[Importance of medical treatment in second echelon during war in Croatia, example--war surgical hospital in Garesnica].
At beginning of 1991, the increasing necessity of emergency surgical treatment of wounded persons in Croatia led to the formation of mobile surgical teams. However, this system was abandoned due to many problems and echelon health division was formed. One of the war surgical hospitals (second echelon) was the War Surgical Hospital Garesnica. In this study, materials of the Croatian War Veterans Ministry, Ministry of Defense, Garesnica War Surgical Hospital and Garesnica Defense Office archive were used. We analyzed the number and localization of wounds, and describe the organization, work and results of the War Surgical Hospital in Garesnica. During the work of the War Surgical Hospital in Garesnica, 909 surgical examinations were performed, 521 wounded were surgically treated (45% civilians and 55% soldiers), 331 wounded were operated on, 5 lethal outcomes were recorded, 68% of wounds were localized on the extremities, 19% on the thorax and abdomen, and 13% on the head end neck. In this article the organization and work of the War Surgical Hospital in Garesnica is described, which had a major role in providing emergency medical care to people wounded in west Slavonia.
Gverić
Tugomir
T
Klinika za kirurgiju, Opća bolnica Sveti Duh, Klinicki bolnicki centar Zagreb, Zagreb, Hrvatska. dr.sever.marko@gmail.com
Huljev
Dubravko
D
Zdilar
Boris
B
Kolak
Toni
T
Barisic
Jadranko
J
Ahmetasovic
Snjezana Gveric
SG
Trajbar
Dubravka
D
Lojo
Nermin
N
Sever
Marko
M
D017523:Croatia; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D006772:Hospitals, Military / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008887:Military Medicine; D014857:Warfare