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The battalion aid station belongs to, and is an organic component of, the unit it supports. It may be split into two functional units for up to 24 hours, the main aid station consists of a medical doctor and three 68W combat medics or Hospital Corpsmen and a forward aid station consisting of a physician assistant and three more 68Ws or corpsmen ...
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 buddy aid, then routed through Battalion Aid Stations for emergency stabilizing surgery, and finally routed to the MASH for the most extensive treatment.
The U.S. Army's medical evacuation vehicle (MEV) is assigned from the Battalion Aid Station for Battalion-sized units, and dedicated to each of the company-sized elements of the unit and provide treatment for serious injury and advanced trauma cases.
Battalion aid stations, the medical companies of Brigade Support Battalions and Forward Surgical Teams are usually the first point of contact medical care for wounded soldiers. The CSH receives most patients via helicopter air ambulance , and stabilizes these patients for further treatment at fixed facility hospitals.
An aid station at a public festival. An aid station is a temporary facility (often a tent, table, or general rest area) established to provide supplies to endurance event participants or medical first aid and provisions during major events, disaster response situations, or military operations.
BAS – Battalion Aid Station: A unit's medical post for routine ailments and injuries; also Basic Allowance for Subsistence. See also sick bay. Battery – Consists of six Artillery pieces, Guns Platoon (cannoneers), & HQ Platoon (support & logistics). Equivalent to an Infantry "Company". Battery Operated Grunt – combat radio operator.
In the British Army, Canadian Forces and other Commonwealth militaries, the Regimental Aid Post (RAP) is a front-line military medical establishment incorporated into an infantry battalion or armoured regiment for the immediate treatment and triage of battlefield casualties. In the US forces, the equivalent is the Battalion Aid Station.
15th Brigade Support Battalion (United States) 28th Combat Support Hospital (United States) 45th Portable Surgical Hospital; 93rd Evacuation Hospital (United States) 232d Medical Battalion; 261st Medical Battalion; 274th Forward Surgical Team (Airborne) 326th Medical Battalion (United States)