Peculiarities of functioning of the medical supply system for troops (forces) during the operation to force Georgia to peace in South Ossetia (august 7–12, 2008)

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The activities of providing medical equipment to the troops (forces) participating in the operation to force Georgia to peace in South Ossetia (August 7–12, 2008) are presented. The functioning features of medical supply institutions and units on the eve and after the invasion of the military contingents of Georgia into South Ossetia are shown. The chronology of the activities of units and institutions of medical supply in the combat zone is outlined. The features of providing troops (forces) with medicines and blood products, disinfectants, and medical products are revealed. The purchase procedure, delivery routes, and creation of a reserve of the most demanded medical equipment, as well as the dispatch and repair of mobile medical equipment in preparation for an operation and during hostilities, have been determined. Owing to the professionalism of the medical service specialists of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation at all levels of military healthcare, a grouping of forces and means were quickly developed, including medical supply units, and institutions. The functioning issues on the system of providing medical supply to troops (forces) are indicated, considering the negative impact of objective and subjective factors and the characteristics of measures to optimize it based on the experience of medical support for troops (forces) during the operation to force Georgia to peace. The implementation of research and development improve the regulatory legal framework relating to the use of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances in combat conditions and the creation of modern models of complete and standard equipment: first-aid kits, medical bags, medical equipment sets, and medical, and styling sets. In general, organizing the provision of medical equipment to troops (forces) during the operation to force Georgia to peace in South Ossetia allowed the involved institutions and medical supply units to cope with the tasks. Medical supply specialists of all levels of military healthcare selflessly performed their professional duties. With their efforts, military medical organizations, formations, and military units were almost completely provided with medical equipment, which contributed to the timely and complete provision of medical care and treatment of the wounded (injured).

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Yuri V. Miroshnichenko

Kirov Military Medical Academy

Email: miryv61@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3645-2071
SPIN-code: 9723-1148
Scopus Author ID: 25643218200

Dr. (Pharm.), professor

Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg

Alexander B. Perfiliev

Kirov Military Medical Academy

Author for correspondence.
Email: alex_perfilev@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9947-1296
SPIN-code: 6843-2803
Scopus Author ID: 56181413400

Cand. (Pharm.)

Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg

Dmitrii V. Ovchinnikov

Kirov Military Medical Academy

Email: alex_perfilev@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8408-5301
SPIN-code: 5437-3457
Scopus Author ID: 57521789500

MD, Cand. Sci. (Med.), associate professor

Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg

Natalya L. Kostenko

Kirov Military Medical Academy

Email: kostenkonl@yandex.ru
Scopus Author ID: 55050898500

Cand. (Pharm.), associate professor

Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg

Roman P. Berezhnov

639 Center for Provision of Medical Equipment and Property

Email: bereg21vek@mail.ru
SPIN-code: 9842-4310

head of the center

Russian Federation, Sevastopol

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2. Fig. 1. Representatives of the State Military Medical University of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation I.G. Kornyushko and Yu. V. Miroshnichenko after checking the work of the operation and resuscitation department of the 529th Omedo Special Forces (South Ossetia, Tskhinvali, August 2008)

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3. Fig. 2. V.V. Boyarintsev (second from left), Yu. V. Miroshnichenko (third from left), S.F. Goncharov (fourth from left), I.G. Kornyushko (sixth from left), and participants of the interdepartmental meeting on the organization of medical support for servicemen and civilians in the operation zone (South Ossetia, Tskhinvali, August 2008)

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4. Fig. 3. Representatives of the State Military Medical University of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Yu. V. Miroshnichenko (left) and V.V. Boyarintsev (right) and head of the mobile medical property storage department 4557th medical warehouse I.G. Kortunov (center) after checking the work of the mobile medical property storage department 4557th medical warehouse (South Ossetia, Java, August 2008)

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5. Fig. 4. Extract from the order of the commander of the mixed peacekeeping forces on the departure from the combat zone of the officers of the operational group of the State Military Medical University of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (August 20, 2008))

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6. Fig. 5. Yu. V. Miroshnichenko, I.G. Kornyushko, F.M. Benya, and V.V. Boyarintsev aboard a helicopter during their return from the war zone (August 20, 2008)

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7. Fig. 6. Title page of the order of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation of December 17, 2011, no. 2575 “On approval of the Procedure for the use of narcotic drugs...”

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