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What is the focus of the medical planning process? ✔✔Quickly develop a flexible, tactically sound, fully integrated and synchronized plan that supports the tactical commander's mission What are the responsibilities of the medical planner? ✔✔-Analyzes medical requirements before, during, and after all phases of an operation
- Conducts medical estimate (mission analysis) while tactical staff does MDMP ("parallel planning")
- Develops medical plan for each COA developed
- Considers medical support capability of each proposed COA
- Integrates the medical plan with the tactical plan What are the 10 AMEDD functional areas? ✔✔1.Medical Treatment
- Evacuation & Medical Regulating
- Preventive Medicine
- Medical Logistics & Blood Management
- Medical Mission Command
- Hospitalization
- Combat and Operational Stress Control
- Laboratory
- Veterinary
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- Dental What are the 6 principles of the Army Health System? Describe them. ✔✔1.Conformity −Ensures comprehensive AHS support plan conforms to tactical plans −Medical assets are placed on the battlefield properly
- Proximity−Provide medical support at the right time and place −Medical resources used as far forward as possible, without impeding operations
- Flexibility−Ability to shift AHS resources to meet changing battlefield requirements −Effectively managing medical resources to benefit greatest number of Soldiers in AO
- Mobility−AHS assets remain in supporting distance to support maneuvering forces
- Vehicle hardening equal to that of supported unit
- Continuity−Patient moves through progressive, phased roles of care −Each Soldier gets care required to optimize outcome
- Control−Resources efficiently employed −Ensure scope and quality of medical treatment meets professional standards and policies What is a medical estimate? ✔✔A continuous process which systematically examines all aspects of operations
What is analyzed in the Characteristics of AOR area of medical analysis? ✔✔-Terrain - Obstacles, Avenues of Approach, Key Terrain, Observation and Fields of Fire, Cover and Concealment (OAKOC)
- Weather
- Flora and fauna What is analyzed in the Strengths to be Supported area of medical analysis? ✔✔Medical requirements for: Joint Services Allied Forces Coalition Forces Refugees Civilian population of Host Nation Enemy Prisoner of War (EPW) population Department of Defense (DOD) personnel What is analyzed in the Health of the Command area of medical analysis? ✔✔Medical Readiness of the Soldier includes: Immunizations
Acclimatization Nutrition Fatigue (sleep) Combat and Operational Stress Dental Status What is analyzed in the Facts and Assumptions area of medical analysis? ✔✔Areas to consider in absence of Facts: Host Nation support Resupply rates Use of weapons of mass destruction Time-frame of operation Status of evacuation routes Who does casualty estimates? ✔✔S- 1 •Killed in Action (KIA) •Wounded in Action (WIA) •Missing in Action (MIA) Who refines/analyzes the casualty estimate? What is included? ✔✔The Medical Planner
What actions are done during COA development? ✔✔-Array medical assets
- Determine Mission Command relationships for medical elements
- Develop concept of support sketch and synch matrix
- Maximize existing graphics and control measures
- Refine the casualty estimates Based on maneuver task organization for that COA Do estimates at smallest level (i.e. on each OBJECTIVE)
- Keep the six medical principles in mind: Conformity, Proximity, Flexibility, Mobility, Continuity, and Control Each medical COA must meet what criteria? ✔✔1. Suitable - Is it nested with the maneuver plan?
- Feasible - Can we do it?
- Acceptable - Acceptable risk?
- Complete - Includes all AMEDD functional areas? Each Medical COA should address medical support for what? ✔✔-Security Operations (Basic Reconnaissance Teams)
- Main / Supporting Attacks (close fight)
- Rear Operations (BDE Staging Area, FA units, etc.)
- Follow-on Operations (Stability OPS, Defense OPS, etc.) What are the advantages and disadvantages of ground evacuation? ✔✔Advantages: Least Affected by weather More reliable Disadvantages: Speed Obstacles Road networks Enemy Threats (IEDs, RPG, etc.) What are the advantages and disadvantages of air evacuation? ✔✔Advantages: Airlift medical supplies and medical personnel Avoid Traversing difficult terrain Reduce patient discomfort Range and Speed Disadvantages: Adverse weather Enemy air-to-air threat
Medical Synch Matrix What is the mission of the medical platoon? ✔✔Directly support a maneuver battalion, providing all Role I FHP/HSS on an area basis within the unit's AOR; located in the CTCP. What are the three types of BCTs and The Battlions within those BCTs that have organic medical platoons? ✔✔1. IBCT
- Stryker BCT
- Armored Brigade
- Calvary, combined arms, fires Medical Platoons are organic to what units? ✔✔1.Maneuver Battalions
- Cavalry Squadrons
- Field Artillery Battalion What are the organization of the medical platoon in infantry, stryker, and armored BNs? ✔✔HQ Section Treatment SQD
- Team B Evac Section Combat Medic section What are the HQ section responsibilities? ✔✔1.Mission command
- Manages the battalion's evac assets (Includes coordinating MEDEVAC)
- Manages the battalion's medical logistics
- Manages the platoon's maintenance program
- Develops the battalion FHP/HSS plan
- Normally co-located with a treatment squad to form the Battalion Aid Station (BAS) What are the capabilities of the HQ section? ✔✔1.Maintain mission command (MEDEVAC, Situational Understanding, FHP Planning) thru BFT, FM radio, Telecoms, MIRc
- FHP Reporting (DNBI, Class VIII)
- Conduct MDMP thru coordination with TF Logistics Officer (S4) and Operations Officer (S3, FHP Planning) What are the responsibilities of the treatment squad? ✔✔1. Provide Role I Medical Care: Triage, Emergency Medical Treatment (EMT), Advanced Trauma Management (ATM), Sick Call Services. Limited PM and COSC support
- Assists Surgeon in overseeing all medical training to include: CLS, 68W Sustainment, and Medical CEUs.
- Operates Battalion Aid Station (BAS) in direct support of battalion units What are the responsibilities of the Evacuation Section? ✔✔1.Provide medical evacuation from CCP and enroute care to the BAS
- Provide medical evac and enroute care on an area basis within the battalion AOR (Positioned at the BAS)
- Work with the Line Medics/Trauma Specialists to assist company FHP/HSS plan
- Conduct Class VIII Re-supply from BAS to maneuver companies
- Maintain mission readiness of their ambulances What are the 3 types of ambulance vehicles? ✔✔M997 (FLA) M1133 (Stryker) M113 (Tank)
What are the responsibilities of the combat medic section? ✔✔1.Perform triage and EMT for the sick and wounded from the point of injury (POI) to the CCP
- Coordinate medical evac from CCP to higher roles of care directed by unit leadership
- Train non-medical Soldiers in first aid & CLS procedures
- Coordinate and re-suppy combat lifesavers and other non-medical Soldiers within assigned unit Identify the mission command, number of soldiers, and subcomponents of a team, squad, platoon, and company. ✔✔Team
- SGT/CPL
- 4 - 8
- 4 - 8 individuals Squad
- SGT/SSG
- 8 - 16
- 2 - 3 teams Platoon
- 2LT/1LT
- 16 - 44
- Rapid movement
- Security operations for larger forces Limitations •Mobility and firepower restricted by
- Urban areas
- Dense jungles and forests
- Very steep and rugged terrain
- Significant water obstacles
- Strategic mobility
- High consumption of sustainment What are the capabilities and limitations of the Stryker BCT? ✔✔Capabilities
- Rapid deployability (less rapid than an Infantry BCT)
- More firepower than an Infantry BCT Limitations •Less mobile than an Infantry BCT in heavy rugged/vegetated terrain •Less lethality than an Armored BCT •Limited organic sustainment
What are the capabilities and limitations of the Infantry BCT? ✔✔Capabilities
- Flexibility to accomplish different missions
- Most rapidly and strategically deployable
- Effective on different terrain against a variety of enemy forces Limitations •In combat predominately dismounted •Vulnerable to enemy artillery attack and heavy forces Who commands a Division? ✔✔ 2 star general What are the supporting brigades of a division? ✔✔-Battlefield service BDE (BFSB)
- Aviation
- Maneuver Enhancement
- Fires
- Sustainment What elements make up a Corps? ✔✔ 2 - 4 divisions, supporting brigades, theater sustainment command, and Marine Expeditionary Force or Multi-National Forces based on METT-TC What does the number and type of supporting brigades depend on? ✔✔The mission
•Exists at Battalion level and higher What are the different staff designators and when are they used? ✔✔-S for staff under a COL or LTC (BDE and BN)
- G for staff under a General Officer (DIV, Corps, Army)
- J for staff working for Joint Staff What is the role of the Chief of Staff/ Executive Officer (XO)? ✔✔•Commander's main assistant for directing, coordinating, supervising, and training the staff •Integrates & synchronizes the war fighting plans •Manages the Commander's Critical Information Requirements (CCIR) •Ensures that the staff renders assistance to subordinate commanders and staffs, as necessary What is the role of S-1? ✔✔•Manning (Unit Personnel Strength) •Personnel Service Support •Manage organization & administration of the headquarters •Coordinates staff responsibilities for Special Staff Officers
- Adjutant General
- Surgeon
- Chaplain
- Staff Judge Advocate What is the role of S-2? ✔✔Intelligence
- Military intelligence
- Counter intelligence
- Security operations
- Intelligence training What is the role of S-3? ✔✔Operations •Training
- Prepares and supervises training •Operations & Plans
- Prepares, coordinates, authenticates, and distributes the command SOP, OPLAN, OPORD, FRAGOs, and WARNOs to which other staff sections contribute •Force Modernization
