THE NETWORK OF MOBILE STABILIZATION CONTAINERS
1. CHALLENGES OF THE PROJECT
The daily work of front line medical teams involves caring for a very large flow of injured soldiers.
The severity of war wounds makes time a deciding factor.
Doctors have to stabilize the vital functions of the wounded as quickly as possible, that is to say give them a chance to survive in order to be operated on later in hospital.
The STABNET project intends to respond to this challenge by deploying a mobile network of stabilization containers at the front line.
Light, mobile, equipped with modern technologies, and perfectly adapted to the conditions of Ukrainian front, the stabilization containers provide a new large-scale emergency network.
Photo of the STABNET mobile stabilization container
STABNET containers fill the gap of current stabilization points which are limited by number and capacity.
Traditional stationary stabilization point consists of advanced medical stations. Located much closer to the front line than hospitals, their purpose is to ensure rapid treatment of the wounded, particularly the most badly injured.
But they are outnumbered and most often located too far from the combat zone (0 point). Thus, medical teams estimate that 50% of the seriously wounded do not survive evacuation to stabilization points.
Indeed, the evacuation process can last several hours depending on the difficult conditions, the flow of injured soldiers and the availability of equipment. Doctors are then often forced to stabilize the wounded on the ground, without the medical means for this complex operation.
STABNET represents a new approach to front line emergency medicine.
In addition to stationary stabilization points, the multiplication of mobile points, as close as possible to the contact zone, makes it possible to reduce processing time and therefore increase the chance of survival.
Stationary stabilization point near Bakhmut,
photo from Channel 5 website
2. BENEFITS OF THE STABILIZATION CONTAINER
The stabilization container offers many benefits compared to the two existing emergency structures: stationary stabilization point and mobile hospital.
Stationary stabilization point consists of two or three rooms equipped with medical devices.
It’s set in the ground floor of a building or in the basement. It has the disadvantage of being static and not modular.
On the contrary, mobile hospital is a modular structure made up of several containers. However, each container weighs around 10 tons on average and requires transport by truck or semi-trailer. This is a major drawback which makes it impossible to deploy near the contact zone.
A mobile hospital is an easy target less than 20 or 30 kilometers from the front line. Therefore, it can back up a hospital behind the front, but in no case constitute a mobile stabilization point.
Presentation of the STABNET pilot container, February 2024, Kyiv
The stabilization container is 2.5 meters wide by 6 meters long and weighs only 2.4 tons. It is specially designed for stabilization of injured soldiers. Therefore, it is the only mobile structure able of caring for the wounded directly at the front line.
It offers multiple benefits:
- Mobility. Thanks to the light weight, it can to be easily towed by any four-wheel drive vehicle or van.
- Discretion. The compact size allows it to be hidden as close as possible to the contact zone. Besides, advanced thermal acoustic insulation has been developed to avoid enemy detection.
- Autonomy. The container can function independently thanks to supply equipment on board (inverter generator, water tank, bacterial decontamination system and washing system).
- Cost. With a total budget of 49 000 €, it is half the price of an intensive-care ambulance and 10 to 20 times less expensive than a mobile hospital container
Photo of the STABNET mobile stabilization container
3. STABILIZATION CONTAINERS NETWORK
The deployment of stabilization containers should be considered as a flexible network adaptable to various local contexts. Indeed.
Each container can:
- replace a fixed stabilization point destroyed by the enemy
- back-up a fixed stabilization point in case of increase in the flow of wounded soldiers, and therefore quickly improve medical capacities in a defined area
Кожен контейнер може оперативно:
- reposition itself quickly, depending on the enemy threat to its previous location
- follow immediately the movement of the armed forces, whereas the installation of a new stabilization point in a building would take several weeks
Mobility, discretion, velocity, modularity, networking.
Stabilization containers have similar properties to drones. And as drones led to a huge change in military operations, stabilization containers should establish themselves as an innovative system for front-line medicine.
4. OBJECTIVE
The objective of STABNET project is the deployment of minimum 300 stabilization containers on Ukrainian front.
A comprehensive network of mobile stabilization points is needed in order to have a significant impact on front-line mortality.
The distribution of containers varies according to different front sectors and may be adjusted according to the development of the situation.
STABNET is defined by flexibility and mobility.
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ALONG THE FRONTLINE
ALONG THE FRONTLINE
5. RECEPIENTS
Armed Forces
of Ukraine
(ZSU)
Defence Intelligence
of Ukraine
(GUR)
Territorial
Defence Forces
(TrO)
6. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
STABNET stabilization containers are made in Ukraine
Ten medical teams (working in stationary stabilization points) advised our team in the process of designing the stabilization container.
It’s designed to work in real conditions on the Ukrainian front.
Structure and thermal insulation system were taken from laundry containers. Forty of these units have already been produced to equip the Armed Forces (ZSU) and the Defence Intelligence (GUR) on the front line.
Technical and medical equipment were defined in collaboration with doctors deployed on the front line and validated by the high command of the Medical Forces of Ukrainian army.
The stabilization container is self-sufficient. To guarantee a constant power 24 hours a day, it is equipped with a double inverter generator system. If the first generator breaks down or requires downtime, the second generator turns on automatically.
Lastly, the stabilization container is mobile. That means it can be transported by any four-wheel drive vehicle or van equipped with a towing hitch.
CONTAINER
ON MOBILE PLATFORM:
- Total weight : 2400 kg
- Dimensions : 2500*6000*3000 (h) mm
- Insulation : 60 mm PIR polyurethane foam, thermal-break version
- 2 weather-stripping doors 1400 mm wide
- Drawbar for standard four-wheel drive vehicle or van with a towing hitch
- KNOTT torsion bar axles
- Rolling brakes KNOTT
- Set of 4 stabilizing supports
- Traffic lights in accordance with the traffic regulations in Ukraine, obscured
TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT:
- Diesel air heater 3 kW
- Heat recovery unit (with ventilation system)
- Inverter generator, 3.5 kW
- 100 A battery with charger and power supply
- Electrical system with circuit-breakers + 17 electrical outlets
- LED lighting kit
- UV lamp kit for bacterial decontamination
- 200 liters water tank
- Medical sink, 400*500 mm
- Water pump with piping and extension
- Waste water tank with drain pump and heating system for winter
- Shelves and drawers kit for medical equipment
- Hygienic linoleum covering on floor and walls
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT:
Operating Table
Smef JT-1A (or similar model)
80 x 200 x 90 cm
Multiparameter Heart Monitor
Philips Efficia CM12 (or similar model)
35 x 20 x 25 cm
Infrared Coagulator
Erbe ICC 350 (or similar model)
30 x 40 x 15 cm
Manual/Automatic Defibrillator
Reanibex 700 (or similar model)
45 x 40 x 30 cm
Secretion Aspiration System
New Askir 36 BR (or similar model)
35 x 20 x 25 cm
Portable Ultrasound Scanner
Mindray DP30 (or similar model)
30 x 35 x 16 cm
Oxygen Concentrator
Philips Respironics Everflo (or similar model)
40 x 25 x 60 cm
Intensive Care Ventilator
Draeger Evita Infinity V500 (or similar model)
40 x 45 x 35 cm
Blood Bags Refrigerator Alpicool RT20 (or similar model)
50 x 52 x 100 cm
Hot-air Sterilizer Titanox (20 lt)
or Autoclave (or similar model)
56 x 35 x 35 cm
7. COST
MOBILE CONTAINER:
- Container on mobile platform according to DSTU V.2.2-22:2008
- Weight 2400 kg
- Dimentions 2500*6000*3000 mm
- Insulation PIR foam
- Two-doors 1400 mm
- Drawbar
- KNOTT torsion bar axles
- Brakes and bearings
- 4 stabilizing supports
- Obscured traffic lights
TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT:
- 3 kW radiator
- 3.5 kW inverter generator
- 100 A battery
- Electrical system
- LED lighting
- UV lamps
- Medical sink 400*500 mm
- 200 liters water tank
- Water pump
- Waste water tank with heating system
- Shelves and drawers
- Linoleum covering
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT:
- Operating table (type Smef JT-1A or similar)
- Multiparameter heart monitor (type Philips Effica CM12 or similar)
- Intensive care ventilator (type Draeger Evita Infinity V500 or similar)
- Manual/automatic defibrillator (type Reanibex 700 or similar)
- Secretion aspiration system (type Draeger Askir 36 BR or similar)
- Portable ultrasound scanner (type Mindray DP30 or similar)
- Infrared coagulator (type Erbe ICC 350 or similar)
- Oxygen concentrator (type Philips Respironics Everflo 5l or similar)
- Blood bags refrigerator (type Haier Biomedical HX106 or similar)
- Hot-air sterilizer or autoclave (type Titanox 20l or similar)
STABILIZATION CONTAINER:
(cost within a volunteer initiative to support Ukrainian military medics)
49 000 €
8. OFFICIAL SUPPORT
The STABNET project received support of the highest Ukrainian authorities commanding medical teams engaged on the front line.
Natalia
Kalmykova
Minister
of Veterans Affairs
Major-general
Anatoliy Kazmirchuk
Commander-in-Chief
of the Medical Forces
of Ukrainian army (ZSU)
9. PROJECT TEAM
Damien Harry-Marin
STABNET project manager (France)
Organization of inter-association humanitarian projects for Ukraine with AFUF (Association of Ukrainian Women in France). Medical aid programs for the Ukrainian front. Conveyance of ambulances and medical equipment for units of Armed Forces (ZSU), Territorial Defence Forces (TrO), National Guard (NGU), Defense Intelligence (GUR) and organizations of volunteer doctors (PDMSh, Hospitalyr).
Ihor Dobrovolskyi
Head of NGO "Stabnet mobile containers" (Ukraine)
Architect, designer. Expertise in rebranding of the bank’s branch network in Ukraine, private house design and building. Digital marketing and PR expertise, co-founder of the digital agency Mamarketing. Volunteer.
Kateryna Besnier
Communication manager (France and Europe)
Organization of medical aid to Ukraine with AFUF (Association of Ukrainian Women in France) and AMCFU (France-Ukraine Charitable Medical Association). Donation of four-wheel drive medical vehicles and equipment for Ukrainian medical units. Coordination of MEDEVAC project in Paris (Ukrainian wounded soldiers treated in France).
Marc Rizoulière
Logistics manager (medical equipment and vehicles in France)
Organization of medical aid to Ukraine with FFUP (French-Ukrainian Fraternity Provence) association. Donation of ambulances and four-wheel medical vehicles for Ukrainian medical units. Coordination of MEDEVAC project in Marseille (Ukrainian wounded soldiers treated in France).
Dmytro Kushnir
Logistics manager (medical equipment and containers in Ukraine) Founder of Harmata Volunteers Foundation based in Kyiv. Humanitarian aid, donation of vehicles and equipment to Ukrainian army directly on the front line. Repair and transport services for army vehicles.
Captain Lyudmyla Sakaly
Coordinator of containers deployment on the front line Surgeon in the Special medical unit of Ukrainian army A7367. Coordination of Ukrainian army medical teams on the front line.
Medical teams of Ukrainian Armed Forces
The development of this project is based on collaboration with the medical teams of stabilization points, in particular: Medical battalion (unit A7367), 3rd brigade, 5th brigade, 30th brigade, 36th brigade, 37th brigade, 49th brigade, 72nd brigade, 95th brigade (International Legion), 118th brigade.
We are convinced that stabilization containers will save many wounded.
Help us make the STABNET project the greatest medical emergency plan on the Ukrainian front!
Join the resistance!
Damien Harry-Marin
STABNET project manager
STABNET project manager
Damien Harry-Marin
Project manager
(France)
Ihor Dobrovolskyi
Head of NGO "Stabnet mobile containers" (Ukraine)
Kateryna Besnier
Communication manager
(France and Europe)
AFUF (Association des Femmes Ukrainiennes en France)
Association régie par la loi de 1901, créée et publiée au J.O du 24 octobre 1953.
186 boulevard Saint Germain, 75 006 Paris
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