traumatology; accident surgery
Medical specialty dealing with injuries from accidents and disasters.
He works in emergency medicine as a specialist in traumatology.
外傷学 is a more general term for traumatology as an academic discipline, while 災害外科 emphasizes the surgical treatment aspect, especially in disaster contexts.
Compound of 災害 (disaster) and 外科 (surgery), directly describing the field of surgery for disaster-related injuries.