clearing station
Field medical post
A clearing station is a military medical facility near a combat zone where wounded soldiers receive initial treatment and are sorted for evacuation to hospitals farther from the front.
The term comes from the process of clearing casualties from the battlefield.
Clearing stations prioritize speed and triage over comprehensive care: The medics stabilized him at the clearing station before transport.
Temporary military medical facility
- casualtyPerson harmed in disaster
- medicEmergency care provider
- corpsmanMilitary enlisted medical personnel
- evacuationRemoval from danger
stretcher · wounded · frontline · combat zone · MASH · battalion · ambulance · triage
Formal evaluation of worth
- prioritizationRanking by importance
- classificationSystematic grouping by traits
- severityIntensity of sternness
- urgencyPressing need for action
tags · life-threatening · sorting · casualties · stabilization · walking wounded · critical · minor injuries
Removal from danger
- transportMoving things between places
- transferMove between locations
- relayStage-by-stage transmission
- passageSegment of text
staging · movement · dispatch · throughput · reception · logistics · routing · intermediate
Process of becoming steady
- bandagingWrapping wounds with cloth
- wound careTreatment of bodily injuries
- resuscitationRestoring vital functions
- splintingStabilizing injured bones externally
intravenous · morphine · antiseptic · sterile · dressing · tourniquet · plasma · blood transfusion
field hospital
Temporary military medical facility
- casualtyPerson harmed in disaster
- medicEmergency care provider
- corpsmanMilitary enlisted medical personnel
evacuation · stretcher · wounded · frontline · combat zone · MASH · battalion · ambulance · triage · medevac
assessment
Formal evaluation of worth
- prioritizationRanking by importance
- classificationSystematic grouping by traits
- severityIntensity of sternness
urgency · tags · life-threatening · sorting · casualties · stabilization · walking wounded · critical · minor injuries · evaluation
evacuation
Removal from danger
passage · staging · movement · dispatch · throughput · reception · logistics · routing · intermediate · processing
stabilization
Process of becoming steady
- bandagingWrapping wounds with cloth
- wound careTreatment of bodily injuries
- resuscitationRestoring vital functions
splinting · intravenous · morphine · antiseptic · sterile · dressing · tourniquet · plasma · blood transfusion · shock treatment