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PubMed1994

In Larrey's shadow: transport of British sick and wounded in the Napoleonic wars.

Dominique Jean Larrey's introduction of a 'flying ambulance' into Napoleons army was a great advance in military surgery. British arrangements for the transport of wounded and sick during the Napoleonic wars fell far short of Larrey's humanitarian vision. The efforts of eminent doctors such as Sir James McGrigor to create a formal ambulance service were frustrated by the army establishment. As a result the sick were often abandoned or carried in local bullock carts. Only sixty years after Waterloo did Britain finally follow Larrey's example and form a field organisation including a trained ambulance corps.

France↗
PubMed1995

[The organization of the treatment of the wounded and sick prisoners of war in hospitals at the rear in the USSR during World War II].

The international humane principles were strictly observed by medical workers of our country in providing medical care to the wounded and sick PW during the Great Patriotic war. By February 1, 1945 from the whole number of 671340 beds which were deployed in the hospital system of the strategic rear, several hospitals with the total number of 47770 beds were used for providing medical care to the wounded and sick PW. These hospitals were capable to provide all type of secondary and tertiary care. Medical workers of these hospitals were also accomplishing the missions on sanitary-epidemiological welfare of PW. The detailed studies of the system of medical care in PW hospitals in the region of Middle Volga basin have prove this fact.

Communicable Diseases↗
PubMed2002

Military necessity versus the protection of the wounded and sick: a critical balance.

A realistic approach to humanitarian principles in the field of the Law of Armed Conflict should take into account "military necessity." Does military necessity also play a role in the medical field? The provisions regarding the treatment of the wounded and sick seem definite because they are at the core of International Humanitarian Law. The conduct of military medical personnel, the attention to be paid to the wounded and sick, as well as to medical equipment or facilities are provisions that derive from unyielding principles of care, respect, protection, and equality of treatment. To what extent may this analysis be considered as contrary to the common realism of LOAC? How far should medical personnel be requested to implement the Geneva standards in any circumstance? In fact, unless otherwise specified, military necessity can never lead to a reduction in these standards in the course of battle.

Human Rights↗