aid station

/'eid,steiʃn/

Thân thiện

A medic treats a soldier at an aid station near the front.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • (Military) A station located near a combat area for providing first aid to the wounded: An "aid station" is a temporary medical facility established close to a battlefield or combat zone. Its primary function is to offer immediate, initial medical treatment (first aid) to injured personnel before they can be evacuated to more permanent hospitals for further care.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The wounded soldier was carried to the aid station for emergency treatment.
  • Medical personnel set up an aid station just behind the front lines.
  • Supplies were delivered to the forward aid station under cover of darkness.

Advanced Usage

• "Battalion aid station": A specific type of aid station organic to a military battalion, serving as the first formal medical treatment point within that unit's area of operations.
  • The battalion aid station was overwhelmed with casualties after the intense firefight.

Variants and Related Words

• Dressing station: A near-synonymous term, also referring to a forward location for applying first-aid dressings to wounds.
• Field hospital: A larger, more capable mobile medical facility than an aid station, often equipped for surgery and longer-term care.
• Combat support hospital: A higher-echelon medical treatment facility than a field hospital.

Synonyms

• First-aid post: A general term for a location providing initial medical care.
• Medical station: A broader term that can include aid stations.

Related Phrases

• To establish/set up an aid station: The action of creating the facility.
  • The medics were ordered to set up an aid station in the abandoned farmhouse.
• To man an aid station: To staff or operate the facility.
  • Doctors and corpsmen worked tirelessly to man the aid station during the assault.

Học thuật

Noun

1. (military) a station located near a combat area for giving first aid to the wounded

Từ đồng nghĩa

• dressing station