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The association 30 jours de mer helps wounded veterans
Since 2017, the association 30 jours de mer (30 days at sea), which has public-interest status, has supported wounded veterans in their physical and mental recovery through sailing. Two approaches ...
Portrait: Jean-François, lifeboat coxswain with the SNSM
The fourth generation of his family to volunteer with the French national sea rescue society (SNSM) in Palavas-les-Flots, Jean-François Romieu has headed the station for 10 years. As senior coxswai...
The MédicHos course (medical care in hostile environments)
The MédicHos course (medical care in hostile environments) is organised several times a year by the French Military Health Service (SSA). It puts into practice the procedures for treating and evacu...
The French Defence Health Service
For 300 years, the French Defence Health Service (SSA) has adapted to the needs of the armed forces. A joint service, its role is above all to provide medical and surgical support to the French arm...
Equipment RETEX: First aid in hostile environments
First aid is a field as broad as it is complex. It can be perceived in different ways depending on your job, where you live and your experience of certain extreme or dangerous situations. In this f...
Training in first aid in hostile environments with Claude Brunet
In this new transcript of the DZ podcast we meet Claude Brunet. This French Foreign Legion veteran is now a trainer in first aid in hostile environments. He talks to us about his experience on over...