[Medical care for the burnt in modern local military conflicts].
The article is devoted to the experience of treatment of the servicemen who burned during the hostilities in Afghanistan (1979-1989), Tadjikistan (1992-1994) and in Republic of Chechnya (1994-2996). Medical care rendered in 18,921 cases of burns and combined trauma (the burn prevailed) is analyzed: 1201--in Afghanistan, 205--in Tadjikistan and 415--in Republic of Chechnya. In the structure of sanitary losses of surgical character the burned persons constituted 2.5% in Afghanistan, 7.0%--in Tadjikistan and 3.9%--in Republic of Chechnya. The most effective was the medical-evacuation system in Afghanistan. The optimal medical-evacuation system during the local armed conflicts and wars is the evacuation consisted of two stages: first medical aid--specialized medical care.
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D000346:Afghanistan; D002056:Burns / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012426:Russia; D013620:Tajikistan; D014187:Transportation of Patients / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration; D014586:USSR; D014857:Warfare