Review article
https://doi.org/10.26800/LV-144-supl5-16
Organisation of war health care in Karlovac area
Hrvoje Cvitanović
; Opća bolnica Karlovac
Abstract
The Croatian military medicine doctrine was developed in parallel with the Croatian State and Army. The structure of war health care system was based on three main parts. General Hospital Karlovac, medical corps of Croatian Army and the third component was emergency, preventive and general medicine care. The wounded from entirely large battlefield in Karlovac area were admitted and treated at General Hospital Karlovac managed
by the Crisis Headquarters implementing commands issued by the Medical Corps Headquarters of Ministry of Health and Ministry of Defense. Through four years of war General Hospital Karlovac was not more the few miles from the frontline which required considerable organizational and personnel modification as well as huge exertion for all workers. During war in General Hospital Karlovac 1475 wounded were admitted, 39 of whom died of
wounds. There were 229 killed in action directly admitted to the Department of Pathology. The second component of war health care was Medical Corps of Croatian Army at the level of first and second echelon management along with primary health care procedures at the level of battalion and brigade. Due to the vicinity of the battlefield the classic echelon structure could not be followed in Karlovac area. The third component was emergency, preventive and general medicine care. Ambulance squad had a key role during war as beside medical care for civilians, they were initially in charge of evacuation of soldiers from the frontline. The unique military medicine doctrine and integral concept of collaboration of civilian and military components of medicine were successfully implemented in war health care organization in Karlovac area resulting in high quality health care.
Keywords
WAR IN CROATIA; ORGANIZATION OF WARFARE HEALTH SERVICE; KARLOVAC
Hrčak ID:
286307
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Publication date:
25.11.2022.
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