A Danish medical platoon trained last week at the Ādaži training area in Latvia. It set up a field hospital, treated simulated casualties and practised responding to enemy contact, the Danish Defence said on 14 October.
The platoon set up a Role 1 field hospital inside an old bunker. Role 1 is the first level of care, where wounded soldiers are stabilised.
Soldiers from other units played the casualties. They were made up with injuries such as broken limbs, burns and gunshot wounds. Medics treated them where they were injured or while moving them, then handed them over to the field hospital. Crews in Piranha 5 ambulances also practised standard drills for meeting the enemy while collecting the wounded.
Denmark’s combat battalion has been in Latvia since August and is based at Camp Valdemar. It is part of the Canadian-led NATO Multinational Brigade Latvia, alongside soldiers from 12 other nations. It will stay until January 2027. Before the battalion arrived, a Danish infantry company deployed in July, as previously reported by NDS.