Communicate the Army Health System Flashcards
Define Operational Environment
An operational environment is the aggregate of the conditions, circumstances, and influences that affect the employment of capabilities and bear on the decisions of the commander.
What are the domains of the Operational Environment?
- Land
- Maritime
- Air
- Space
- Cyberspace
Identify types of health threats.
- Diseases
- Occupational health hazards
- Environmental health hazards
- Poisonous or toxic flora or fauna
- Medical effects of weapons
- Physiological and psychological stressors
What are the six warfighting functions?
- Movement and Maneuver
- Intelligence
- Fires
- Sustainment
- Protection
- Command and Control
What does the command and control warfighting function enable?
Related tasks and a system that enable effective command and control.
Define the movement and maneuver warfighting function.
Related tasks and systems that move and employ forces to achieve a position of relative advantage over the enemy and other threats.
What is the intelligence warfighting function?
Related tasks and systems that facilitate understanding the enemy, terrain, weather, civil considerations, and other significant aspects of the operational environment.
What is the fires warfighting function?
Related tasks and systems that create and converge effects in all domains against the adversary or enemy to enable operations across the range of military operations.
What does the sustainment warfighting function provide?
Related tasks and systems that provide support and services to ensure freedom of action, extended operational reach, and prolong endurance.
Define the protection warfighting function.
Related tasks and systems that preserve the force so the commander can apply maximum combat power to accomplish the mission.
What are the 10 medical functions?
- Medical command and control
- Medical treatment (organic and area support)
- Hospitalization
- Medical evacuation (to include medical regulating)
- Dental services
- Operational public health
- Combat and operational stress control
- Veterinary services
- Medical logistics (to include blood management)
- Medical laboratory services (to include both clinical laboratories and environmental laboratories)
Define Force Health Protection.
Measures that promote, improve, or conserve the behavioral and physical well-being of Soldiers comprised of preventive and treatment aspects of medical functions.
What medical functions fall under Force Health Protection?
- Dental services
- Operational public health
- Combat and operational stress control
- Veterinary services
- Medical laboratory services
- Medical command and control
Force Health Protection (FHP) falls under which Warfighting Function?
Protection
Define Health Service Support.
Services to promote, improve, conserve, or restore the behavioral and physical well-being of personnel by providing direct patient care.
What medical functions fall under Health Service Support?
- Medical logistics
- Medical evacuation
- Hospitalization
- Medical treatment
- Medical command and control
What are the six Army Health System Principles?
- Conformity
- Proximity
- Flexibility
- Mobility
- Continuity
- Control
Define Conformity in the context of Army Health System Principles.
The medical plan is conformed with the Operation Plan created by the Operational Commander (OPLAN).
Define Proximity in the context of Army Health System Principles.
Medical assets are at the right place at the right time.
“Able to shift resources to meet changing requirements” defines which Army Health System Principles.
flexibility
Define Mobility in the context of Army Health System Principles.
Assets remain in supporting distance to maneuver units.
Define Continuity in the context of Army Health System Principles.
Moving the patient through progressive, phased roles of care.
Define Control in the context of Army Health System Principles.
Ensure that scarce resources are efficiently employed.
What is Role 1 in the Four Roles of Care?
Battalion Aid Station & Below: Immediate lifesaving measures, self-aid, buddy aid, combat lifesaver.
What is the role of the Combat Lifesaver?
A nonmedical Soldier selected by his unit commander for additional training beyond basic first-aid procedures.
What services are provided in Role 2 of the Four Roles of Care?
- Medical Company
- Preventive medicine
- Patient Hold (up to 72 hours)
- Advanced Trauma Management
- Limited Pharmacy
- COSC (behavior health section)
- Physical therapy
- Blood bags
What is provided in Role 3 of the Four Roles of Care?
Field Hospital: Resuscitation, initial wound surgery, and postoperative treatment.
What defines Role 4 in the Four Roles of Care?
Full spectrum of definitive medical care in CONUS or OCONUS safe havens.
