Battlefield medicine
（重定向自Field surgery）
![An illustration showing a variety of wounds from the Feldbuch der Wundarznei (Field manual for the treatment of wounds) by Hans von Gersdorff, (1517); illustration by Hans Wechtlin.](/Images/godic/202501/13/Gersdorff_p21v4822.jpg")
![A US Army soldier, wounded by a Japanese sniper, undergoes surgery during the Bougainville Campaign in World War II.](/Images/godic/202501/13/Ww2-534822.jpg")
Battlefield medicine, also called field surgery and later combat casualty care, is the treatment of wounded combatants and non-combatants in or near an area of combat. Civilian medicine has been greatly advanced by procedures that were first developed to treat the wounds inflicted during combat. With the advent of advanced procedures and medical technology, even polytrauma can be survivable in modern wars. Battlefield medicine is a category of military medicine.