The role of professor I.A. Sapov in the development of the department of physiology of diving and rescue affairs of the Military Medical Academy named after S.M. Kirov

Historical materials about the life and work of Ivan Akimovich Sapov, head of the Department of Physiology of Diving and Rescue Affairs of the Military Medical Academy named after S.M. Kirov, Major General of the Medical Service, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Chief Physiologist of the Navy, Laureate of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics State Prize, Honorary Member of the Physiological Society named after I.M. Sechenov, Honorary Chairman of the Scientific Society of Barotherapists of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, Honorary Doctor of the Military Medical Academy, Honorary Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, and an outstanding scientist in the field of naval medicine. I.A. Sapov created a scientific school, of which the main areas of activity include the development of hyperbaric physiology and diving medicine, the physiology of labor of naval specialists and the habitability of ships of the Navy, methods of barotherapy, and medical support for emergency rescue operations at sea. The multifaceted activities of I.A. Sapov as Head of the Department of Physiology of Diving and Rescue of the Military Medical Academy named after S.M. Kirov, improved the educational, methodological, and research work at the department in the interests of the Navy. The work that was conducted on the instructions of the Academy of Sciences and the Council of Ministers of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in planning and coordinating scientific research in the country on topical problems of hyperbaric physiology and diving medicine, the development and use of the World Ocean, the human adaptation to Antarctica, the medical support of ship trips, and the improvement of providing qualified medical assistance to diving personnel and seafarers both under normal conditions and during search and rescue operations at sea.