Army Health System Support to Detainee Operations - CH 1

Question 1

What are the principles of health care?

Answer 1

• Treat enemy casualties and detainees with same ethics and medical standards as multinational forces
• treat detainees with dignity and respect
• Detainees have rights to consent and refuse; unless it jeopardizes life or safety
• exams must be documented
• signs/symptoms of abuse must be reported
• Health care prof. don’t participate in interrogations
• maintain moral high ground

Question 2

CAT of detainee health care

Answer 2

• Medically Necessary—Acute or Emergent
• Medically Necessary—Non-emergent
• Medically Acceptable—Not Always Necessary
• Limited Medical Value
• Extraordinary

Question 3

What is a detainee?

Answer 3

Any person captured or otherwise detained by an armed force

Question 4

What is a civilian internee?

Answer 4

Civilian internee is a person interned during armed conflict, occupation, or other military
operation for security reasons or for protection

Question 5

What are retained personnel?

Answer 5

• Health care personnel engaged in collection, transport, or treatment of the wounded or sick. Prevention of disease. Staff administration of medical units and establishments. / Chaplains attached to enemy armed forces. / Red Cross societies and other voluntary aid societies

Question 6

What is an enemy combatant?

Answer 6

• Personnel engaged in hostilities against the U.S. or its multinational partners during an armed conflict.

Question 7

Who are lawful enemy combatants?

Answer 7

EPWs who are members of the regular armed forces of a State party to the conflict; and militia, volunteer corps, and organized resistance movements belonging to a State party to the conflict which are under responsible command.

Question 8

Who are unlawful enemy combatants?

Answer 8

A person who is not entitled to treatment either as a peaceful civilian or as an EPW by reason of the fact that the person has engaged in hostile conduct

Question 9

What is the Law of Land Warfare?

Answer 9

Regulation for conduct of armed forces on land

Question 10

What two sources was the Law of Land Warfare derived from?

Answer 10

• Lawmaking treaties or conventions (such as The Hague and Geneva Conventions) and Customary International Law

Question 11

What conventions are directly ties to the medical mission?

Answer 11

Geneva Convention: for Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field, Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea, relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, and relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War.

Question 12

What is the protection of the sick and wounded?

Answer 12

Soldier who has been wounded or is sick,

and for that reason is out of the fight, is from that moment protected.

Question 13

What does wounded or sick mean?

Answer 13

Not defined; it’s a matter of common sense and good faith

Question 14

Are noncombatants required to respect the wounded?

Answer 14

Yes

Question 15

Are civilians obligated to respect the wounded?

Answer 15

Yes

Question 16

Who can be considered wounded or sick in the field?

Answer 16

Armed forces, combatants

Question 17

What does the second Para. of Article 12 of the G.C. say about the wounded and sick?

Answer 17

They shall be treated humanely and cared for humanely.

Question 18

Are foes accorded the protection of the wounded and sick?

Answer 18

Yes

Question 19

Who is ultimately responsible for the care and treatment of detainees?

Answer 19

TIF CoC

Question 20

4 Ps of abuse prevention:

Answer 20

Priorities (Command philosophy), Policies (SOPs), Procedures (Systems in place), Practices (continuous exercise)

Question 21

Do intake and routine medical exams include body cavity searches?

Answer 21

Nope