Mod 1 Army Health System Flashcards

1
Q

What regulation defines the Army Health System?

A

FM 4-02

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2
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The Army Health System has how many medical functions?

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10

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3
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How many roles of medical care are in the Army Health System?

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4 (1-23)

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4
Q

With what two threats is AMEDD concerned?

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General and Medical (1-2)

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5
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To what does the general threat refer?

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  • Character, types, and severity of wounds and injuries
  • Enemy’s ability and willingness to disrupt AHS operations and to respect the conditions of the
    Geneva Conventions
    (1-2)
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6
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To what does the health threat refer?

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  • Disease
  • Occupational/Environmental
  • Poisonous flora/fauna/
  • Weapon injuries
  • Physiologic/Psychologic stressors
    (1-3)
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7
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What are the 6 AHS Principles?

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Flexibility, Control, Mobility, Conformity, Continuity, Proximity (1 - 17-22)

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8
Q

First responder/pre-hospital capabilities are described by what system?

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Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) (1-7)

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9
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Describe Role 1 medical care

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Occurs at the unit level
- Immediate lifesaving measures.
- Disease and non-battle injury (DNBI) prevention.
- Combat and operational stress preventive measures
(1-24)

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10
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Define Health Service Support

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All support and services performed, provided, and arranged by the AMEDD to promote, improve, conserve, or restore the mental and physical well being of personnel in the Army

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11
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Define Force Health Protection

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Measures to promote, improve, or conserve the mental and physical well-being of Soldiers

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12
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Describe Role 2 medical care

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Occurs in a medical company (BSB, ASMC)
- blood, x-ray, laboratory, dental, COSC, preventive
medicine, and when augmented, physical therapy and optometry services
- greater capability to resuscitate trauma patients than is available at Role 1.
- Patients who can return to duty within 72 hours are held for treatment
(1-29)

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13
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Describe Role 3 medical care

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  • Staffed and equipped to provide care to all categories of patients, to include resuscitation, initial wound surgery, damage control surgery, and postoperative treatment (Bagram, Al Asad) (1-31)
  • Primary conduit for patient evacuation to Role 4 facilities
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14
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Describe Role 4 medical care

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Role 4 medical care is found in CONUS-based hospitals and other safe havens (Walter Reed, SAAMC, Landsthul) (1-32)

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15
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What is the Theater Evacuation Policy?

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Soldiers are not evacuated for care to role 4 unless their recovery time exceeded the theater evacuation policy (usually 60 days) (4-0)

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16
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What is the function of Medical Mission Command functional area

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Ensure a seamless continuum of care from the point of injury or wounding to the CONUS-support
base exists, and in order to decrease morbidity and mortality (2-1)

17
Q

What is the function of the Medical Treatment functional area

A

Role 1 and Role 2 medical support

18
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What is the function of the Medical Evacuation functional area

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  • System that provides linkage between the roles of care necessary to sustain the patient during transport
  • Theater Evacuation Policy
  • Medical Regulating (movement between MTFs)
19
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What is the function of the Hospitalization functional area

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Care within theater to treat and return to duty those patients who can be treated within the theater evacuation policy and stabilize and evacuate those patients requiring definitive, convalescent, and rehabilitative care

20
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What is the function of the Dental Services functional area

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  • Promote Dental Health
  • Prevent and treat oral and dental disease
  • Provide far forward dental treatment
  • Provide early treatment of severe oral and maxillofacial injuries
21
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What is the function of the Preventative Medicine functional area

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Promote, improve or conserve the physical well-being of Soldiers

  • Disease and non-battle injury
  • Force Health Protection
22
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What is the function of the Combat and Operational Stress Control functional area

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Prevent, identify, and manage adverse combat and operational stress reactions in units

23
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What is the function of the Veterinary Services functional area

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  • Animal Medical Care
  • Inspection of food
  • Veterinary Preventative Medicine

Two branches - Vet Services, Vet Medicine