"If the injury is severe, you have to talk to the fighter about family, children - not to let it fall out" - the story of military medic Alina

In 2024, an ambulance paramedic from Kharkiv region went to serve in the 92nd separate assault brigade named after Ivan Sirko. Now she evacuates the wounded from the battlefield and confesses that the most important thing is to keep a soldier quiet.

The story of the servicewoman was told in the press service of the 92nd Ivan Sirko Assault Brigade by the Slobidskiy Krai publication.

Alina was born in Kharkiv, lived in the city for several years, and then moved with her family to Chuguev. After finishing nine grades she entered the medical college in Izyum, and after graduation she worked as an ambulance paramedic.

A full-scale war changed her life. In 2024 she went to serve in the 92nd separate assault brigade. She says she had been thinking about it for a long time, but her age didn't allow her to do it before. An acquaintance, the head of the medical station, with whom they worked together in the ambulance, helped her make up her mind.

After the beginning of the full-scale war Chuguev was often under fire, so she had experience of working in extreme conditions. The paramedic continued her training in the brigade, but says that most of her skills are from the ambulance.

Now her main task is medical evacuation of the wounded: to take a fighter from the evacuation point to a hospital or hospital. She remembers most of all a case with a severely wounded soldier who was being taken away after a battle.

He had multiple shrapnel wounds - head, neck, back, and a penetrating chest wound. When they were moving him from the quad bike to the stretcher, he lost consciousness. I thought that was it... But then he came round and started talking," says Alina.

She says that in such situations the most important thing is not to let a person "fall out".

If the wound is severe, only talk. Ask about his family, his wife, anything, as long as he talks," the paramedic explains.

There are also curious moments. Once a soldier was evacuated as a "three hundredth", but in fact the wound turned out to be insignificant - a small scratch on his finger.

They joked that an insect had bitten harder," smiles the medic.

The most difficult thing in the service Alina calls losses.

The worst is when you can't get to the wounded and help them. At such moments it is very hard morally," she admits.

Alina continues her service because she is sure that her work saves lives - every day.