[The current views on anesthesiological support for surgical interventions under extreme conditions]

Local wars and major catastrophes of the last years have originated a new approach to a problem of anesthetic management at the various phases of evacuation. In cases of mass casualty admission it must be taken an option between field block anesthesia and general intravenous anesthesia with spontaneous breathing or artificial lung ventilation. In many respects the outcome of surgical intervention will depend on action coordination between surgeon and anesthesiologist.