Short results of work of evacuation hospitals of the rear of the country, deployed in the territory of the Saratov region during Great Patriotic War

Abstract

The experience of organizing the treatment of the wounded and sick Red Army soldiers in the rear hospitals deployed during the Great Patriotic War in the territory of Saratov and the region is generalized. The key factors that influenced the adoption of priority decisions in the first months of the war, as the enemy approached the region and during the offensive of the Red Army to the west, were published. The structure of injuries and injuries with which Soviet soldiers and officers were sent from the front to the evacuation hospitals of the city and the region is given. Attention is drawn to the change the severity and location of wounds, depending on the strategic situation at the front. The consistency and flexibility of the organization of the treatment process are considered, which has become one of the important factors that contributed to the successful treatment and return of hundreds of thousands of servicemen, including the heaviest contingents. The enormous physical load, dedication and responsibility carried by the medical staff of evacuation hospitals, the population of the city and the region in the conditions of mass receipt of the victims from the battlefields were underlined. The results of the medical and diagnostic work of the Saratov hospital base during the Great Patriotic War were summed up. Attention is drawn to the fact that the specialization of the hospital bed was made in accordance with the structure of the combat trauma, which was different depending on the period of the war. Published data on the number of beds that were transferred from the Saratov hospital base to the Army in force. The above data testify to the unique experience of mass reception, sorting and treatment of hundreds of thousands of servicemen in evacuation hospitals deployed in Saratov and the region. The experience that requires detailed study is in demand for the training of modern specialists, paid for by the human blood and can not be forgotten.