[The All-Russian Disaster Medicine Service].

Theoretical bases of creation, stages of development, normative-and-legal base, structure and problems of a All-Russia service of disaster medicine are stated. In article some questions about experience of rendering of the medical aid to the injured in the extreme situations (North Caucus region, Sakhalin, Budenovsk, Irkutsk), training of personnel, creation of reserves of medical property for extreme situations, organization of service management are submitted. The federal program "Perfection of All-Russia service of disaster medicine on 1997-2001 years" is considered in detail.