page_title: Casualty Clearing Station
hierarchical_section_title: Casualty Clearing Station
caption_attribution_description: English: A British Army doctor examines patients at a casualty clearing station in Tunisia, February 1943.
context_page_description: A Casualty Clearing Station is a military medical facility behind the front lines that is used to treat wounded soldiers. A CCS would usually be located just beyond the range of enemy artillery and often near transportation facilities. 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 field hospital or military hospital.
  Casualty Clearing Station is the name used by the British Army and the armies of other Commonwealth nations.
context_section_description: A Casualty Clearing Station (CCS) is a military medical facility behind the front lines that is used to treat wounded soldiers.  A CCS would usually be located just beyond 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 field hospital or military hospital.
  Casualty Clearing Station is the name used by the British Army and the armies of other Commonwealth nations.
caption: A British Army doctor examines patients at a casualty clearing station in Tunisia, February 1943
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