Final preparations made for evacuation of a wounded man to the 1st Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, Chechon, Korea Final preparations made for evacuation of a wounded man to the 1st Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, Chechon, Korea

Contributor(s): United States. Army National Museum of Health and Medicine. Otis Historical Archives. Army Signal Corps Photographs Publication: Produced: [10 March 1951] Language(s): No linguistic content Format: Still image Subject(s): Korean War Wounds and Injuries Hospitals, Military Genre(s): Archival Materials Photographic prints Abstract: Courtesy of National Museum of Health and Medicine: "The wounded man is strapped in a special helicopter stretcher while a soldier holds the top which will be attached to the stretcher to prevent the patient from slipping out while in flight.". The auxiliary surgical hospitals (later called Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals) were conceived and developed by DeBakey and the Surgical Consultants in the first years of World War II. They greatly improved battlefield injury survival rates by getting surgical care closer to the front lines. Photos like this, taken during the Korean war (1950-1953), provide a closer look at the operations of the surgical units, including the addition of helicopters for transporting the wounded. Copyright: This item may be under copyright protection; contact the copyright owner for permission before re-use. Extent: 1 pages NLM Unique ID: 101743405X294 (See in Profiles in Science) Profiles in Science ID: FJBBSL Permanent Link: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101743405X294 Archival Collection: The Michael E. DeBakey Papers (Profiles in Science)