[The organizational and methodological bases of medical reconnaissance in extreme situations]. / Organizatsionno-metodicheskie osnovy meditsinskoi razvedki v chrezvychainykh situatsiiakh.

The article deals with the process of medical reconnaissance organisation in various extreme situations, including local wars and armed conflicts. The authors suggest that there is a definite need in special units and mobile sanitary-epidemiological groups, trained and equipped for the task. They also recommend that these units should be formed up in the deployable medical set-ups.