[Oxygen in the field hospitals: current experience in the military health service]. / L'oxygène dans les formations de l'avant: expérience actuelle du service de santé des armées.

ABSTRACT

A fifty per cent oxygen ratio locks quite sufficient for putting at sleep war wounded patient. After the present time, every french field surgical structures are equipped with oxygen extractors. Furthermore, those teams have at heir disposal for several years, oxygen generators, working with sodium chlorate candels. Those one can fill oxygen cylinders (3.5 l at 90 or 150 bars), providing pure oxygen, which will ever be essential under exceptional conditions. During war period, the supply difficulties demand to have at disposal two different production capabilities for oxygen administration.