Republican Center for Organization of Medical Response

Organizational and Methodological Department

Objectives, Scope, and Activities of the Department

Objective of the department's activities:

• ensure interaction between the Center, regional emergency medical care centers, the Minsk City Emergency Medical Care Center (hereinafter referred to as territorial emergency medical care centers), and state healthcare organizations, including those subordinate to the Authorized Body for Prevention and Elimination of Emergency Consequences

The scope of the department's activities includes:

1. collecting and processing information about medical response forces and resources intended for use in emergencies at the national, regional, and district levels
2. participating in monitoring specialized permanent-readiness medical teams at the national and regional levels to provide emergency medical care during emergencies
3. providing organizational and methodological assistance to territorial emergency medical care centers in eliminating the consequences of emergencies
4. performing functions related to organizing international cooperation within the competence of the Center, in accordance with the procedures established by law
5. analyzing the performance of territorial emergency medical care centers in ensuring the operation of the warning system, collection, summarization, and analysis of information about emergencies occurring in the territory of the Republic of Belarus, and submitting this information to the Authorized Body
6. participating in drafting regulatory legal and other legal acts regulating the work of the emergency medical service
7. providing organizational and methodological assistance in preparing healthcare organizations for action in emergencies of natural and man-made origin, both in peacetime and wartime