MCWP 4-11.1 - Health Service Support Operations

Question 1

What phrase has echoed across numerous battlefields in america’s history. To answer this cry, medical personnel assigned to Marine Corps forces (MARFOR) must be knowledgable, prepared, and able to provide responsive health service support (HSS) so Marines can do what they do best: win battles?

Answer 1

“Corpsman Up!”

Question 2

What is a process that delivers on demand to the warfighter a healthy, fit and medically ready force; counters the health threat to the deployed force; and provides critical care and management for combat casualties?

Answer 2

Health Service Support (HSS)

Question 3

Whose mission is to minimize the effects that wounds, injuries, and disease have on units’ effectiveness, readiness, and morale?

Answer 3

Health Service Support (HSS)

Question 4

What function of the medical plan must integrate and comply with the commander’s plan?

Answer 4

Conformity

Question 5

What function of the medical plan must provide Health Service Support (HSS) as close to combat operations as the tactical situation permits?

Answer 5

Proximity

Question 6

What function of the medical plan must shift Health Service Support (HSS) resources to meet changing requirements?

Answer 6

Flexibility

Question 7

What function of the medical plan must anticipate requirements for rapid movement of Health Service Support (HSS) units to support combat forces during operations?

Answer 7

Mobility

Question 8

What function of the medical plan must provide optimum, uninterrupted care and treatment to the wounded, injured, and sick?

Answer 8

Continuity

Question 9

What function of the medical plan must ensure that Health Service Support (HSS) resources in short supply are efficiently employed and used effectively to support the planned operations?

Answer 9

Coordinations

Question 10

What requires continuous attention before, during and after deployment to sustain maximum readiness and war fighting capability?

Answer 10

Wellness

Question 11

Health Service Support (HSS) focuses on both forms of threat, what are they?

Answer 11

Enemy and Health

Question 12

Temporary casualty holding facilities and services are used to hold sick, wounded, and injured personnel for a limited time, usually not exceed what time frame?

Answer 12

72 hours

Question 13

What warfare is derived from two principal sources: custom treaties and lawmaking treaties such as the Hague and Geneva Conventions?

Answer 13

Law of Land

Question 14

The United States is a signatory to the Geneva Conventions of what year and has directed its military forces to abide by its articles?

Answer 14

1949

Question 15

What is a fundamental component of command and control that aids the commander in applying combat power at the decisive time and place?

Answer 15

Intelligence

Question 16

What is often the first to receive medical intelligence from on-site care provider due to multiple communications and information links available to sections within the FSSG combat service support operations center (CSSOC) ?

Answer 16

Health Service Support Element (HSSE)

Question 17

What is a field production activity of the Defense Intelligence Agency? It is the sole producer of medical intelligence in the Department of Defense (DOD).

Answer 17

Armed Forces Medical Intelligence Center (AFMIC)

Question 18

Which commanders are responsible for coordinating and integrating Health Service Support (HSS) within their area of operations?

Answer 18

Marine Corps Forces (MARFOR)

Question 19

The MARFOR deals with matters more on the operational level of war, but the MEF is more focused towards what level ?

Answer 19

Tactical

Question 20

A MAW has how many Marine aircraft groups (MAGs) ?

Answer 20

Four

Question 21

Who advises the commander on the health of the command and the adequacy of internal FSSG Health Service Support (HSS)?

Answer 21

Group surgeon

Question 22

Who serves as the officer in charge of the medical section of the Combat Service Support Operations Center (CSSOC) during exercises or operations?

Answer 22

Health Service Support Officer (HSSO)

Question 23

What provides initial resuscitative Health Service Support (HSS) support to the MEF and is the only source of organic Marine Corps medical support above the aid station level?

Answer 23

Medical battalion

Question 24

Whose primary mission is to perform those emergency medical and surgical procedures that, if not performed, could lead to death or loss of limb or body function?

Answer 24

Medical battalions

Question 25

The battalion structure has 260 holding beds and how many operating rooms?

Answer 25

9

Question 26

Each Surg Co contains 60 beds and how many operating rooms?

Answer 26

3

Question 27

Who provides MTFs for resuscitative surgery, medical treatment, and temporary holding of casualties from supported forces. They also prepare and evacuate casualties whose medical requirements exceed the established theater evacuation policy?

Answer 27

Surg Co

Question 28

What is the smallest, most mobile medical support platoon of the medical battalion?

Answer 28

Shock Trauma Platoon (STP)

Question 29

In an operational environment, the dental battalion's primary mission is to provide dental health maintenance with a focus on what type of care?

Answer 29

Emergency

Question 30

What FSSG is a supply operation directly responsible to the FSSG supply battalion commanding officer?

Answer 30

Med Log Co, Supply Battalion

Question 31

During the movement phase of amphibious operations, who has overall responsibility for Health Service Support (HSS) services to embarked personnel?

Answer 31

Commander, Amphibious Task Force (CATF)

Question 32

What HSS personnel aboard Amphibious Task Force (ATF) ships augment ATF medical and dental departments by providing care to embarked Landing Force (LF) personnel using ship's company medical facilities and supplies?

Answer 32

Landing force(LF)

Question 33

What equipment and supplies will not be used aboard ship unless authorized by the MAGTF commander in support of an overwhelming emergency?

Answer 33

Landing Force (LF) Class VIIIA

Question 34

During which phase, Health Service Support (HSS) ashore is limited to the capabilities of medical sections organic to combat units?

Answer 34

Assault

Question 35

The primary role of a beach evacuation station is to evacuate assault force casualties to designated what?

Answer 35

Casualty Receiving and Treatment Ships (CRTs)

Question 36

What have the largest medical capability of any amphibious ship in the Amphibious Task Force (ATF)?

Answer 36

Casualty Receiving and Treatment Ships (CRTs)

Question 37

ATF ships suitable for use as Casualty Receiving and Treatment Ships (CRTs) are what classes?

Answer 37

LHD, LHA, and LPH

Question 38

What are transportable, medically and surgically intensive, and deployable in a variety of operational scenarios?

Answer 38

Fleet hospitals

Question 39

What is a floating surgical hospital?

Answer 39

T-AH

Question 40

The T-AH is designed to receive patients primarily by what means ?

Answer 40

Helicopter

Question 41

Fleet surgical teams (FSTs) are Health Service Support (HSS) augmentation teams assigned to the fleet CINCs. Combined, the Pacific and Atlantic fleets have how many teams that are considered the fleet CINCs assets in both peacetime and wartime?

Answer 41

Nine

Question 42

What provide rapid peacetime response teams of pre-identified medical department personnel trained to augment elements of the operating forces?

Answer 42

Mobile Medical Augmentation Readiness Teams (MMARTs)

Question 43

What is the means by which operating forces are brought to wartime manning levels by personnel augmentation from CONUS- based actives?

Answer 43

Medical Augmentation Program (MAP)

Question 44

Medical Augmentation Program (MAP) is managed by whom?

Answer 44

BUMED

Question 45

What encompasses the pre current, initial issue, management, resupply, and disposition of material required to support medical and dental elements organic to the MARFOR?

Answer 45

Health Service Support (HSS) logistics

Question 46

The total Table of Equipment (T/E) and Authorized Medical Allowance Lists (AMALs)/Authorized Dental Allowance Lists (ADALs) are designed to support a MEF in an estimated worst case scenario for a period of combat of how long?

Answer 46

60-days

Question 47

A unit's what includes items necessary for basic support of the Organization?

Answer 47

Table of Equipment (T/E)

Question 48

What are specialized equipment and supply assemblages for medical and dental elements to provide combat Health Service Support (HSS)?

Answer 48

Authorized Medical Allowance Lists (AMALs)/Authorized Dental Allowance Lists (ADALs)

Question 49

HSS logistics is normally a Service responsibility. However, in joint operations, what system may be designated to provide central logistical support to all participating Services in the combatant CINC's area of responsibility?

Answer 49

Single Integrated Medical Logistics Manager (SIMLM)

Question 50

What system encompasses the provision of medical supplies, medical equipment maintenance and repair, blood management, and optical fabrication to all joint forces within the theater of operations, except Navy combatant ships?

Answer 50

Single Integrated Medical Logistics Manager (SIMLM)

Question 51

Hospital corpsman assigned to combat support units of the MAGTF are assigned a complete kit of what type as part of their field Gear?

Answer 51

First aid

Question 52

What are the medical equipment and supplies required to support the patient evacuation, e.g., ventilators, vital sign monitors, and blankets?

Answer 52

Patient Movement Items (PMI)

Question 53

The plan for a Patient Movement Items (PMI) exchange system and the return of Aeromedical Evacuation (AE) equipment and PMI to the originating MTF should be addressed in the what respective plan?

Answer 53

Operation Plan (OPLAN)

Question 54

When the tactical situation permits during combat operations, the safest method of field disposal is burning, followed by deep burial (over how many feet)?

Answer 54

6

Question 55

Medical materials and supplies are protected under the law of land warfare and the what?

Answer 55

Geneva Conventions

Question 56

What manual sets forth administrative instructions and formats to develop OPLANs of combatant commands, sub unified commands, joint task forces, and their subordinate component commands?

Answer 56

CJCSM 3122.03

Question 57

OPLANs, concept plans (CONPLANs), functional plans, and operation orders (OPORDs) prepared by commanders to fulfill tasks assigned in the joint strategic capabilities plan (or otherwise directed by the Chairman of the Joint Chief's of Staff) will conform to the guidance contained in what manual?

Answer 57

CJCSM 3122.03

Question 58

What for Health Service Support (HSS) is the combination of HSS organizations, people, communications systems, architecture, and medical information which provides the commander timely information to make decisions?

Answer 58

Command and control (C2)

Question 59

There are how many major Command and Control (C2) areas?

Answer 59

Four

Question 60

What provides management and decision support tools for the Health Service Support (HSS) commander and staff to collect, transport, process, discriminate, and protect voice, data, and information?

Answer 60

Communications and Information System (CIS)

Question 61

What combines joint policies, procedures, personnel, training, and a reporting structure supported by automated data processing on GCCS?

Answer 61

Joint Operation Planning and Execution System (JOPES)

Question 62

What is the HSS requirements generator and analysis tool supported by GCCS at the Marine Corps component level for planning and execution of HSS?

Answer 62

Medical Analysis Tool (MAT)

Question 63

Whose mission is to provide integrated automation of the theater medical environment?

Answer 63

Theater Medical Information Program (TMIP's)

Question 64

what provides a global capability linking HSS information data bases and integration centers that are accessible to the warfighter while engaged in any mission?

Answer 64

Theater Medical Information Program (TMIP's)

Question 65

During the Civil War, more Federal soldiers died from disease than wounds. Approximately, 44,238 were killed in battle; 49,205 died of wounds; and how many died of disease?

Answer 65

186,216

Question 66

Which efforts can dramatically reduce the incidence of disease during military operations?

Answer 66

Preventive medicine

Question 67

What type of surveillance data should be used to brief commanders on potential medical and environmental threats and on the effectiveness of preventive medicine measure?

Answer 67

Real-time disease

Question 68

During peacetime, any operational commander may request preventive medicine Mobile Medical Augmentation Readiness Teams (MMART) assistance from whom?

Answer 68

Chief of Naval Operations

Question 69

The Navy Environmental Health Center, located where, supports operational units?

Answer 69

Norfolk, VA

Question 70

The Navy Environmental Health Center and its supporting activities establish and disseminate preventive medicine and environmental protection policy recommendations for whom?

Answer 70

BUMED

Question 71

The Naval Medical Research and Development command conducts basic clinical and applied field research directly related to military requirements and operational needs. It is located where?

Answer 71

Bethesda,MD

Question 72

What is a casualty management system?

Answer 72

Patient movement

Question 73

What is the process of selecting destination MTFs with the necessary HSS capabilities for patients being medically evacuated in, between, into, and out of different theaters of geographic combatant commands and CONUS?

Answer 73

Medical regulating

Question 74

An effective process of casualty sorting, also referred to as what, is basic to the successful operation of a patient movement system?

Answer 74

Triage

Question 75

What assets are patient movement assets configured for medical evacuation, externally marked with red cross, and specifically reserved to support the medical evacuation mission?

Answer 75

Dedicated medical evacuation

Question 76

What assets are non medical patient movement assets, not externally marked with a red cross, but configured and allocated for patient movement?

Answer 76

Designated medical evacuation

Question 77

What missions are classified as preplanned or immediate?

Answer 77

Aeromedical Evacuations (AE) missions

Question 78

What actions cause high casualty rates, materiel losses, obstacle to maneuver, and contamination?

Answer 78

NBC

Question 79

Which Mission-Oriented Protective Posture (MOPP) levels result in body heat buildup, reduced mobility, and degraded visual, touch, and hearing senses, ultimately reducing unit effectiveness?

Answer 79

3 and 4

Question 80

Normally, what injuries are observed within a few hours or days of the attack?

Answer 80

Radiation-induced

Question 81

Which patients manifest their injuries immediately upon exposure to the agent?

Answer 81

Chemical agent

Question 82

Which patients can show signs of exposure immediately or up to 14 days later?

Answer 82

Blister agent

Question 83

Nuclear radiation casualties fall into how many categories?

Answer 83

Three

Question 84

Which casualty has been exposed to ionizing radiation but is not contaminated. These casualties are not radioactive and pose no radiation threat to medical care providers. Casualties who have suffered exposure to initial nuclear radiation fit into this category?

Answer 84

Irradiated

Question 85

Which casualty has radioactive dust and debris on clothing skin, or hair. This presents a "housekeeping" problem to the MTF similar to the lice-infested patient arriving at a peacetime MTF. However, this contamination may present a threat to HSS personnel?

Answer 85

Externally contaminated

Question 86

Which casualty has ingested or inhaled radioactive materials, or radioactive material has entered the body through an open wound. The radioactive material continues to irradiate the casualty internally until radioactive decay and biological elimination removes the radioactive isotope?

Answer 86

Internally contaminated

Question 87

Decontamination of most biologically contaminated patients and equipment can be accomplished with what?

Answer 87

Soap and water

Question 88

Handling chemically contaminated patients presents a great challenge to HSS units. The vapor hazard associated with contaminated patients may require HSS personnel to remain at what Mission-Oriented Protective Posture (MOPP) level for long periods?

Answer 88

4

Question 89

There are three basic modes of evacuating casualties: What are they?

Answer 89

Personnel, ground vehicles, and aircraft

Question 90

Hospital corpsmen at the unit level usually provide the first written information on a casualty through the use of a U.S. Field Medical Card, using what DD form?

Answer 90

(DD Form 1380)

Question 91

What is a casualty tag printed in a set which provides a tough original copy for attaching to the casualty (whether wounded or deceased). A carbon copy is retained by the hospital corpsman rendering initial treatment?

Answer 91

Field Medical Card (FMC)

Question 92

The purpose of what is to establish patient accountability and to provide a means to document assessment of condition and treatment rendered by HSS personnel?

Answer 92

Field Medical Card (FMC)

Question 93

What are essential to casualty identification and recording?

Answer 93

Identification tags (dog tags)

Question 94

Each service member is issued a chain and two tags to be worn at all times. Tags contain the member's name, social security number, blood type, Service component, religious preference, and what else?

Answer 94

Protective mask size

Question 95

what is a hand-carried, abridged electronic medical record which will serve as the primary repository of individual readiness data such as deployability status, casualty prevention training, medical history, and demographic information?

Answer 95

Portable Information Carrier (PIC)

Question 96

In peacetime, the majority of operating forces' units are manned at slightly more than two-thirds of their mobilization strength, while HSS units are generally manned only with what percentage of the personnel required to carry out their wartime mission?

Answer 96

50%

Question 97

Authorized manning levels fill only about what percentage of medical corps and nurse corps billets within medical battalions?

Answer 97

10 percent

Question 98

Before reporting to the MARFOR, all medical department officers who are clinical providers (i.e., medical corps, dental corps, nurse corps) shall attend a course of instruction in advanced what?

Answer 98

Combat life support

Question 99

Unit training has proven most effective when conducted in a simulated what?

Answer 99

Combat environment

Question 100

Formally established as the Military Blood Program in 1952 by Presidential Order as part of the National Blood Program, today's Armed Services Blood Program (ASBP) consists of approximately 116 blood donor centers worldwide, including how many Food and Drug Administration (FDA) licensed blood donor centers?

Answer 100

43

Question 101

An Armed Service Whole Blood Processing Laboratory(ASWBPL) Maintain a peacetime inventory of how many units of liquid blood for use as a rapid response requirement?

Answer 101

250

Question 102

A blood transshipment center (BTC) is the central receiving point for blood shipments from the ASWBPL and for issue to the BSUs. A BTC can store and process up to how many units of liquid blood daily?

Answer 102

7,200

Question 103

Based on theater commanders decisions, the ASBP will have how many Transportable Blood Transshipment Centers (TBTCs) available as blood program elements and one for training deployable personnel?

Answer 103

Six

Question 104

What are located within the unified command to maintain large quantities of frozen blood products for use during armed conflicts or emergencies requiring medical support?

Answer 104

Blood Products Depots (BPDs)

Question 105

What receive, store, and distribute blood within the theater of operations?

Answer 105

Blood supply units (BSUs)

Question 106

BSUs are required to provide a storage supply of blood products based on MTF proposed requirements and blood reports for what time frame?

Answer 106

5-days

Question 107

BSUs can provide support in a specific geographical area regardless of Service components and can support up to how many MTFs designated by the JBPO?

Answer 107

12