New Equipping Strategies for Combat Support Hospitals

Abstract

The U.S. Army uses Combat Support Hospitals (CSHs)-mobile, deployable hospitals housed in tents and expandable containers?to provide surgical and trauma care close to combat action. A CSH is a 248-bed hospital staffed by approximately 500 personnel. Modular in design, it can also operate as two geographically separated hospitals ("split-based operations"), one with 164 beds and the other with 84 beds. CSHs provide the highest level of in-theater medical care available to American military personnel serving in active, deployed operations, including stabilization and surgical capabilities comparable to those in the trauma centers of major hospitals in the United States. Currently the Army has 29 CSHs, soon to be reduced to 26: 10 in the active component (8 in the continental United States and 2 forward stationed in South Korea and Germany) and 16 in the U.S. Army Reserve.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA526613

Entities

People

  • Adam C. Resnick
  • Aimee Bower
  • Elizabeth D. Steiner
  • Kristy G. Morganti
  • Matthew W. Lewis
  • Mishaw T. Cuyler
  • Rick Eden
  • Ronald E. Harper
  • Rupa S. Valdez

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Combat Support
  • Combat Support Hospitals
  • Employment
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Management Personnel
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Hospitals
  • Military Medicine
  • Patient Care
  • Personnel Management
  • Therapy

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Medical or Health Care Field.
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.