Combat support hospital - Definition and Overview

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A combat support hospital (CSH) is a United States military mobile hospital delivered to the battle area in large containers and assembled by the staff into a tent hospital with scores of beds to treat wounded soldiers. The CSH will also treat civilians or opposition soldiers wounded by U.S. military and those in life-or-death situations. Otherwise, injured must seek treatment in local hospitals.

See also

• Field hospital

External link

• PBS NOVA: Life and Death in the War Zone (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/combatdocs/)