[Infusion-transfusion therapy in chest wounds at medical evacuation stages].

On the basis of the analysis of medical publications and practical experience in surgical care to the wounded the article discusses the tactics of infusion and transfusion therapy that should be used at the stages of medical evacuation. The authors emphasize the importance of the infusion therapy nearness to the place of accident, the necessity to provide medical personnel with adequate facilities for this task, careful attitude for autologous blood of wounded, blood reinfusion during pleural puncture or thoracotomy [correction of teracotomia]. The schemes of infusion and transfusion therapy for each stage of medical evacuation are enclosed.