[Specialized medical service for polytrauma in a large city].

On the basis of studying of trauma epidemiolgy in a large city, principles of optimal organization of specialized medical service for patients with polytrauma have been developed. Urgent specialized service and further treatment of patients with this pathology should be fulfilled in a special department organized on the basis of a multi-profile hospital. The center of this department represents a specialized unit for patients with multiple and combined traumas supplied with all necessary specialists and means required for the management of this difficult group of patients.