Training testimonials.
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Very useful material. In wartime a journalist has to be ready to help someone else and not burn out themselves.

It was brilliant. The emotions are off the scale. I want more.

A good balance of theory and practice. The chance to master, hands-on, algorithms that can help save your own life or someone else's. In wartime this is a vital training, useful to absolutely everyone.

At the training I realised that psychological help and psychological safety are no less important than physical safety. There was slightly too little time to go deep into everything raised.

This kind of training should be done at least once a year, to refresh skills and learn about new types of threats — the war does not stand still.

I now tell every colleague and acquaintance who has not yet done pre-hospital care training that they absolutely must. It is the most useful practical training there is. Thank you to the organisers for finding trainers like these.

I really liked that the emphasis was not only on theory but on practice.

Thank you for the chance to learn, under martial law, how to look after myself, my own safety and the people around me — especially when working in a combat zone.

This is something every journalist — and every Ukrainian — should go through, given the conditions of the active phase of the war we are living in.

A superb training. Everything was at a high level — the information, the teaching, the organisation. Thank you, and every success to you.

I went home a little tired, but learning to apply a tourniquet, or at least understanding how, was extremely important to me. Running different scenarios on the training ground gave me a rough sense of where my weak points are and what I need to work on. This training is necessary. I used to begrudge a day spent learning to apply a tourniquet — one day that can save a life.

The training was maximally effective and useful. Mental resilience is something we face every day, and prevention matters to avoid burnout, personally and across our newsroom in frontline Kharkiv region. The organisation, programme, choice of trainers and participants, structure, venue, timing, practical media cases, advice and interactive formats all deserve the highest marks.

Given how fast this war changes, this training is very useful for journalists working in combat zones. Knowing how drones work and how to protect yourself from them proved extremely valuable. The practical scenarios were an important experience too, though I would have liked much more time on them.

This is my second time on this training and I am struck by the organisation — the professionalism of the trainers, who make you curious and eager to learn, and the arrangements for accommodation and transport. All at the highest level. I normally cannot sit through more than three or four hours of classroom work, but here eight hours of theory and practice a day flew by.

My first retreat. I never imagined it could be so useful and so enjoyable at once. The setting we stayed in is a fairy tale that makes you relax and enjoy nature, so the knowledge lands differently — it is easier to learn and everything settles into place.

It was very useful to test the MARCH first-aid algorithm not only in theory but in different role-play situations. I loved the friendly atmosphere throughout. Time with like-minded colleagues and useful sessions matter enormously for a journalist working 24/7 — a change of setting genuinely lifts the mental load. The psychologist's advice and the group work helped with that too.

I liked it very much — my first retreat. This style of conversation and delivery suits me. The most important things we discussed together with the trainers and colleagues, and everyone could say what they thought, so it was genuinely interesting. Thank you for the chance to recover and gain the knowledge I needed.

This training was an extremely useful experience. We did not just listen to theory — we practised every stage in the field, in conditions as close to reality as possible. What we learned can genuinely save lives. It is not just a course, it is a basic skill everyone should master.

Everything was thought through down to the details — the training itself, the logistics and the rest time.

There was a lot of practice, adrenaline, deep conversations and honest emotions. We learned to act fast, support each other and keep a cool head under stress.