Mobile Army Surgical Hospital

For battlefield trauma, the concept of the golden hour , where a patient must be treated within 60 min of multiple traumas, was identified in data gathered by the French during the First World War. In order to achieve rapid treatment, trauma therapies must be administered directly by the combatants themselves (or their colleagues), trained military medical officers or by a mobile army surgical hospital (MASH) unit located close to the combat zone. 

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