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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/8225th_MASH_personnel_with_H-13_helo_in_Korea_1951.JPEG/330px-8225th_MASH_personnel_with_H-13_helo_in_Korea_1951.JPEG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/8225th_MASH_personnel_with_H-13_helo_in_Korea_1951.JPEG/440px-8225th_MASH_personnel_with_H-13_helo_in_Korea_1951.JPEG 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2400" /></a><figcaption>U.S. personnel and equipment needed to save a life are assembled at HQs of the 8225th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, Korea, in 1951.</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals</b> (<b>MASH</b>) were U.S. Army <a href="/wiki/Field_hospital" title="Field hospital">field hospital</a> units conceptualized in 1946 as replacements for the obsolete <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>-era Auxiliary Surgical Group hospital units.<sup id="cite_ref-Brit_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> MASH units were in operation from the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a> before being phased out in the early 2000s, in favor of <a href="/wiki/Combat_support_hospital" title="Combat support hospital">combat support hospitals</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Brit_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-farewell_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-farewell-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Each MASH unit had 60 beds, as well as surgical, nursing, and other enlisted and officer staff available at all times.<sup id="cite_ref-Brit_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> MASH units filled a vital role in military medicine by providing support to army units upwards of 10,000 to 20,000 soldiers.<sup id="cite_ref-Masthead_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Masthead-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These units had a low mortality rate compared to others, as the transportation time to hospitals was shorter, resulting in fewer patients dying within the "<a href="/wiki/Golden_hour_(medicine)" title="Golden hour (medicine)">Golden Hour</a>",<sup id="cite_ref-Karras_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Karras-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the first hour after an injury is first sustained, which is referred to in trauma as the "most important hour".<sup id="cite_ref-Karras_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Karras-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The U.S. Army deactivated the last MASH unit on February 16, 2006. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mobile_Army_Surgical_Hospital&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_service">In service</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mobile_Army_Surgical_Hospital&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: In service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="World_War_I">World War I</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mobile_Army_Surgical_Hospital&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: World War I"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A precursor to MASH units, the <a href="/wiki/American_Expeditionary_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="American Expeditionary Force">American Expeditionary Force</a> Mobile Hospital <abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> 1 was established, following the example of the French military <i>automobile-chirurgical units</i> shortly after the American entry to the war.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="World_War_II">World War II</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mobile_Army_Surgical_Hospital&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:General_view_of_the_3rd_Republic_of_Korea_Mobile_Army_Surgical_Hospital,_Wonju,_Korea._-_NARA_-_531416.tif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/General_view_of_the_3rd_Republic_of_Korea_Mobile_Army_Surgical_Hospital%2C_Wonju%2C_Korea._-_NARA_-_531416.tif/lossy-page1-260px-General_view_of_the_3rd_Republic_of_Korea_Mobile_Army_Surgical_Hospital%2C_Wonju%2C_Korea._-_NARA_-_531416.tif.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="216" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/General_view_of_the_3rd_Republic_of_Korea_Mobile_Army_Surgical_Hospital%2C_Wonju%2C_Korea._-_NARA_-_531416.tif/lossy-page1-390px-General_view_of_the_3rd_Republic_of_Korea_Mobile_Army_Surgical_Hospital%2C_Wonju%2C_Korea._-_NARA_-_531416.tif.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/General_view_of_the_3rd_Republic_of_Korea_Mobile_Army_Surgical_Hospital%2C_Wonju%2C_Korea._-_NARA_-_531416.tif/lossy-page1-520px-General_view_of_the_3rd_Republic_of_Korea_Mobile_Army_Surgical_Hospital%2C_Wonju%2C_Korea._-_NARA_-_531416.tif.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2490" /></a><figcaption>3rd Republic of Korea Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, Wonju, Korea, 1951</figcaption></figure> <p>Principles for a mobile medical unit and their implementation were established through trial and error in the dental field during World War II by Major Vincent P. Marran, a medic in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Third_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Third Army">United States Third Army</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The effectiveness of his efforts were widely admired and supported by the command structure, but no formal designation was established. The first trials for what would become MASH units were established by the U.S. Army during World War II.<sup id="cite_ref-Masthead_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Masthead-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The necessity for the U.S. Army to have more convenient treatment centers was shown by the long logistics of the stretched out supply lines during World War II. These units were known as "Auxiliary Surgical Groups" and would care for the wounded much closer than permanent hospitals, making them hospitals.<sup id="cite_ref-Masthead_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Masthead-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the early 1940s, Colonel Michael DeBakey and his colleague were selected to give recommendations on how to provide surgical care for the U.S. Army.<sup id="cite_ref-Masthead_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Masthead-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The result was the ASG. Although these units were very inexperienced, they were incredibly effective resulting in five ASG units being created in 1943; this resulted in the ASG units being able to move along with the U.S. Army units located in Italy and was the basis in which MASH would directly come from.<sup id="cite_ref-Masthead_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Masthead-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Korean_War">Korean War</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mobile_Army_Surgical_Hospital&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Korean War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:An_operation_is_performed_on_a_wounded_soidier_at_the_8209th_Mobile_Army_Surgical_Hospital,_twenty_miles_from_the..._-_NARA_-_531425.tiff" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/An_operation_is_performed_on_a_wounded_soidier_at_the_8209th_Mobile_Army_Surgical_Hospital%2C_twenty_miles_from_the..._-_NARA_-_531425.tiff/lossy-page1-220px-An_operation_is_performed_on_a_wounded_soidier_at_the_8209th_Mobile_Army_Surgical_Hospital%2C_twenty_miles_from_the..._-_NARA_-_531425.tiff.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/An_operation_is_performed_on_a_wounded_soidier_at_the_8209th_Mobile_Army_Surgical_Hospital%2C_twenty_miles_from_the..._-_NARA_-_531425.tiff/lossy-page1-330px-An_operation_is_performed_on_a_wounded_soidier_at_the_8209th_Mobile_Army_Surgical_Hospital%2C_twenty_miles_from_the..._-_NARA_-_531425.tiff.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/An_operation_is_performed_on_a_wounded_soidier_at_the_8209th_Mobile_Army_Surgical_Hospital%2C_twenty_miles_from_the..._-_NARA_-_531425.tiff/lossy-page1-440px-An_operation_is_performed_on_a_wounded_soidier_at_the_8209th_Mobile_Army_Surgical_Hospital%2C_twenty_miles_from_the..._-_NARA_-_531425.tiff.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2458" /></a><figcaption>An operation is performed on a wounded soldier at the 8209th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, 20 miles (32 km) from the front lines, 1952.</figcaption></figure> <p>Formally, the MASH unit was conceived by <a href="/wiki/Michael_DeBakey" title="Michael DeBakey">Michael E. DeBakey</a> and other surgical consultants as the "mobile army surgical hospital". Col. Harry A. Ferguson, the <a href="/wiki/Executive_officer" title="Executive officer">executive officer</a> of the Tokyo Army Hospital, also aided in the establishment of the MASH program. It was an alternative to the random individual systems of portable surgical hospitals, field hospitals, and general hospitals used during World War II. It was designed to get experienced personnel closer to the front, so that the wounded could be treated sooner and with greater success. Casualties were first treated at the point of injury through <a href="/wiki/Buddy_aid" title="Buddy aid">buddy aid</a>, then routed through <a href="/wiki/Battalion_Aid_Stations" class="mw-redirect" title="Battalion Aid Stations">Battalion Aid Stations</a> for emergency stabilizing surgery, and finally routed to the MASH for the most extensive treatment. This proved to be highly successful; during the Korean War, a seriously wounded soldier who made it to a MASH unit alive had a greater than 97% chance of survival once he received treatment.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> MASH units often took 24 hours to set up at new locations once moved with armored units, trucks and airmobile.<sup id="cite_ref-Brit_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Airmobile or the early stages, known today as helicopters, were crucial to the war effort as they were fast traveling units that could pickup casualties and deliver them effectively back to MASH units.<sup id="cite_ref-medevac_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-medevac-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With mountainous terrain in Korea, this was crucial as ground transport could compromise the patients lives and would take longer to arrive to MASH units. </p><p>In 1997, the last MASH unit in <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a> was deactivated. A deactivating ceremony was held in South Korea, which was attended by several members of the cast of the <a href="/wiki/M*A*S*H_(TV_series)" title="M*A*S*H (TV series)"><i>M*A*S*H</i> television series</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Larry_Linville" title="Larry Linville">Larry Linville</a> (who played <a href="/wiki/Frank_Burns_(M*A*S*H)" class="mw-redirect" title="Frank Burns (M*A*S*H)">Frank Burns</a>), and <a href="/wiki/David_Ogden_Stiers" title="David Ogden Stiers">David Ogden Stiers</a> (who played <a href="/wiki/Charles_Winchester" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Winchester">Charles Winchester</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Vietnam_War">Vietnam War</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mobile_Army_Surgical_Hospital&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Vietnam War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Vietnam War had little action for the MASH units within the U.S Army. The Vietnam War marked the demise of the MASH units as only one unit, known as the "2nd MASH Unit", served actively, and only from October 1966 to July 1967.<sup id="cite_ref-MedIns_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MedIns-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Vietnam War was a very different environment from the Korean War which MASH units were created in.<sup id="cite_ref-MedIns_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MedIns-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Vietnam War required a change from MASH to <i>MUST</i>, or "<a href="/wiki/Medical_Unit,_Self-contained,_Transportable" title="Medical Unit, Self-contained, Transportable">Medical Unit, Self-contained, Transportable</a>" units.<sup id="cite_ref-MedIns_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MedIns-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> MUST units had trailers, inflatable sections, and technology focused on a wider range of wounds from war.<sup id="cite_ref-MedIns_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MedIns-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In MUST units the wounds were greatly different than in the Korean War resulting in many changes needed to the units as a whole with new innovations required. New treatments were also needed for burn victims with MASH units suffering a mortality rate of up to 90% for burn victims.<sup id="cite_ref-MedIns_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MedIns-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although this clearly showed progress in the medical field, the type of warfare changed making MASH obsolete in many cases. MUST units had to keep their equipment on standby at all times effectively replacing MASH units and later transferring into more revolutionized units in war-zones. The idea of a MASH unit is to be available at all times to those who have been wounded in combat on the front and required general or trauma surgery<sup id="cite_ref-MedIns_10-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MedIns-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but as technology got better, there was a lot more room to improve transportation, technology used to treat soldiers, and the layout of these units resulting in MASH units being converted to MUST units.<sup id="cite_ref-MedIns_10-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MedIns-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Gulf_War">Gulf War</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mobile_Army_Surgical_Hospital&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Gulf War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a>, in September 1990, the main body of the 5th MASH, 44th Medical Brigade, <a href="/wiki/XVIII_Airborne_Corps" title="XVIII Airborne Corps">XVIII Airborne Corps</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fort_Bragg" title="Fort Bragg">Fort Bragg</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a>, deployed to King Abdul-Aziz Air Base, Royal Saudi Air Force, Daharan Saudi Arabia and was the first fully functional Army hospital in the country. Their forward surgical team and Advanced Party had deployed in mid August to Daharan. This unit moved forward six times, always as the first up hospital for the region. In February 1991, the 5th MASH was operationally attached to the 24th Infantry Division to provide forward surgical care (often right on the front battle lines) to the combat units that attacked the western flank of the Iraqi army. In March 1991, the 159th MASH of the <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Army_National_Guard" title="Louisiana Army National Guard">Louisiana Army National Guard</a> operated in Iraq in support of the <a href="/wiki/3rd_Armored_Division_(United_States)" title="3rd Armored Division (United States)">3rd Armored Division</a> during <a href="/wiki/Operation_Desert_Storm" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Desert Storm">Operation Desert Storm</a>. </p><p>Other MASH units that served in 1990–91 included the 2nd MASH, 1st Medical Group, Benning; the 10th MASH, 1st Medical Group, Carson; the 115th MASH (DCARNG); the 475th MASH (341st Med Group, KY USAR); the 807th MASH (341st Med Group, KY USAR); and the 912th MASH (TN USAR).<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Operation_Iraqi_Freedom">Operation Iraqi Freedom</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mobile_Army_Surgical_Hospital&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Operation Iraqi Freedom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 212th MASH – based in Miesau Ammo Depot, Germany – was deployed to Iraq in 2003, supporting coalition forces during <a href="/wiki/Operation_Iraqi_Freedom" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Iraqi Freedom">Operation Iraqi Freedom</a>. It was the most decorated combat hospital in the U.S. Army, with 28 <a href="/wiki/Campaign_streamer" title="Campaign streamer">campaign streamers</a> on the organizational colors. The 212th MASH's last deployment was to <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a> to support the <a href="/wiki/2005_Kashmir_earthquake" title="2005 Kashmir earthquake">2005 Kashmir earthquake</a> relief operations. The U.S. State Department bought the MASH's tents and medical equipment, owned by the DoD, and donated the entire hospital to the Pakistani military, a donation worth $4.5 million.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2010)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Conversion_to_Combat_Support_Hospital">Conversion to Combat Support Hospital</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mobile_Army_Surgical_Hospital&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Conversion to Combat Support Hospital"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Internationally, the last MASH unit in the U.S. Army was converted to a <a href="/wiki/Combat_Support_Hospital" class="mw-redirect" title="Combat Support Hospital">Combat Support Hospital</a> on October 16, 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 212th MASH's unit sign now resides at the Army Medical Department's Museum in San Antonio, Texas. </p><p>In addition, one of the last MASH units worldwide was located in Pakistan serving as a civilian hospital to aid in recovery efforts following an earthquake in 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-farewell_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-farewell-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Known as the 212th MASH unit which was originally in Miesau, Germany,<sup id="cite_ref-farewell_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-farewell-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it was re-established for the Iraq War. In addition to treating soldiers, they treated over thirty thousand civilians.<sup id="cite_ref-farewell_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-farewell-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With an average survival rate of 97%, this was impressive considering how many victims there were of an earthquake and the longevity of these units from the late 1940s to the early 2000s.<sup id="cite_ref-Sanders_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sanders-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-farewell_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-farewell-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although these hospitals were very effective in being able to provide suitable care to those in the battlefield and civilian populations, the MASH units soon became obsolete as MASH units were made for conventional wars; the Vietnam War, the Gulf War and the Iraq War were in different terrains than they were designed for resulting in different needs as they were much harder to traverse than Korea.<sup id="cite_ref-Sanders_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sanders-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> New transportation vehicles such as the <a href="/wiki/Bell_H-13" class="mw-redirect" title="Bell H-13">Bell H-13</a> (known as the first evac helicopter) and later the <a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_UH-60" class="mw-redirect" title="Sikorsky UH-60">Sikorsky UH-60</a> made airmobile and other ground units ineffective in desert and tropical terrain.<sup id="cite_ref-medevac_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-medevac-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lastly, technology made for treating patients in the operating room and elsewhere has gotten much more complex resulting in more space and care needed to treat soldiers along with many fewer troops being deployed.<sup id="cite_ref-Sanders_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sanders-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Field_care">Field care</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mobile_Army_Surgical_Hospital&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Field care"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Navy_021023-N-5329L-002_Capt._Mike_Salmi_Certified_Registered_Nurse_Anesthetist_(CRNA)_from_the_212th_Mobile_Army_Surgical_Hospital_(MASH)_Miesau,_Germany,_and_Dilmurod_local_national_Interpreter.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/US_Navy_021023-N-5329L-002_Capt._Mike_Salmi_Certified_Registered_Nurse_Anesthetist_%28CRNA%29_from_the_212th_Mobile_Army_Surgical_Hospital_%28MASH%29_Miesau%2C_Germany%2C_and_Dilmurod_local_national_Interpreter.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/US_Navy_021023-N-5329L-002_Capt._Mike_Salmi_Certified_Registered_Nurse_Anesthetist_%28CRNA%29_from_the_212th_Mobile_Army_Surgical_Hospital_%28MASH%29_Miesau%2C_Germany%2C_and_Dilmurod_local_national_Interpreter.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/US_Navy_021023-N-5329L-002_Capt._Mike_Salmi_Certified_Registered_Nurse_Anesthetist_%28CRNA%29_from_the_212th_Mobile_Army_Surgical_Hospital_%28MASH%29_Miesau%2C_Germany%2C_and_Dilmurod_local_national_Interpreter.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2100" data-file-height="1500" /></a><figcaption>U.S. Army soldiers and interpreters train local Uzbek anesthesia providers on the 885 Mobile Anesthesia Machine at the <a href="/wiki/Fergana" title="Fergana">Fergana</a> Emergency Center in support of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Provide_Hope" title="Operation Provide Hope">Operation Provide Hope</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Korean War played a great role in defining MASH units. High casualties in the front line called for onsite paramedic care, such as ambulances and medical tents. Having learned from World War II that transporting wounded soldiers to rear hospitals was highly inefficient in reducing mortality rate, MASH units were established near front lines to supply mobile and flexible military medical care. They contributed to making improvements in resuscitation and trauma care, patient transport, blood storage and distribution, patient triage, and evacuation.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Aeromedical_evacuation" title="Aeromedical evacuation">aeromedical evacuation</a> system was developed to transport soldiers by aircraft at a quicker pace. Helicopters were frequently used as "air ambulances" during the Korean War, with the <a href="/wiki/Bell_H-13" class="mw-redirect" title="Bell H-13">Bell H-13</a> serving as a predominant medical evacuation aircraft during the war. Military doctors stabilized wounded soldiers midair before getting them to a field hospital. MASH onsite paramedic care and air ambulance system decreased post evacuation mortality from 4% in World War II to 2.5% in the Korean War.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Triage">Triage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mobile_Army_Surgical_Hospital&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Triage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Triage" title="Triage">Triage</a></div> <p>MASH units played an important role in the development of the triage system, a technique that underscores <a href="/wiki/Emergency_room" class="mw-redirect" title="Emergency room">emergency room</a> (ER) medicine in hospitals today. </p><p>The system allows for caregivers to prioritize patient's wounds and injuries in order to get those who are severely injured treated as soon as possible. The patient's status is determined an overview of their respiratory, perfusion, and mental status.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The current triage system consists of color-coding; each patient (and at times their different wounds) are <a href="/wiki/Triage_tag" title="Triage tag">tagged</a> with either a black, red, yellow, or green tag. </p> <dl><dd><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background:black; color:white;"><b>Black</b> </td> <td>Deceased or so severely wounded that there is no hope for survival. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:red; color:white;"><b>Red</b> </td> <td>Requires immediate treatment in order to survive. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:yellow; color:black;"><b>Yellow</b> </td> <td>Not in immediate danger but requires medical care. Requires observation. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:green; color:white;"><b>Green</b> </td> <td>Wounds or injuries that aren't completely disabling. Referred to as "walking wounded." </td></tr></tbody></table></dd></dl> <p>While the concept of triage had been used years before the Korean War, it wasn't until MASH units put it into real practice that the idea was fully developed. World War I and World War II saw the introduction of chemical weapons, such as <a href="/wiki/Mustard_gas" title="Mustard gas">mustard gas</a>, which created a large influx of casualties and the need for more organization. Triage was first performed on the soldiers at <a href="/wiki/Battalion_aid_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Battalion aid station">battalion aid stations</a>. Those who worked in the stations, be they nurses or medical officers, used the system to determine which soldiers needed further care or treatment and which soldiers could go back onto the battlefield.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The soldiers that needed further treatment were then transferred to the MASH units to undergo triage once more. This time, nurses and doctors would work to prioritize who needed to be taken into surgery first; if it appeared that the soldier wouldn't survive much longer without surgery they were prioritized. MASH units typically followed the saying, "life takes precedence over limb, function over anatomical defects",<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a phrase which essentially means that they had to repair the most serious defect first. This thought process has since rolled over to the modern technique of triage in ERs nationwide. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mobile_Army_Surgical_Hospital&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The MASH unit made its way into <a href="/wiki/Popular_culture" title="Popular culture">popular culture</a> through the 1968 novel <i><a href="/wiki/MASH:_A_Novel_About_Three_Army_Doctors" title="MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors">MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Richard_Hooker_(author)" title="Richard Hooker (author)">Richard Hooker</a>, the 1970 <a href="/wiki/MASH_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="MASH (film)">feature film</a> based on the novel, and the long-running <a href="/wiki/M*A*S*H_(TV_series)" title="M*A*S*H (TV series)">television sitcom</a> (1972–1983) also based on the novel. A 1953 film, <i><a href="/wiki/Battle_Circus_(film)" title="Battle Circus (film)">Battle Circus</a></i>, also took place at a MASH. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wounded_soldier_arriving_at_the_8063rd_MASH.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Wounded_soldier_arriving_at_the_8063rd_MASH.jpg/220px-Wounded_soldier_arriving_at_the_8063rd_MASH.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Wounded_soldier_arriving_at_the_8063rd_MASH.jpg/330px-Wounded_soldier_arriving_at_the_8063rd_MASH.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Wounded_soldier_arriving_at_the_8063rd_MASH.jpg/440px-Wounded_soldier_arriving_at_the_8063rd_MASH.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1260" data-file-height="996" /></a><figcaption>US Army medics move a wounded soldier on a stretcher from a 568th Medical Ambulance Company ambulance into a tent for treatment at the 8225th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH), Korea, September 1, 1951.</figcaption></figure> <p>For narrative simplicity, the "4077th MASH" unit depicted in the novel, movie, and television series was smaller than real MASH units. The fictional 4077th consisted of four general surgeons and one neurosurgeon, around 10 nurses, and 50–70 enlisted men. In an average 24-hour period, they could go through 300 wounded soldiers. By comparison, the 8076th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital had personnel including 10 medical officers, 12 nursing officers, and 89 enlisted soldiers of assorted medical and non-medical specialties. On one occasion, the unit handled over 600 casualties in a 24-hour period.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mobile_Army_Surgical_Hospital&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_former_United_States_Army_medical_units" title="List of former United States Army medical units">List of former United States Army medical units</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NORMASH" class="mw-redirect" title="NORMASH">NORMASH</a>, a Norwegian MASH unit during the Korean War.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/45th_Portable_Surgical_Hospital" title="45th Portable Surgical Hospital">45th Portable Surgical Hospital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_Circus_(film)" title="Battle Circus (film)"><i>Battle Circus</i></a> (1953 movie)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combat_Support_Hospital" class="mw-redirect" title="Combat Support Hospital">Combat Support Hospital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Field_hospital" title="Field hospital">Field hospital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MASH:_A_Novel_About_Three_Army_Doctors" title="MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors">MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors</a> (1968 novel)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MASH_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="MASH (film)"><i>M*A*S*H</i></a> (1970 movie)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M*A*S*H_(TV_series)" title="M*A*S*H (TV series)"><i>M*A*S*H</i></a> (1972–1983 TV series)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mobile_Army_Surgical_Hospital&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2014-04-23</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Office+of+Medical+History&rft.pub=History.amedd.army.mil&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fhistory.amedd.army.mil%2Fbooksdocs%2Fkorea%2FKWUunithistories%2F8076thMASH.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMobile+Army+Surgical+Hospital" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mobile_Army_Surgical_Hospital&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>300th Mash: Desert Shield/Storm, Germany, 1991.</i> S.l: s.n, 1991. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26838805">26838805</a></li> <li>Apel, Otto F.; Apel, Pat. <i>MASH: an army surgeon in Korea</i>. Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, 1998. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8131-2070-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-8131-2070-5">0-8131-2070-5</a>. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38738909">38738909</a>.</li> <li>Churchill, Edward D. <i>Surgeon to soldiers; diary and records of the Surgical Consultant, Allied Force Headquarters, World War II</i>. Philadelphia, Lippincott [1972]. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-397-59053-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-397-59053-9">0-397-59053-9</a>. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/267039">267039</a>.</li> <li>Cowdrey, Albert E. <i>The medics' war</i>. Washington, D.C. : Center of Military History, U.S. Army, 1987. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/14378361">14378361</a>.</li> <li>Garrett Corporation. <i>45th MASH, Tay Ninh, Republic of Vietnam.</i> Phoenix, Ariz: AiResearch Manufacturing Division, 1967. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/701255387">701255387</a></li> <li>Gouge, Steven F. <i>Commanding the 212th MASH in Bosnia</i>. Carlisle Barracks, Pa. : U.S. Army War College, 2001. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49979530">49979530</a>.</li> <li>King, Booker, and Ismalil Jatoi. "The mobile Army surgical hospital (MASH): a military and surgical legacy." <i>Journal of the national medical association</i> 97.5 (2005): 648.</li> <li>Kirkland, Richard C. <i>MASH angels : tales of an air-evac helicopter pilot in the Korean War</i>. Short Hills, NJ : Burford Books, 2009. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-58080-158-7" title="Special:BookSources/1-58080-158-7">1-58080-158-7</a>. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/318421406">318421406</a>.</li> <li>Marble, Sanders. "The Evolution and Demise of the MASH, 1946–2006: Organizing to Perform Forward Surgery as Medicine and the Military Change," <i>Army History</i> (Summer 2014) #92 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://history.army.mil/news/2014/140617a_armyHistoryMag.html">online</a></li> <li>Marble, Sanders. <i>Skilled and resolute : a history of the 12th Evacuation Hospital and the 212th MASH, 1917–2006</i>. Office of the Surgeon General, United States Army, Washington, DC, 2013. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-16-092253-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-16-092253-4">0-16-092253-4</a>. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/861789107">861789107</a>.</li> <li>Porr, Darrel R. <i>To be there, to be ready, and to save lives : far-forward medical care in combat</i>. Carlisle Barracks, PA : U.S. Army War College, 1993. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28208258">28208258</a></li> <li>United States. Army. Office. Chief of Army Field Forces. <i>Airborne mobile army surgical hospital</i>. Office, Chief of Army Field Forces, Army Airborne Center, 1951. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32681031">32681031</a>.</li> <li>United States. Department of the Army. <i>Mission training plan for the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH)</i>. Washington, D.C.: Headquarters, Dept. of the Army, [1993]. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39193710">39193710</a>.</li> <li>United States. Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, 45th. <i>Unit history of the 45th Surgical Hospital (8076th AU) : unit activation to 10 Aug 53</i>. 1953. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/14145260">14145260</a>.</li> <li>Watts, David M. <i>The creation of the portable surgical hospital</i>. 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