Radiation pathology is a part of Military field therapy

A great contribution to the study of problems of radiation pathology, the study of the body’s response to radiation, in the development of treatment and prevention of radiation injuries belong to the staff of the Department of military field therapy. In the period of over 60 years, the Military Field Therapy Department was consistently involved in rectification and study of the medical consequences of the radiological accidents, accompanied by radiation exposure. Problems of radiation pathology took a leading place in scholastic, scientific and clinical research of Department staff. Scientific research was based on established at Department experimental toxic-radiological laboratory where different types of radiation injury were simulated. Obtained results were penetrated into the educational process and have found practical application in the treatment of victims of the accident at the nuclear submarine. Patients with other forms of radiation damage were treated in the clinic of military field therapy in the following years. There are 2 cases of radiation disease due to intestinal irradiation caused by radium poisoning, the intestinal case of radiation disease, which was treated using extracorporal haemadsorption. After Chernobyl disaster Department research is concentrated on biological outcomes of «low dose radiation». The research aimed at solving problems relevant to military radiology is continuing. Organizational forms of specialized assistance to victims of radiation accidents and peacetime disasters within the framework of the disaster medicine service of the Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation are being improved.

Department of military field therapy, acute radiation sickness, nuclear weapons, chemical weapons, medical protection, consequences of the Chernobyl disaster, clinical radiology