casualty officer
noun [ C ] uk/ˈkæʒ.ju.əl.ti ˌɒf.ɪ.sər/ us/ˈkæʒ.ju.əl.ti ˌɑː.fɪ.sɚ/
US军队伤亡援助官
a member of the whose job is to help and support the family of a soldier, sailor, pilot, etc. who has been killed
The casualty officer is supposed to assist the surviving spouse in filing for financial benefits and retrieving personal property. 伤亡援助官应该协助未亡配偶申请经济福利和取回个人财产。
Synonym: casualty assistance officer
UK急救医生，急诊室医生
a doctor who works in a hospital in casualty (= the hospital department where people who are hurt in accidents or suddenly become ill go for urgent treatment) and is trained to deal with accidents or sudden illness
It was my day off after a busy week as a casualty officer in an inner-city hospital. 我是市中心一家医院的急救医生，忙碌了一周之后，那天我休息。
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- Her casualty officer applied for a special Marine education bond for her son, but she never received it.
- Some officers were assigned as casualty officers to help the families of the deceased.
- It was not unusual for a busy casualty officer to see three middle-aged male patients with heart attacks in a night.
- A cautious casualty officer will always admit any patient who has had a head injury of this type.
- A 27-year-old fireman was taken to hospital covered in blood where a casualty officer discovered part of his nose was missing.
- The doctor was not a casualty officer and accepted the patient's statement that the wound was superficial.