Medical Company

Question 1

What are the types of Brigade Support Medical Companies (BSMC)?

Answer 1

1. Armored BCT (ABCT) – also includes Armored Cavalry Regiments (ACR) units
2. Stryker BCT (SBCT) – includes brigades primarily task organized with Stryker combat vehicles
3. Infantry BCT (IBCT) – includes Light (L), Airborne (ABN), or Air Assault (AA) units

**Assigned to a Brigade Support Battalion; supports a Brigade Combat Team (BCT)

Question 2

What are the functions of Medical Company Area Support (MCAS)?

Answer 2

1. Supports units without organic AHS assets
2. Assigned to a Medical Brigade and attached to a Multifunctional Medical Battalion (MMB) in garrison
3. May be task organized under a Medical Task Force and attached to a Division Sustainment Brigade or a Corps Logistics Task Force for deployment

Question 3

Describe the breakdown of a treatment platoon.

Answer 3

1. Treatment squad
2. Treatment squad (area)
3. Area support squad (includes dental section, laboratory section, radiology section, and physical therapy section)
4. Patient hold squad

Question 4

What are the responsibilities of a treatment platoon HQ?

Answer 4

1. Provides mission command of the platoon and platoon attached assets
2. Directs activities of the clearing station and monitors Class VIII supplies, blood usage and inventory roles
3. Tracks patients and coordinates evacuation to higher roles of care
4. Field Medical Assistant acts as platoon leader in garrison; generally retains position and responsibilities while deployed

Question 5

What are the personnel/equipment in a treatment platoon HQ?

Answer 5

1 Field Medical Assistant (70B)
1 Platoon Sergeant (68W40)
1 Patient Administration SPC (68G10)

1 Medium Tactical Vehicle (MTV)
1 Trailer Generator Set

Question 6

Describe the functions of a medical treatment squad.

Answer 6

1. To reconstitute and reinforce treatment squads of the Battalion Aid Stations (BAS)
2. Provide emergency and routine sick call treatment to soldiers assigned to supported units
3. Can operate for up to 48 hours while separated from their parent unit

Question 7

Describe the treatment team personnel and equipment breakdown.

Answer 7

1. MD 68W20 (1) & 68W10 (2) – x 2
2. MES – x 2
3. Tactical Combat Medical Care (TCMC) – x 2
4. 68W30 (1) and 68W10(1)

Question 8

Describe the functions of a medical treatment squad (area) (BSMC)

Answer 8

1. One treatment squad
2. Serves as base medical treatment element of a Role II Medical Treatment Facility (MTF)
3. Provides sick call services and initial resuscitative treatment – Advanced Trauma Management (ATM) and Emergency Medical Treatment (EMT) for supported units

Question 9

What is the makeup of an area support treatment squad?

Answer 9

ROLE 2 MTF

1. 68W30(1) & 68W10(1)
2. MD, 68W20 (1) & 68W10 (1) — PA, 68W20 (1) & 68W10 (1)
3. MES - x 4
4. Tactical Combat Medical Care (TCMC) - x 4

Question 10

Describe the makeup of a medical company.

Answer 10

1. HQ Section
2. BDE Medical Supply Office (BMSO)
3. Treatment platoon
4. Evacuation platoon
5. Preventative medicine
6. Behavioral health

Question 11

What is the makeup of an evacuation platoon?

Answer 11

1. Evacuation squads (area) - x2

2. Evacuation squad (forward) - x3

Question 12

What are the function of an evacuation platoon?

Answer 12

1. Performs ground evacuation from lower roles to higher roles of care
2. Pre-positions ambulances at lower roles
   Reconstitutes / reinforces ambulances from supported units
3. May be required to establish Ambulance Exchange Points (AXPs) or a shuttle system

**Number and type of ambulance squads will vary

Question 13

What is the personnel for all evacuation platoons (MCAS, ABCT, SBCT, and IBCT)?

Answer 13

1. Field medical assistant (70B)

2. Platoon Sergeant (68W40)

Question 14

What are the responsibilities of and evacuation platoon headquarters?

Answer 14

1. Provides mission command for evacuation platoon operations
2. Maintains communications to direct ground ambulance evacuation of patients
3. Performs route reconnaissance and develops and issues graphic overlays to all its ambulance teams
4. Composed of a platoon leader (70B Field Medical Assistant) and a platoon sergeant (68W40)

Question 15

What do SCBT and MCAS not have and why?

Answer 15

Do not have BMSO, but does have MEDLOG positions assigned to HQ Supply Element

Question 16

What equipment does the Brigade Medical Supply Office (BMSO) have?

Answer 16

one M998 cargo HMMWV, two MTVs, one generator, and one M1114 water trailer

Question 17

What personnel does the Brigade Medical Supply Office have within their brigade combat teams?

Answer 17

1  Medical Logistics Officer (70K)
1  Senior Medical Logistics NCO (68J30)
1  Medical Logistics NCO (68J20)
1  Pharmacy NCO (68Q20)
1  Medical Equipment Repair NCO (68A20)
1  Medical Logistics Specialist (68J10)

Question 18

The BMSO / Med Supply Section has ______ management capability and will maintain a ____ Authorized Stockage List (ASL) for immediate resupply of high-use / critical Class VIII items

Answer 18

limited Class VIII / blood

Class VIII

Question 19

Medical units will deploy with organic MES (sufficient to sustain operations for approximately __ hours)

Answer 19

72

Question 20

Initially, Class VIII resupply will be via push packages tailored to meet the need of the BCT. Combat-configured Class VIII push packages are shipped through the Corps MEDLOG company to the BMSO every _____ or based on projected casualty estimates and usage

Answer 20

third day

Question 21

Supported units will order supplies from the BMSO, or Stryker BCT/MCAS Medical Supply Section, by line item through _______; BMSO / Med Supply Section routes the request to the supporting MEDLOG Company by DCAM

Answer 21

DMLSS Customer Assistance Module (DCAM)

Question 22

Upon receipt of supplies, BMSO / Medical Supply Section distributes supplies by _________, BSB LOGPAC, or supply point distribution from the medical company area

Answer 22

ambulance backhaul