), Center 988 for State Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance, Ministry of Defense of Russia, Moscow, Russia; sony.user78@gmail.com
Mikhail M. Davidov, Head, Head, Department of State Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance (over Naval Fleet), Center 988 for State Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance, Ministry of Defense of Russia, Moscow, Russia; gvmu@bk.ru
Alexey N. Spirichev, Head, Head, Disinfection Department, Epidemiological Division, Center 637 for State Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance, Ministry of Defense of Russia, Sevastopol, Russia; spirichev_a@mail.ru
Alexander V. Semenov, BD, Head, Yekaterinburg Research Institute of Viral Infections, State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology «Vector», Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-Being, Yekaterinburg; Professor, Department of Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis, I.I. Mechnikov North-Western State Medical University, Saint Petersburg, Russia; alexvsemenov@gmail.com; SPIN: 2372-5134; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3223-8219
Dmitriy V. Dmitrakovich, Head, International Military Cooperation Group, Main Military Medical Directorate, Ministry of Defense of Russia, Moscow, Russia; ddmitrakovich@yandex.ru


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