DISASTER MEDICINE No. 3 •2026

doi: 10.33266/2070-1004-2026-3

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Experience in Eliminating the Medical and Sanitary Consequences of a Man-Made Emergency in the Arctic Region of Russia

Surin M.V. ¹, Baranov A.V. ², Chepurnov N.V. ³, Gudkov S.A. ⁴

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¹ Territorial Center for Disaster Medicine of the Komi Republic, Syktyvkar, Russian Federation

² Pitirim Sorokin Syktyvkar State University, Syktyvkar, Russian Federation

³ Komi Republican Clinical Hospital, Syktyvkar, Russian Federation

⁴ N.A.Semashko Northern Medical Clinical Center of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency of Russia, Arkhangelsk, Russian Federation

UDC 614.88:614.876(985)

P. 57-60

 

Summary. The purpose of this study is to present experience in managing the medical consequences of a man-made emergency and to analyze the specifics of providing first aid and medical care to victims in Russia’s Arctic territories in order to develop proposals for improvement.

Research materials and methods. We analyzed data from the emergency registration logs of the Unified Dispatch Center of the Komi Republic’s Central Emergency Management Center, ambulance call cards (form 110/u), and a sample of medical records of patients admitted to medical facilities in the Komi Republic for emergency indications as a result of emergencies and who received inpatient medical care (form 003/u) between January 15 and February 17, 2026. The registration forms were selected based on the criteria of retrospective, continuous documentary observation – all medical records of emergency victims who received inpatient treatment during the study period were selected.

Study results and analysis. This article analyzes the functioning of the Disaster Medicine Service of the Komi Republic, as a region of the Russian Arctic, in responding to the medical consequences of an emergency caused by the explosion of an unidentified device followed by a fire at the Professional Training Center of the Komi Republic’s Ministry of Internal Affairs, providing first and emergency medical care, conducting medical evacuation of victims, and their inpatient treatment.

Key words: Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation, combined trauma, Disaster Medicine Service, emergency medical care, first aid, inpatient treatment, Komi Republic, medical consequences, medical evacuation, man-made emergency, multiple trauma

For citation: Surin M.V., Baranov A.V., Chepurnov N.V., Gudkov S.A. Experience in Eliminating the Medical and Sanitary Consequences of a Man-Made Emergency in the Arctic Region of Russia. Meditsina Katastrof = Disaster Medicine. 2026;3:57-60 (In Russ.). Doi:10.33266/2070-1004-2026-3-57-60

 

 

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The material was received 01.04.26; the article after peer review procedure 03.09.26; the Editorial Board accepted the article for publication 16.09.26