Geneva Convention Flashcards
Describe the Geneva Convention I
Protects wounded and sick soldiers in land warfare
Describe the Geneva Convention II
Protects wounded and sick at sea and shipwrecked soldiers in maritime warfare
Describe the Geneva Convention III
Protection of Prisoners of War
Describe the Geneva Convention IV
Protection of civilians
Describe the Additional Protocol 1977
Persons, whether military or civilian, who, because of trauma, disease or other physical or mental disorders or disability, are in need of medical assistance or care and who refrain from any act of hostility
Medical personnel must treat injured and ill enemy combatants. What must they NOT do?
- Apply their knowledge and sills to assist with interrogation of prisoners and detainees, this includes stating that a detainee meets a specific mental or physical standard for interrogation
- Question detainees about matters unless they are relevant to their medical care
What is the definition of a medical unit?
Establishments and other units, whether military or civilian, organised for medical purposes, namely the search for, collection, transportation, diagnosis or treatment of the wounded, sick and shipwrecked, or for the prevention of disease. They provide general protection to perform their humanitarian duties, but the protection ceases if they are used in any non-medical way outside their humanitarian function . Medical personnel are protected whilst undertaking medical work only. They may carry a personal firearm for self defence and to protect their patients.
Describe role 1
- Primary care
- Resus and stabalization
- Prep for transfer
- COLPRO unlikely
Describe role 2
- Damage control resuscitations
- Medical and nursing interventions
- Laboratory
- Imagery
- Prep for transfer
- Prep to return to duties
- COLPRO dependant
Describe role 2 (light manoeuvre)
- Utilised during high intensity combat
- Located forward In the brigade area of OPS to deal with anticipated surge of casualties
- Light and highly mobile
- Consultant delivered resuscitations
- Post-OP care
- Field laboratory
- Limited holding capacity
- Prep for movement to role 3
Describe role 2 (afloat)
- Maritime medical capability
- Utilised in conjunction with role 3 or host nation support
- Mission capable and flexible
- Consultant led pre-hospital capability
- Advanced resuscitations
- All role 1 capabilities
- Limited critical and post-OP care
- Basic labs
- Basic imagery
- Limited holding facility
- Prep for movement to role 3
Describe role 2 (enhanced)
- Secondary healthcare hub
- Seen in stable or enduring ops
- Role 2 enhanced normally replaces role 2 light manoeuvre as OPS mature
- Nursed beds
- ITU capability
- Enhanced labs and blood provisions
- Preventative medicine
- Environmental health
- EVAC coordination
- COLPRO dependant
- Psychiatry
Describe role 3
- Force hospital
- COLPRO present
- Primary surgery
- Surgical and nursing beds
- Diagnostics
- Specialisms as required
- CT scans
- Sophisticated labs
- Transfer to role 4
Describe role 4
- Full spectrum of defence medical care that can not be deployed or is too time consuming
- Specialist procedure
- Reconstructive surgery
- Rehabilitation
What principles of medical support are to be applied to all military operations by UK forces?
- Medical care provided must be ethical and comply with best practice
- Medical personnel have a responsibility for monitoring the standards of health and hygiene within a detention facility
- Normal rules and standards apply (consent, record keeping, chaperones, confidentiality)
- informed consent must be gained and recorded
- Consent for medical photography must be obtained in writing
