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Joint Medical Capabilities Flashcards

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What medical branches does the navy employ?

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Dental
Nurse
Medical
Medical service
Hospital corps
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What is in a carrier strike group (CSG)

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1 Aircraft carrier
2 aegis cruisers
3 aegis destroyers 
1/2 destroyers
1 guided missile frigate
2 attack submarines
1 underway replenishment
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What medical capabilities does the USS carl vinson (CVN 70) have?

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Med dept
6 MC
5 DC
3 MSC
2 NC
42 HM
6-8 DT
52 ward beds
1 OR
2 ICU beds
Lab
X-ray
Pharm
Prev med
Bio repair
Avn phys exam
Rad health
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What medical capabilites does the supply class (AOE) shop have?

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Med dept
1 MC
1 DC
4 HM
2 DT

13 ward beds
No OR, ICU, augmentation

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What is in an expeditionary strike group (ESG)?

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Large deck amphib
Amphibious transport
Dock landing ship
Cruiser
Aegis destroyer
Guided missile frigate
Attack submarine
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What does the amphibious assault trip do once it gets rid of its marines?

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It transforms into CASUALTY RECEIVING AND TX SHIP (CRTS)

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What medical pax does the CRTS have?

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11 medical corps
22 nurse corps
1 medical service
49 hospital corps
1 dental corps
1 dental tech
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What medical capabilities does the LHA/D or CRTS ship possess?

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15 bed ICU
45 bed ward
4-6 ORs
3-4 dental Operators 
Lab
X-ray (portable/fixed)
Pharmacy
Blood bank (400 u frozen blood)
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What are the primary and secondary missions for the naval hospital ships?

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Primary: provide rapid responsive, flexible, mobile medical capability for ACUTE MEDICAL CARE in support of navy battle, amphibious task force, army navy, marines, Air force

Secondary: provide mobile SURGICAL HOSPITAL SERVICE for use by appropriate US GOV agencies in disaster/humanitarian care in peacetime

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What fleets have hospital ships?

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2nd fleet = USNS Comfort baltamore MD

3rd fleed = USNS Mercy, san diago, ca

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What medical personnel do the mercy class hospital ships carry?

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MC: 66
DC: 4
MSC: 20
NC: 168
Enlisted: 698

Total 956 souls

Non medical pax 258
Military sealift command cres 72

Grand total 1286 souls

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Medical capabilities of the mercy class ship?

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Full service trauma/acute care hospital
- 12 ORs
2 dental operatories
920 bed ward
1000 bed total
- 80 ICU
- 20 recovery
- 400 intermediate
- 500 minimal
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What support services do mercy class ships have?

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CT scan
X-ray
Lab
Pharmacy
Lens lab
Dental
Fam med
Oxygen production plant
Frozen blood (1400u frozen 2000 whole blood)

Produce 300k gallons of fresh water/day

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Other capabilities of the mercy class ship?

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Decontamination
Laundry
Ship store
Air operations
Food service
Incineration 
Supply/replenishment
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What is the expeditionary medical facility (EMF)?

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Mobile navy ground hospitals

Providing

  • casualty receiving and tx
  • OR and hold
  • ICU
  • acute care wards
  • central sterile reprocessing
  • blood bank
  • medical repair
  • prev med
  • oxygen generation
  • patient admin
  • medical admin
  • dental (incl oral surg)
  • thoracic
  • ancillary services (lab, xray, pharm)
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What are some other deployable medical assets the navy boasts?

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Task org capabilities based support

  • SPRINT (psych)
  • specialist support (trauma)
  • disaster support (OB/PEDS/family med/geriatrics)

Navy environmental prev med units (NEPMU)

  • prev med
  • disease/vector
  • chem/rad
  • microbiology
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What is the marine air ground task force (MAGTF)

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Scalable - flexible - expeditionary

The ability to provide the following in a rapid deployment fashion in varying timelines and numbers

  • non-combat ops
  • peacekeeping
  • refugee mgmnt
  • humanitarian assistance
  • forcible entry and sustained ops ashore
  • disaster relief
  • consequence mgmnt
  • peace enforcement
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What are the 4 core elements of MAGTF?

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Command element (CE)
Air Combat element (ACE)
Ground Combat element (GCE)
Logistics combat element (LCE)

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What roles do the MAGTF elements offer?

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ACE: role I
GCE: role I
LCE: role I and II

20
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What capabilities does the CE offer?

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MEF surgeon
Med planner
EH/PM officer
Aid stations

21
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Where do the marines place their medical platoons?

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Can be found int he Headquarters and Service (H and S) company in an infantry BTN

22
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What is in a marine medical platoon? (Ground combat element)

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2 med officers
65 hospital mates
- 1 MO Battalion Surgeon
- 1 MO BAS

  • 21 HMs BAS
  • 11 HMs Weapons company
  • 33 HMs rifle companies (3)
23
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Where do the marines put their Air Combat Element Medical assets?

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Can be found in the marine wing support squadrons under marine wing support group

24
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What assets does the ACE provide?

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Same role I stuff as GCE +

  • aviation med
  • prev med
  • dental
  • ancillary services (pharm, lab, rad)
25
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Where do the marines put their logistics combat element (LCE)?

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The medical battalion has a H and S company and 3 forward surgical companies

All assets can be found in the H and S company

26
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What services does the logistics combat element (LCE) medical section provide?

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Role II health service support

  • surgical platoon
  • triage/evac platoon
  • ancillary services platoon
  • combat stress platoon
  • enroute care system (ERCS) platoon
  • dental section (augment)
27
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What is included in the LCE Shock Trauma Platoon?

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Stabilizing section:

  • 2 med officers
  • 1 PA
  • 7 Hospital mates

Collecting/evac section

  • 1 nurse
  • 7 hospital mates
  • 7 USMC (non med)

NO OR’s
10 cots

28
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What is included in the LCE Forward Surgical Company?

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136 pax

Subordinate units

HQ section

4 surgical platoons each consisting of:

  • 1 forward resuscitative surgical system
  • 1 shock trauma platoon
  • 1 x-ray
  • 1 lab
  • 1 ward
  • 1 enroute-care system
  • 1 ambulance section
29
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What capabilities does the forward surgical co provide?

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  • Forward surgery
  • Triage/trauma
  • Evac
  • PT hold
  • X-ray
  • Pharm
30
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What capabilites does the LCE H and S company provide?

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  • forward surgery
  • triage/trauma
  • evac
  • Combat stress control
  • patient hold
  • lab
  • x-ray
  • dental (augment)
  • pharmacy
31
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What are the 2 primary missions of USAF health service and support?

A

Aeromedical Evac (AE)

Expeditionary medicine

32
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What are the elements of the USAF expeditionary medicine?

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  • air transportable clinic (ATC
  • expeditionary medical support (EMEDS)
  • EMEDS Health Response team (HRT)
33
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What is the mission of the air transportable clinic (ATC)

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Provides front-line medical care for pop at risk (PAR) of up to 500

Provides limited outpatient clinical, and emergency medicine care (trauma, cardiac stabilization)

34
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What can the ATC equipment package support?

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Supports 30-day operation in austere conditions w minimal resupply

  • two trauma pts up to 12 hrs
  • two non-critical pts up to 48 hrs
35
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What is the mission of the expeditionary medical section EMEDS?

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Rapidly deploy and provide forward stabilization, resuscitative care, primary care, dental services and force health protection
And to prepare forces/casualties for aeromedical evac (AE)

36
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What are the EMEDS capabilities?

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Enhance force protection by providing modular, clinically enhanced, tailored and more life saving capability

Provide essential care, deferring definitive care as dictated by theater policy

Support entire spectrum of operations

37
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What does the EMEDS health response team (HRT) provide?

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The expeditionary part of the EMEDS unit

First increments of EMEDS capability: 5 tents/40 staff

Designed to hold 4 patient (3 critical) up to 24 hrs

38
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What can EMEDS HRT provide/do?

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  • deploy w/in 24hrs
  • ER capabilities w/in 2 hrs
  • OR capabilities w/in 4 hrs
  • critical care capability w/in 6hrs
  • fully operational w/in 12 hrs
39
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What populations can the EMEDS HRT support?

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Combat ops

  • population at risk (PAR) up to 3,000
  • provides 10 days of supplies (depending)

Humanitarian/disaster/stability

  • focus on estimated throughput not PAR
  • can triage/treat 350 pts per day w surg capacity of 500
  • if high pt volume, initial supply duration approx 5 days
40
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What are the EMEDS deployable force modules?

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EMEDS HRT (12 hrs)

EMEDS + 10 (36hrs)

EMEDS + 25 (60 hrs)

41
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What can HRT (12 hr) provide?

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  • par 3k/350-500
  • level 2 care
  • 5 tents/40 staff
  • 5-10 days of supply
  • 10 maj or 20 non op trauma
  • limited blood storage/collection
  • limited ancillary
42
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What can EMEDS + 10 (36hrs) provide?

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  • PAR 3-5k
  • Level 3 care
  • 8 tents/67 staff
  • 10 inpatient beds
  • 10 days of supply
  • 10 maj 20 non op pts
  • limited blood storage/collection
  • ancillary available
43
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What can EMEDS + 25 (60hrs) provide

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  • PAR 5k - 6.5k
  • Level 3 care
  • 11 tents/97 staff
  • 25 inpatient beds
  • 10 days supply
  • 20 maj or 20 non op
  • limited blood storage/collection
  • ancillary available
  • specialty UTCs
44
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What does an airforce theater hospital (AFTH) boast?

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All EMEDS + 25 capabilities plus:

  • med and surg subspecialties
  • hospital and surgical expansion
  • critical care expansion
  • additional ancillary services
  • additional administration and logistics support
45
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What are some additional medical capacities of USAF health service and support?

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Critical care air transport Team (CCATT)

  • enroute care for 3 high acuity (ventilated) or 6 lower pts
  • 1 Physical,1 Critical care nurse, 1 resp tech

Enroute patient staging system (ERPSS)

  • holds and process ps for AE,
  • no lab, dental, BH, x-ray or lab
  • 10-100 beds

Aeromedical evac liason team (AELT)

  • coalition/joint cooridnation
  • 1 MSC officer 1 flight nurse

Prevention and aerospace medicine (PAM) team

  • prevent disease and NBI
  • 9 pax in 3 teams

BOLC Final 2020 (12 decks)

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