Practical aspects of the use of service medical equipment kits on navy ships: case study

INTRODUCTION. Preserving the life and health of highly qualified military specialists of the Navy of the Russian Federation is an actual problem at any historical stage of the state development and is impossible without a full-fledged medical supply, relevant to the current development stage. Modern geopolitical conditions allow to evaluate the progress of the previous stages of upgrading health services in practice and to work out relevant proposals for ways to improve the existing medical kits on ships and vessels of the Navy.

OBJECTIVE. Based on operational experience, to justify the need for improvement and offer options for new samples and medical kits to provide medical care to the military seamen in ship conditions.

MATERIALS AND METHODS. Based on the analysis of the guidance documents, regulating provision rates of medical kits for ships and vessels of the Navy as well as the analysis of their samples, supplied on vessels of Operational-Strategic Command “Northern Fleet”, including on the basis of practical experience in counselling industrial enterprises when purchasing medical equipment, supplies and medications on vessels under construction and repair, theoretical and empirical research methods were applied.

RESULTS. Currently existing features of basic medical kits are defined, limiting their practical application in the conditions of the Navy ships and vessels. Medical supply determinants of vessels under construction and repair are identified.

DISCUSSION. The modern approach to medical supply of the Navy vessels has high inertia and does not allow to quickly implement new samples of medical and drug kits in accordance with applicable clinical guidelines and regulations, and therefore this requires the change in the concept of the Navy medical supply. Recommendations for optimizing the current samples of the medical kit are offered.

CONCLUSION. The practical use of forces and means of medical service of the Russian Federation Armed Forces in modern geopolitical conditions allows to identify new opportunities to improve medical supply of units and subunits. Revision of medical kit allowance of the Navy ships and vessels will allow to optimize financial expenditures with improving the quality of providing primary health care for military seamen, and also to increase the level and timeliness of first aid for military marine specialists to the extent of self-help and mutual aid at sea.

marine medicine, medical supply, ships, vessels, Navy, health care, medical kit

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