The contribution of domestic scientists to the development of approaches to the evacuation of the wounded by air transport in the 1930s

An analysis of the sources of the 1920s-1930s devoted to the study of indications and contraindications for the evacuation of the wounded and sick by air to medical institutions are presented. The importance of troops’ experience of medical and evacuation support in local armed conflicts of the 1920s-1930s is noted. And the results of experimental studies study a wide range of theoretical issues related to aircraft use in solving the problem under consideration. The original tables - diagrams of indications and contraindications for aviation evacuation, developed by domestic scientists, are presented. Their work was based on an analysis of the experience of practical flights of medical aviation in various countries and regions of the USSR, observations of the wounded during flights, and the results of experiments with animals. An active exchange of specialists’ opinions and their publications in the press made it possible to clarify many theoretical positions and formulate new approaches to aviation’s most reasonable areas for medical and sanitary purposes.

military medicine, aviation, A.F.Lingart, P.A.Kupriyanov, L.A.Barinstein, S.I.Banaitis, indications, and contraindications to aviation evacuation, theory and medical evacuation practice are flight factors