Irish doctors help train Ukrainian medics in use of life-saving drug

Ukrainian emergency workers examine the site of a Russian rocket attack in central Odesa, Ukraine, in the early hours of Monday. Picture: Odesa City Administration via AP

Irish doctors and paramedics have trained over 100 Ukrainian emergency service workers in use of a life-saving drug during three trips to the war-torn capital city of Kyiv.

The drug can reduce deaths from bleeding by nearly one-third. So while under war conditions six to eight of 10 deaths are due to bleeding, this treatment can prevent up to two of those deaths, said Professor Gerard Bury.