[Systems analysis of activities of the intensive care and resuscitation department at a multidisciplinary hospital. I. Development of structure and function].

Using the suggested information mathematical model of reanimation activity, realized in an administrative computer program, the authors carry out a total system analysis of the activity of the intensive care and reanimation unit of a multi-discipline hospital in the town of Arkhangelsk. They discuss the problems of present-day equipment and modernization, formation of the patient populations, improvement of the resuscitation methods, and the policy of reanimation bed use. They recommend that along with the traditional activities, such department should take part in the prevention of grave states in inpatients of all departments of the hospital.