field hospital
Warzone medical station
A field hospital is a temporary medical facility set up near a combat zone or disaster site to provide emergency treatment.
Unlike permanent hospitals, field hospitals are designed to be quickly assembled, operated, and moved as conditions change: The army established a field hospital just behind the front lines.
The term extends to any improvised medical setup during a crisis.
Combat zone hospital
- combatArmed hostile engagement
- medicEmergency care provider
- medevacEmergency air transport injured
- stretcherPortable frame for casualties
triage · wounded · casualties · corpsman · battalion · deployment · frontline · evacuation
Lasting psychological wound
- triageSeverity-based prioritization
- stabilizeMake firm or constant
- criticalExpressing disapproval or importance
- life-savingPreventing fatal outcomes
paramedics · surgeons · resuscitation · ventilator · defibrillator · intensive-care · wounds · treatment
Easing of distress
- humanitarianHelper of suffering people
- earthquakeSeismic ground movement
- refugeePerson fleeing danger abroad
- campTemporary outdoor shelter site
temporary · tent · portable · mobile · outbreak · epidemic · cholera · aid workers
MASH
Combat zone hospital
stretcher · triage · wounded · casualties · corpsman · battalion · deployment · frontline · evacuation · Red Cross
trauma
Lasting psychological wound
- triageSeverity-based prioritization
- stabilizeMake firm or constant
- criticalExpressing disapproval or importance
life-saving · paramedics · surgeons · resuscitation · ventilator · defibrillator · intensive-care · wounds · treatment · patients
relief
Easing of distress
- humanitarianHelper of suffering people
- earthquakeSeismic ground movement
- refugeePerson fleeing danger abroad
camp · temporary · tent · portable · mobile · outbreak · epidemic · cholera · aid workers · crisis response
- emergency medicalemergency room, ambulance, EMS, ER, EMT
- emergency responsefirst responders, emergency services, fire alarm, 911, call 911
- hospitalsER, emergency room, ICU, operating room, operating rooms
- pandemiclockdowns, COVID-19, outbreak, epidemic, COVID
- wartimerationing, war economy, war bonds, war effort, evacuations
- care facilitiesclinic, medical center, health center, rehabilitation center, treatment facility
field hospitalteaching hospital
Facility combining care and education
university hospital · medical center · community hospital · regional hospital · trauma center
field hospitalresearch hospital
Institution combining care and investigation
field, hospital, hospitality, battlefield, hospitalized, fieldwork, hospitalize, hospitalization, hospitalizing