Fundamentals of Medical Aid

in Civil Defense

Lesson 1. Role, tasks and organization

of Civil Defense

Kanan Yusif-zada, MD, PhD, MBA

Education
2013-2016 ADA University, Executive MBA
2013-2015 Maastricht School of Management, MBA
01.11/03.12.2008 Research Fellow in Department of Colorectal Surgery in
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
05.12.2008 Visitor Physician, Department of General Surgery and Kidney
and Pancreas, Transplantation Mayo Clinic, Rochester,
Minnesota, USA
04.2007 PhD in Surgical Science The Supreme Attestation Commission
attached to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Title
The role of Anandamid in mesenteric ischemia-reperfusion
injury in Guinea Pigs
1998-2004 Residency in General Surgery Gazi University, Faculty of
Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
1996-1998 Clinic ordinatory in General Surgery, Azerbaijan Medical
University, Baku, Azerbaijan
1990-1996 Doctor of Medicine, MD Azerbaijan Medical University, Baku,
Azerbaijan (With a degree of honour)
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Work experience
THE AMBROISE PAR INTERNATIONAL MILITARY SURGERY FORUM, PRESDENT
ELECT, 2017-2019

From 2010: Head of Military Hospital of State Border Service

up to now of Azerbaijan Republic, Baku
2005-2010 Chief of Department of Endoscopic Surgery and
Diagnostics, Central Hospital of Oil Workers, Baku
2004-2005 Chief of Department of Surgery, City Hospital, Baku
1993-1996 A senior preparatory in the department of Operative
surgery and topographic anatomy of Azerbaijan Medical
University, Baku
1990-1993 Practical course, First Aid Hospital, Ministry of Health,
Azerbaijan, Baku

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Content

Definition of Civil Defense. Key provisions of Civil

1 Defense Law. Organizational structure, questions,
principles and measures of CD.

2 Urgent and emergency circumstances and their classification.

3 Organizational structure, questions, principles

and measures of medical service.

4 Sources and means of the Civil Defense Medical Service.

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1 Definition of Civil Defense. Key provisions of Civil Defense Law.
Organizational structure, questions, principles and measures of CD.

Civil Defense is a system of measures taken by

government agencies, legal and natural persons for the provision
of safety of population (citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan,
foreigners and stateless persons residing in the territory of the
Azerbaijan Republic) and the territory (land, water and air space,
industrial and social facilities within the territory of the Republic of
Azerbaijan, as well as environment) in time of peace or war.

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 Division of the territory of the Republic of
Azerbaijan into Civil Defense Zones
Appendix No1 to the Regulations approved by
the decision No 193 dated September 29, 1998
of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

ZONES
1- Baku zone 11 districts of the Baku city and Absheron district.
2- Ganja zone Ganja and Naftalan cities, Akstafa, Gazakh, Tovuz, Dashkesen, Gadabay, Kalbajar,
Shamkir, Goy-gol, Goranboy, Samukh regions.
3- Sumgayit zone Sumgayit city, Shabran, Guba, Gusar, Khachmaz, Siyazan, Khizi regions.
4- Shamakhi zone Shamakhi city, Agsu, Ismayilli, Gabala, Goychay, Kurdamir regions
5- Mingachevir zone Mingachevir city, Aghdash, Ujar, Yevlakh, Oghuz, Shaki, Gakh, Zagatala, Balakan regions.
6- Shirvan zone Shirvan city, Hajigabul, Beylagan, Imishli, Saatli, Sabirabad, Salyan, Neftchala regions.
7- Aghdam zone Khankandi, Shusha, Aghdam, Aghjabedi, Barda, Tartar, Zardab, Khojavend, Khojali regions.
8- Jabrayil zone Jabrayil, Fizuli, Zangilan, Gubadli, Lachin regions.
9- Lankaran zone Lankaran city, Astara, Lerik, Yardimli, Bilasuvar, Jabrayil, Masalli regions.
10-Nakhchivan zone Sharur, Shahbuz, Babek, Kangarli, Ordubad, Julfa, Sadarak regions.

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 Groups of cities in terms of Civil Defense
Appendix No2 to the Regulations approved by
the decision No 193 dated September 29, 1998
of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Azerbaijan Republic

1st Group 2nd Group 3rd Group

Baku city Sumgayit city Ganja city
Mingachevir city
Shirvan city
Nakhchivan city

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 Law of the Azerbaijan Republic on Civil Defense
Adopted: December 30, 1997, No 420-IQ

Key provisions of Civil Defense Law

Main definitions
civil defense
civil defense system
emergency situation
prevention of emergencies Civil defense obligations of the
elimination of emergencies and their consequences government
Principles of organization of civil defense Obligations of citizens of the
territorial principle Azerbaijan Republic in the field of
principle of differentiated and complex approach civil defense
principle of massive involvement and obligatoriness
principle of permanent readiness Rights of citizens of the Republic of
principle of immediate warning Azerbaijan in the field of civil defense
principle of mutual interaction

The aim of civil defense Responsibility of officials and

to carry out prophylactic measures for prevention of citizens
emergencies
to maximally reduce the volume of possible
damages and losses in case of emergencies
to eliminate emergencies and their consequences
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Civil Defense Structure

Head of the object

The deputy head of civil

Civil defense defense
headquarter of
object, 3-5 people

Deputy of Engineering units Deputy director

resettlement deputy of logistics
Target groups

Transfer
comission
Services

Groups of a special purpose

Rescue group Intelligence Environmental

Firefighter team Animal protection Plant protection Team of radiation
Page 10 Sanitary groups (section) team (group) team (group) neutralization
(team) group monitoring posts
2 Urgent and emergency circumstances and their classification.

military confrontations;
extremist political
struggle;
social fallouts;
Conflict national or religious
conflicts;
terrorism;
raging criminality.

Conflict-
natural
free environmental
emerge man-made
ncies

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 Classification of emergency Classification of emergency
situations by the scale of situations by origin
expansion

Local
(limited)

Facility

Local
Emergency (territorial)
situations
Regional

National

Global

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Emergencies by scale

Local (partial) - emergencies do not spread beyond the workplace, work area,
apartment.
Facility-scale - accidents are limited within an industrial facility, building or plant.
(typical)

Local - accidents appear only in the territory of a residential area, a city

or agricultural enterprise.
Regional - emergency covers several industrial or agricultural districts,
generally a city or its surroundings.
National - large-scale emergencies cover large territories of the republic,
and are called phenomena not going beyond administrative
boundaries of a state.
Global - emergencies are not limited within the territory of one country and
spread to the territories of neighboring countries.

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Natural emergencies

earthquakes
volcanic eruptions
floods
landslides
collapses
mudslides
droughts
hurricanes
storms
snow drifts and
avalanches
long-term rainfalls
continuous frosts
large-scale forest
and peat fires
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Classification of emergencies by types of injuries

Mechanical and thermal

injuries

Chemical injuries

Emergency Radiation injuries

situations
Infectious diseases

Reactive conditions

Combined injuries

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Classification of emergencies by the number of the injured

Emergency
situations

Small Middle Large

A. Number of the A. Number of the injured A. Number of the injured -

injured - 24-200 - 101-1000 more than 1000

B. Number of persons in B. Number of persons in B. Number of persons in

need of hospitaliza- need of hospitalization need of hospitalization -
tion 10-50 - 51-250 more than 250

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3 Organizational structure, questions, principles
and measures of medical service.

Main organizational principles in the activity of CDMS:

territorial-production principle
universal readiness principle
functional purpose principle
First medical aid to the injured in emergency focuses shall be rendered by
involving the population based on the principle of self-aid or mutual-aid to one
another, organization of a medical aid posts and teams, provision and training in
the use of means necessary for the first medical assistance.

Duties of Civil Defense Medical Service:

Timely and full medical assistance to the injured, reduction of cases of disability
and death, organization of treatment for the recovery of health and working
capacity.
Prevention of occurrence and spread of infectious diseases, control of food and
water reserves in case exigent circumstances, environmental sampling.

Eliminate or neutralize consequences of application of mass destruction weapons

by the enemy that may affect health of the personnel of non-military civil defense
agencies and facilities.

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4 Sources and means of the Civil Defense Medical Service.

For facilities, agencies, organizations

medical aid posts (MAP)
medical aid teams (MAT)

Territorial medical facilities

First Medical Aid Squad (FMAS)

Mobile Anti-epidemic Squad (MAES)
Specialized Medical Aid Squad (SMAS)
Specialized Anti-epidemic Team (SAET)
Specialized Anti-epidemic Squad (SAES)
Mobile Infectious Hospital (MIH)
Epidemiologic Survey Group (ESG)

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Thank you!

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