Molde A, Milasius S, Lundberg L
Södersjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden.
J R Army Med Corps. 2006 Dec;152(4):217-20. doi: 10.1136/jramc-152-04-04.
In order to train medical personnel properly for future international missions the Lithuanian Armed Forces decided to adopt BATLS/BARTS as a basic course for military pre-hospital trauma care. This decision was based upon the increasing Lithuanian participation in international missions as a part of multinational units. Another important reason was the personal experience of the course concept acquired in Sweden in 2001 by five Lithuanian medical officers.
Similar to the way BATLS/BARTS was introduced in Sweden, a regular Swedish course (as given in Sweden for own units prior to international missions) was given in Lithuania. The faculty consisted of three experienced instructors from Sweden, and the two Lithuanian medical officers who had previously taken the BATLS course and the BATLS instructor course in Sweden.
Two BATLS/BARTS courses have been given in Kaunas, Lithuania. A total number of eight medical officers, nine military nurses, five medics, three civilian doctors and four medical students have taken the course. Some of these (four medical officers, two military nurses and two medics) have later been deployed to Afghanistan, Iraq and Kosovo, where the Lithuanian units have been collaborating with British, Danish, Polish and Czech-Slovakian units.
As international missions become multinational, it is essential there is full confidence in the level of training and preparedness among all units working together. One way to achieve this is through bi- or multinational training as described in this paper.
为了让医疗人员为未来的国际任务接受恰当培训，立陶宛武装部队决定采用BATLS/BARTS作为军事院前创伤护理的基础课程。这一决定基于立陶宛作为多国部队一部分越来越多地参与国际任务。另一个重要原因是五名立陶宛军医于2001年在瑞典获得的该课程理念的个人经验。
与瑞典引入BATLS/BARTS的方式类似，在立陶宛举办了常规的瑞典课程（如瑞典在国际任务前为本国部队开设的课程）。教员由三名来自瑞典的经验丰富的教员以及两名之前在瑞典参加过BATLS课程和BATLS教员课程的立陶宛军医组成。
在立陶宛考纳斯举办了两期BATLS/BARTS课程。共有八名军医、九名军事护士、五名医护兵、三名 civilian 医生和四名医学生参加了该课程。其中一些人（四名军医、两名军事护士和两名医护兵）后来被部署到阿富汗、伊拉克和科索沃，在那里立陶宛部队与英国、丹麦、波兰和捷克斯洛伐克部队合作。
随着国际任务变得多国化，至关重要的是所有协同工作的单位对培训水平和准备程度要有充分信心。实现这一点的一种方法是通过本文所述的双边或多边培训。
