Medical Evacuation Exam Questions and Answers 100% Correct
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Medical Evacuation
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Medical Evacuation
Medical Evacuation Exam Questions and Answers 100% CorrectMedical Evacuation Exam Questions and Answers 100% CorrectMedical Evacuation Exam Questions and Answers 100% CorrectMedical evacuation definition - ANSWER - timely and effective movement of the wounded, injured, or ill to and between medical...
Medical Evacuation Exam Questions and
Answers 100% Correct
Medical evacuation definition - ANSWER - timely and effective movement of the wounded,
injured, or ill to and between medical treatment facilities on dedicated and properly marked
medical platforms with en route care provided by medical personnel.
Direct support - ANSWER - requiring a force to support another specific force and authorizing it
to answer directly to the supported force's request for assistance.
Area support - ANSWER - a method of logistics, medical support, and personnel services in
which support relationships are determined by the location of the units requiring support.
what policy does medical evacuation follow? - ANSWER - theater evacuation policy and is an
integral part of medical regulating.
efficient/efficiency - ANSWER - Minimizes mortality by rapidly and efficiently moving the sick,
injured, and wounded to and between MTFs
Ensures continuum of care between roles of care
Serves as a force multiplier as it clears the battlefield
Builds the morale of Soldiers
Provides critical en route medical care
Provides economy of force
Provides connectivity of the AHS as appropriate to the Military Health System
, 1) Acquire and locate - ANSWER - 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.
Staffing of Relay, Loading, and Ambulance Control Points - ANSWER - Important points may be
manned to supervise the blanket, litter, and patient movement items (PMI) exchange and to
ensure that messages and medical supplies to be forwarded are expedited.
Medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) - ANSWER - performed by dedicated, medically equipped, and
standardized MEDEVAC platforms designed especially for the MEDEVAC mission to provide en
route care by trained medical professionals who provide the timely, efficient movement and en
route care of the wounded, injured, or ill persons from the battlefield or other locations to MTFs.
Casualty evacuation (CASEVAC) - ANSWER - movement of casualties aboard nonmedical
vehicles or aircraft without en route medical care.
Treat and Stabilize - ANSWER - 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.
Intratheater Medical Evacuation - ANSWER - 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).
Emergency movement of medical personnel, equipment, and supplies - ANSWER - Provide a
rapid response for the emergency movement of scarce medical resources throughout an
operational environment.
Casualty Collection Point - ANSWER - A location that may or may not be staffed, where
casualties are assembled for evacuation to a medical treatment facility.
Ambulance Exchange Point - ANSWER - A location where a patient is transferred from one
ambulance to another en route to a medical treatment facility.
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