The Snapshots in Time Collection
Field Hospital Personnel Administering Plasma Transfusion to Wounded Soldier
This photograph captures a moment of emergency medical care at a U.S. Army field hospital, believed to date from the Korean War era. A wounded soldier receives a blood plasma transfusion while medical personnel attend to a head injury beneath a mobile examination lamp. Such scenes were common in forward-area hospitals, where rapid stabilization of casualties before further evacuation or surgery was critical to survival. The image reflects the vital, often improvised nature of battlefield medicine in mid-20th-century conflicts. Project: 218725