Trauma centers were born on the battlefield

Tuesday, September 23, 2008 - 15:35 in Health & Medicine

MASH units -- mobile hospitals located near the front lines -- from the Korean War were the prototype for today's trauma systems. Like ambulances and blood transfusions, trauma centers -- hospital units on standby to treat the most severe injuries -- were born in the battlefield.

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