Medical Evacuation Function

Question 1

Acquire and locate

Answer 1

– Provide a rapid response to acquire wounded, injured, and ill personnel. Clear the battlefield of casualties and facilitate and enhance the tactical commander’s freedom of movement and maneuver. This task is performed by the medical evacuation crew of the evacuation platform.

Question 2

Treat and Stabilize

Answer 2

– Maintain or improve the patient’s medical condition during transport and provide en route care as required. This task is performed by medical evacuation crewmembers and providers when necessary

Question 3

Intra-Theater Medical Evacuation

Answer 3

– Provide rapid evacuation utilizing dedicated assets to the most appropriate role of care. Provide a capability to cross-level patients within the theater hospitals and to transport patients being evacuated out of theater to staging facility prior to departure. This task is performed by the evacuation platforms in the medical company (ground ambulance) and medical company (air ambulance).

Question 4

Emergency movement of medical personnel, equipment, and supplies

Answer 4

– Provide a rapid response for the emergency movement of scarce medical resources throughout an operational environment