New Equipping Strategies for Combat Support Hospitals

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Abstract:

The U.S. Army uses Combat Support Hospitals CSHs-mobile, deployable hospitals housed in tents and expandable containersto 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.

Author(s):
Lewis, Matthew W. ; Bower, Aimee ; Cuyler, Mishaw T. ; Eden, Rick ; Harper, Ronald E. ; Morganti, Kristy G. ; Resnick, Adam C. ; Steiner, Elizabeth D. ; Valdez, Rupa S.
Author Organization(s):
RAND ARROYO CENTER SANTA MONICA CA
Pagination:
0133

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited.

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Contract/Grant Number(s):
W74V8H-06-C-0001
Monitor Series:
DA
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_4.2_Supply; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_4.2.1_Manage Supplies and Equipment; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_4.3_Maintain; JCA_1.2_Force Preparation; JCA_4.6_Engineering; JCA_4.6.1_General Engineering; JCA_1.2.1_Training; JCA_1.4_Force Support; JCA_1.4.1_Force Health Protection; JCA_5.3.3_Develop Strategy; JCA_2_Battlespace Awareness; JCA_2.1_Planning and Direction; JCA_1.1_Force Management; JCA_2.1.2_Develop Strategies; JCA_4.3.1_Depot Maintenance; JCA_4.1_Deployment and Distribution; JCA_4.7.2_Installation Services; JCA_4.7_Base and Installations Support
Modernization Areas:
Autonomy; Fully Networked C3
Communities of Interest:
Biomedical
Descriptor(s):
*HOSPITALS, COMBAT SUPPORT, TENTS, TRAUMA, SURGERY, ARMY PERSONNEL, MEDICAL SERVICES
Field(s)/Group(s):
Medical Facilities, Equipment and Supplies, Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics
Keyword(s):
CSHS(COMBAT SUPPORT HOSPITALS)
Report Date:
2009 Jan 01
Creation Date:
2010 Sep 01