Communicate AHS Planning

Question 1

What are the six principles of the Army Health system?

Answer 1

1. Conformity
2. Control
3. Continuity
4. Mobility
5. Flexibility
6. Proximity

Question 2

Commander’s intent describes what constitutes success for the mission including x, x and, x?

Answer 2

• Operation’s purpose
• Key tasks
• Conditions that define the end state

Question 3

What is the role of the Medical Planner?

Answer 3

• Timely and comprehensive planning to determine medical requirements before, during, and after all phases of operations
• Mission analysis to determine the allocation of AHS resources and planned locations of medical assets
• Integrates the medical plans with the tactical plans
• Provides commanders with a sketch of medical capabilities in their AO and in the operational environment

Question 4

Conformity

Answer 4

• Ensures that a comprehensive AHS support plan conforms to tactical plans (i.e. commander’s intent)
• Medical assets are arrayed on the battlefield properly

Question 5

Proximity

Answer 5

• Provide medical support at right time and place
• Medical resources employed as far forward as possible, without impeding ongoing operations

Question 6

Flexibility

Answer 6

• Ability to shift AHS resources to meet changing battlefield requirements
• Changes in plans or operations to make flexbility in AHS support planning and execution essential

Question 7

Mobility

Answer 7

• AHS assets remain in supporting distance to support maneuvering forces
• Vehicle hardening equal to that of supported unit

Question 8

Continuity

Answer 8

• Patient moves through progressive, phased roles of care
• Each soldier receives the care required to optimize patient outcome

Question 9

Control

Answer 9

• Resources and assets are efficiently employed (ex. time and distance, who’s going out)
• Ensure scope and quality of medical treatment meets professional standards and policies

Question 10

Medical Operational Planning Factors

Answer 10

1. Be there - maintain a medical presence with the soldier
2. Maintain the health of the Command
3. Save lives
4. Clear the battlefield of casualties
5. Provide state of the art medical care
6. Ensure early return to duty

Question 11

What are the steps to the Military Decision-Making Process (MDMP)?

Answer 11

1. Receipt of mission
   (WARNORD 1)
2. Mission analysis - ex. MedThreat brief
   (WARNORD 2)
3. COA development
4. COA analysis (war game)
5. COA comparison
6. COA approval
   (WARNORD 3)
7. Orders production, dissemination, and transition (Publish OPORD) - Appendix 3 to Annex F

Question 12

What is the AHS Support Estimate?

Answer 12

A continuous process which systematically examines all aspects of operations. It produces the necessary task organization for decentralized execution and flexible medical support on the battlefield.

Question 13

Who is included in S1casualty estimates?

Answer 13

• KIA
• MIA
• WIA

Question 14

What is included in the Medical Planner’s analysis of the casualty estimate?

Answer 14

• # of patients anticipated at each role of care
• Areas of patient density
• Enemy POWs and civilian patient estimates
• Additional assets needed for patient movement

Question 15

What are the AHS Support Considerations?

Answer 15

1. Enemy situation
2. Friendly situation
3. Characteristics of the Area of Responsibility (AOR) - OAKOC
4. Strengths to be supported
5. Health of the command
6. Facts and Assumptions
7. Specified (put on you by commander), Implied, and Essential Tasks

Question 16

The AHS support plan of a combat battalion includes (at a minimum)…

Answer 16

• CCP location
• AXP location
• BAS location
• Primary and alternate evacuation routes

Question 17

S1 Sustainments

Answer 17

• Patient estimates
• Reconstitutions

Question 18

S2 Sustainments

Answer 18

• Enemy capabilities
• Terrain analysis (MCOO)
• Medical intelligence

Question 19

S3 Sustainments

Answer 19

• Knowledge of the mission
• Current situations
• Objectives
• Medical support requests

Question 20

S4 Sustainments

Answer 20

• Nonmedical transportation - CASEVAC
• Potable water resupply
• Mortuary affairs

Question 21

Each Medical COA must meet the following criteria…

Answer 21

• Feasible - can we do it?
• Acceptable - acceptable risk?
• Suitable - is it nested with the maneuver plan?
• Distinguishable - are there significant differences?
• Complete - includes all medical functional areas?

Question 22

To develop the Medical Plan for each COA you must understand the following…

Answer 22

• Commander’s Intent
• Tactical Scheme of Maneuver for each COA
• Task organization for each COA
• Results from medical estimate
• Specified, Implied, and Essential tasks
• Constraints (put down by higher ups) and Limitations
• Unit Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs)

Question 23

Each Medical COA should address medical support (Task and Purpose) for each of the following…

Answer 23

• 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.)

Question 24

Advantages of ground evacuation

Answer 24

• Least affected by weather
• More reliable

Question 25

Disadvantages of ground evacuation

Answer 25

* Speed * Obstacles * Road networks * Enemy threats (IEDs, RPG, etc.)

Question 26

Advantages of air evacuation

Answer 26

* Airlift medical supplies and medical personnel * Avoid traversing difficult terrain * Reduce patient discomfort * Range and speed

Question 27

Disadvantages of air evacuation

Answer 27

* Adverse weather * Enemy air-to-air threat - drone threats, etc. * Enemy anti-aircraft weapons * More difficult to get approval for use

Question 28

Considerations for COA development

Answer 28

* Casualty estimate * Capabilities - treatment and evacuation assets * Logistics assets - DOS, resupply rate, push packages * Evacuation policy * Evacuation routes (air vs. ground) * Non-medical transportation assets * Host nation support * Modified Combined Obstacle Overlay (MCOO) * Enemy situation template * Timeline of operation

Question 29

"Scheme of Maneuver" for medical plan should include...

Answer 29

* Task organization for medical assets * Task and purple for each medical element * C2 relationships * Evacuation and supply routes * Important maneuver graphics * AXPs and CCPs * Evacuation routes (air/ground) * Location of treatment facilities * Pickup Zones (PZs) and Landing Zones (LZs)

Question 30

Two critical products needed for the medical plan are...

Answer 30

1. COA Sketch 2. Medical Sync Matrix

Question 31

During COA approval step of MDMP, once the commander selects a COA, what must the medical planner refine and publish?

Answer 31

* The Medical Plan [Appendix 3 (Medical) to Annex F (Sustainment) to OPORD]

Question 32

What is a running estimate?

Answer 32

**Continuous assessment** **of** **the** **current** **situation** used to determine if the current operation is proceeding according to the commander's intent and if planned future operations are supportable.

Question 33

In the running estimates, the commander and each staff section continuously consider the effect of new information and update what?

Answer 33

* Facts * Assumptions * Friendly activities and capabilities * Civil considerations * Conclusions and recommendations

Question 34

What are the types of rehearsals?

Answer 34

* Backbrief * Combined arms rehearsal * Support (Sustainment) rehearsal * Battle Drill or SOP rehearsal Role 1 examples of Battle Drill RXL: * Actions conducted at an AXP * Set up and tear down of the Role 1 * MASCAL procedures

Question 35

Medical Planning Products

Answer 35

* Medical Concept of Support (MCOS) * Sync matrix * Appendix 3 to Annex F * Casualty Estimate (MACE, JMPT) * Medical Planners' Tool Kit (MPTK)