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Danish Armed Forces, civil emergency services conduct CBRN exercise

Danish Armed Forces and civil emergency services conduct a CBRN exercise. Forsvaret

The Danish Armed Forces and civil emergency services conducted an exercise last week in the city of Aarhus to strengthen cooperation between themselves in the event of war and crisis.

According to a news release from the Danish Armed Forces, participants were trained to identify and handle injuries related to CBRN attacks as well as explosive substances. Doctors, nurses, medics and CBRN engineers from the Danish Armed Forces were among the participants.

The training culminated with a final exercise last Friday 24 April, where the participants used their new knowledge in real-life situations to receive both injured and contaminated helpers, identify the substance they had been exposed to, treat any injuries and stop further contamination.

Chief physician Ulla from the Danish Armed Forces Health Capacity said: "We cannot deny that one day major chemical attacks may occur in Denmark. Therefore, it is necessary for the civil and military authorities to be able to cooperate. We must know what we are each capable of, and we must train how to support each other in the best possible way."

The Centre for Biosecurity and Biopreparedness, the Prehospital in the Central Denmark Region, Chemical Emergency Response from the Danish Emergency Management Agency and the Armed Forces Health Capability's own health professionals are some of those who have participated.

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