Today, the N. V. Sklifosovsky Research Institute of Emergency Ambulance is the largest multidisciplinary scientific and practical center of emergency medical care in Russia. This is one of the most famous hospitals in our country. She has a glorious past and a great future.
History of the Institute of Emergency Medicine
The Sklifosovsky Institute was founded in 1803 by the philanthropist and philanthropist Count NP Sheremetiev. At first, the hospital was called the Hospice House. It housed 50 people suffering from various ailments, and 25 orphan girls. It was the very first institution that provided medical care to the poorest segments of the population, as well as fed the homeless and orphans. Then, during the war of 1812, hospitals were located here - first of the French army, and later of the Russian one. Until 1922served as a hospital for the wounded soldiers of the Russian-Turkish and then the Russian-Japanese wars. Later, on the basis of the Sheremetyevskaya Hospital (the second name of the Hospice Home), the Institute of Emergency Ambulance was founded, which since 1929 has been named after the great Russian surgeon Nikolai Vasilyevich Sklifosovsky. Talented doctors continued the work of this great man, and an emergency surgical service was created on the basis of a military hospital. Also, the Sklifosovsky Institute became a pioneer in the development and construction of a state system for providing ambulance for various injuries and poisonings. And for the first time, the employees of the institute raised the issue of the urgent need for preventive work to prevent domestic injuries and accidents at work.
Biography of N. V. Sklifosovsky
It is impossible not to say a few words about the outstanding medical figure - Nikolai Vasilyevich Sklifosovsky. The great scientist, professor, was born on a farm near the city of Dubossary (Transnistria), on March 25, 1836. He received his secondary education in Odessa at a gymnasium, and then, in 1859, he graduated from Moscow University, Faculty of Medicine. He received his doctorate in Kharkov four years after defending his dissertation “On a blood periuterine tumor”. For a long time he worked in clinics in Germany. During the Prussian war, he worked in the infirmary at a dressing station. After returning to Russia, he published many works on medicine. At the Imperial Medical-Surgical Academy, he headed the Department of Surgery. Was an innovator incarrying out very complex operations, such as cutting out the goiter and many others, which no one had done before him. Participation in several military campaigns gave impetus to the writing of many medical works on the provision of emergency surgical care to the wounded. The last years of the surgeon were overshadowed by a serious illness, but nevertheless he devoted himself completely to his beloved work until the last days.
Institute today
Today, the Sklifosovsky Institute (Moscow), just like two centuries ago, annually saves thousands of human lives. All departments of the hospital provide round-the-clock assistance absolutely free of charge. But, in addition to providing emergency medical care, the Sklifosovsky Institute is engaged in scientific activities, training and consultation of specialists in the field of emergency care. More than 800 researchers, two academicians, 37 professors, as well as candidates and doctors of medical sciences work here. During the year, specialists perform more than 20 thousand of the most complex operations. Research in the field of medicine is carried out in different directions. Patents for various inventions are issued annually, scientific papers and rationalization proposals are published. Medical work, as mentioned above, is carried out absolutely free of charge. Those admitted to the Sklifosovsky Institute receive emergency medical care in the following areas:
- critical care;
- injuries from falling from great heights;
- gunshot wounds;
- mechanical damage from car accidents;
- thermal injury;
- damage to the brain and spinal cord;
- emergency surgery;
- acute complications of coronary heart disease;
- acute poisoning and endotoxicosis;
- hyperbaric oxygen therapy;
- crisis conditions and acute psychosomatic disorders;
- rehabilitation treatment.
The institute has organized a tissue and blood preservation service.
Sklifosovsky Institute: laboratory
This institute has a large laboratory base, which provides diagnostics of emergency conditions. Using the latest medical equipment, biochemical, clinical, immunological, microbiological, rheological and toxicological analyzes are carried out. There is a laboratory for the examination of HIV-infected patients. You can also anonymously take an HIV test here.
Conclusion
The staff of the institute has repeatedly been awarded high awards for their invaluable work and for saving people's lives. The Sklifosovsky Institute has always played a prominent role in the development of domestic medicine! Address of the institution: Moscow, Bolshaya Sukharevskaya Square, house number 3.
