Vol 330, No 6 (2009)

The 442nd regional military clinical hospital is ahigh-specialized multiprofile treatment institute of Leningrad military region. Quantity of patients for the last 5 years was high-repeatability level (17,5-18,5 thous. people). In the medical surgical units are effectuated more then 5 thousands of surgical operations during a year. Specific weight of difficult operations is 40%. Results of treatment of the patients are good. General mortality in hospital descended from 1,16% in the 2000th year to 0,68% in the 2008 th year. Hospitality mortality from myocardial infarction in the 2008th year was 5,5% and stays one of the lowers among all military-medical institutes of the Ministry of Defense of RF. Ways of improvement of treatment-diagnostic work in hospitals provide the following development of material-technical base, exchanging old medical equipment on modern devices and apparatus, involvement of hightechnological types of medical aid.

The garrot is one of the most well-known means by stemming of an exterior flow of blood of injured limbs. The article presents analyze of frequency, of indicated values and faults during the using of garrot in modern conditions of the combat in the Northern Caucasus (1994-2002). On the base of 104 wounds of great vessels, the authors make a conclusion about the necessity of using of the garrot only in the cases of absolute indications, when the other method of hemostasia, more simple and secure, is impossible.