Talk:Mobile Army Surgical Hospital

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The stat on a solider having a 97% survival rate once they reach a MASH unit is very hard to verify. There are no reliable references to this stat that I can find on the web, nor a search through some papers on MASH units. The stat appears to originate from the TV series MASH, Season 4, Episode 24. I think that unless someone can find some stats to back it up, it needs to be removed. Besides, my own personal view (which shouldn't come in to it, but does) says that 97% is an incredibly high survival rate for battlefield injuries. The only way I can see that working is that since the MASH unit is back from the war front, in the time it takes to get the wounded to the unit, those that were going to die, already have done so, and therefore don't weigh the stat down. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.98.166.152 (talk) 11:26, 17 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Mac-Pap Battalion entry claims that Dr. Norman Bethume invented the MASH. I don't know who's right but I wanted to point out the disrepency. —User:207.200.137.3 15:35, 9 April 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Bethume developed the first modern mobile military medical units during the Spanish Civil War. Strictly speaking a “MASH” (Mobil Army Surgical Hospital) was a specific type of U.S. Army medical unit, eventually replaced by a CSH (Combat Support Hospital). Due to the popularity of the series M*A*S*H, many people now informally use “MASH” to refer to any mobile military field hospital. —MJBurrage • talk • 15:17, 15 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Bethume's article has a vague reference to developing medical units for use near the front, but look at the picture in the article. It is a truck carrying supplies. The MASH was fully functional as a hospital unit, self sufficient in many regards for use in the field. E.g., it had tents for housing patients & staff, surgical units, pharmacy, lab, x-ray equipment, etc. The present article has an excellent WP:RS for the pioneers of the concept -- a NYT obit. I've modified the claim in Bethume's articles (both) to describe what he did as a precursor, not a model for the MASH.--S. Rich (talk) 03:17, 23 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Is this article a stub? It provides enough links and information in my opinion to have the stub banner at the bottom removed...

If no one replies to this comment I'll remove it 5 July. —User:Flydpnkrtn 00:53, 3 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I closed a VFD debate, Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/M*A*S*H developments in Korea, over an essay which some people expressed interest in having merged with this article. I have left the essay in the history, and can be found at this link. —Sjakkalle (Check!) 12:11, 16 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

This article states that the last MASH unit was decommissioned in 1997. However AP reported today that the US Army sent a MASH unit to Pakistan [1]. —User:69.157.125.216 16:58, 24 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The link provided to the 212 website insinuates the MASH is still operating. Why does the article then say that the last unit was decommissioned?Michael Dorosh 19:55, 25 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

NPR Story indicating decommissioning: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5219020 Darthnice 20:26, 10 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The 1997 story was for the unit in Korea, not the very very last MASH.--S. Rich (talk) 03:18, 23 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I shall add, the NPR story I looked at does not mention decommissioning. Perhaps the confusion arises from the term decommission. My guess is we gave surplus/excess equipment to the Paks and the 212 continued on. Indeed, I've updated the Article webpage that shows them as active and which lists a Soldier and NCO of the Year for 2009. With this in mind, I'm going to tag or delete the material in the article.--S. Rich (talk) 04:07, 23 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

http://www.nmanet.org/JMNA_Journal_Articles/May-JNMA/Hist648.pdf

Among other things it mentions MUST and MAST being in Viet Nam. —User:Gbleem 01:46, 14 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

It should be noted that this comparison is only to the TV series. In the movie, the staff was much larger. There were 17 nurses, and several other surgeons. Even The Swamp had one more resident and they didn't all work the same shifts. 174.91.4.181 (talk) 05:55, 27 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The usage of MASH is up for discussion, see Talk:M*A*S*H -- 70.24.250.103 (talk) 06:03, 17 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Whilst providing a general overview of what it did, this article gives no insight into the scale of a MASH - how many doctors / nurses / patients / other staff were part of it. Of course this may reflect that many configurations existed over the years, but it seems to be a lack. Ender's Shadow Snr (talk) 20:48, 7 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Ender&#39,

I will be uploading a bunch of information at some point soon. Please stay tuned.

Best,

Cooper.21 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cooper.Lee21 (talk • contribs) 18:44, 18 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]