FIELD: medicine, resuscitation. SUBSTANCE: patient should be put onto stomach for doctor should press with fists onto vertebrocostal articulations both from the left and from the right against patient's vertebral column at the angle of 30-45 deg. in caudal-cranial direction beginning from the first thoracic segment up to the level of the 12th segment with the power being equal to half of patient's body weight, at pressure onto vertebrocostal articulations either active expiration or passive one through patient's mouth should be performed, in case of resuscitation the suggested procedure should be carried out before appearance of steady patient's own respiration and constant pulsation at the main vessels. The method favors to remove sputum, increase circulation rate and provide vital capacity (VC). EFFECT: higher efficiency. 1 cl, 3 ex, 1 tbl
