[Organization of resuscitation care of children in a large region].

The authors present the structure of resuscitation care of children in a large region (Sverdlovsk district) and analyze its efficacy in recent 5 years. A specific feature is the creation of a novel institution: resuscitation consulting center, carrying out therapy and consultations on a wide scale and regular organizational and methodological activity, consisting in improving specialized care both in the center and in other clinics, in upgrading specialists, and improving the equipment of resuscitation departments. An important element of the system is a universal information base for improving the diagnosis of threatened states and making strategic decisions. Proper functioning of all elements of the system will help not only decrease the level of hospital mortality, but the childhood mortality in general as well.