Résumé
Critical care medicine is an emerging unique specialty developed from the later 20th century,since then,it has been enriched with theoretical and practical experiences and becomes the most active subject in the field of clinical medicine.Critical care medicine of the PLA has attained significant achievements in the treatment and research of severe trauma,sepsis,severe heat stroke,multiple organ failure and severe acute pancreatitis.Besides,it stands in the leading position in the organ function maintenance of critically ill patients,continuous hemofiltration and nutrition support in China.Furthermore,critical care medicine plays an important role in the rescue of critically ill patients,medical support and disaster relief.As the relationship between battle wound rescue system and critical care medicine has been increasingly close,transition in the form of war in the new period brings new tasks to battle wound treatment constantly.Combined with the characteristics of information-oriented war condition in the future,developing the PLA critical care medicine and advancing the level of battle wound treatment in the new period point out the direction for the future work of critical care medicine.