The manual is compiled in accordance with the program of the course "Disaster Medicine" for educational institutions of secondary vocational education in the specialty "Nursing" and is equipped with action algorithms, diagrams, tables, plans for each lesson, tests and situational tasks with answers for the initial, current and final control of the level of knowledge. Attention is paid to the nursing process when providing assistance to victims. The book is intended for students of medical schools, colleges, students of advanced training courses for nurses, for nurses in practical health care, ambulance and emergency care, teachers of disaster medicine, and can also be used in the medical training of professional rescuers.