Casualty Clearing Station
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A Casualty Clearing Station (CCS) is the name used by the British Army
and the armies of other Commonwealth nations to describe a medical facility behind the front lines that is used to treat wounded soldiers. A CCS would usually be located just outside of the range of enemy artillery
and often near transportation facilities (e.g., a railway). The CCS receives battlefield casualties from regimental aid posts
located in the combat zone. Casualties that cannot be adequately treated in the CCS are stabilized there before being transported to a military hospital
.
A Casualty Clearing Station is similar to a field hospital
in United States Army terminology.
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
and the armies of other Commonwealth nations to describe a medical facility behind the front lines that is used to treat wounded soldiers. A CCS would usually be located just outside of the range of enemy artillery
Artillery
Originally applied to any group of infantry primarily armed with projectile weapons, artillery has over time become limited in meaning to refer only to those engines of war that operate by projection of munitions far beyond the range of effect of personal weapons...
and often near transportation facilities (e.g., a railway). The CCS receives battlefield casualties from regimental aid posts
Regimental Aid Post
A Regimental Aid Post is the equivalent to the American Battalion Aid Station. In the British Army, Canadian Forces and other Commonwealth militaries, the RAP is a front line military medical establishment incorporated into an infantry battalion or armoured regiment and designed for the immediate...
located in the combat zone. Casualties that cannot be adequately treated in the CCS are stabilized there before being transported to a military hospital
Hospital
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays....
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A Casualty Clearing Station is similar to a field hospital
Field hospital
A field hospital is a large mobile medical unit that temporarily takes care of casualties on-site before they can be safely transported to more permanent hospital facilities...
in United States Army terminology.