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Medical Company Flashcards

1
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What is the role of the medical company?

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To provide role II medical care to those btn w organic medical platoons. Provide both Role I and II medical treatment on an area support basis to units w/o organic Army Health System AHS assets

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What are the types of medical companies?

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BSMC: Brigade Support Medical Company

MCAS: Medical Company Area Support

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What does the BSMC brigade support medical company do?

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Assigned to Brigade Support Battalion; supports a brigade combat team

  • Armored BCT (ABCT) - also Armored cav (ARC)
  • Stryker BCT (SBCT)
  • Infantry BCT (IBCT) inludes light, ABN, AA
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What does the MCAS medical company areas support do?

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Supports units w/o organic AHS assets

  • assigned to med brigade and attached to multifunctional med btn (MMB) in garrison
  • may be task organized under a med task force and attached to a Div Sustainment Brigade or Corps Log Task Force for deployment
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5
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What is included in a BSB?

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HHC
A Co (supply)
B Co (maintenance)
C Co (medical)
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What capabilities does the Medical Company have?

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  • mission command
  • role I/II med tx
  • Med evac
  • Dental
  • med log (minus SBCT, MCAS)
  • med maintenance
  • lab/rad
  • outpatient consultation
  • patient holding
  • prev med (minus MCAS)
  • blood storage
  • behavioral health
  • physical therapy (minus MCAS)
  • augmentation to med platoon
  • regeneration of severely attrite BAS
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what is a Med Company task org

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Med CO

HQ section
BDE med supply (BMSO) (not in Stryker BSMC or MCAS)
TX platoon 
- tx squad
- tx squad (area)
- area support squad
- patient hold squad
evacuation platoon
- evacuation squad (area)
prev med (not in MCAS)
behavioral health
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What equipment/pax does armored BCT (ABCT) have?

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ABCT

Trucks
- 3x HMMWV w trailer

Pax

  • command element: 1 CDR, 1x XO, 1x 1SG
  • Supply element: 1x Supply SGT, 1x supply SPC
  • Operations element: 1x DECON SPC, 1x CBRN SPC
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What equipment/pax does Stryker BCT (SBCT) have?

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SBCT

Trucks

  • 1x HMMWV w trailer
  • 2x HMMVW hightop w trailer
  • 3x LMTV w trailer

Pax

  • command element: 1 CDR, 1x XO, 1x 1SG
  • Supply element: 1x material officer (70k), med maintenance SGT, Med LOG SGT, Pharmacy SGT, Supply SGT, supply SPC
  • Operations element: 1x DECON SPC, 1x CBRN SPC
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What equipment/pax does infantry BCT (IBCT) have?

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IBCT

Trucks

  • 2x HMMWV w trailer
  • 1x HMMWV hightop w trailer

Pax

  • command element: 1 CDR, 1x XO, 1x 1SG
  • Supply element: 1x Supply SGT, 1x unit armorer
  • Operations element: 1x DECON SPC, 1x CBRN SPC
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What is included int he Medical Company HQ (MCAS)?

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Command element
- 1x CDR, XO, 1SG
Supply element 
- 1x MEDLOG SGT, Supply SGT, armorer
OPS/COMMS element
- 1x CBRN SPC, Signal maintenance SPC, Forward signal support SPC
Food service element
- 1x Food ops SGT, first cook
- 2x Cook 
Maintenance element
- 1x Motor SGT, senior light wheel mech, light wheel mech, generator repairer

From communication element down is not included in BSMC

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What is the role of the Prev med section?

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Provides advice and consultation in:

  • health threat assessment
  • force health protection
  • environmental sanitation
  • epidemiology
  • sanitary engineering
  • pest management

ID health hazards and recommend corrections

Assist in training BCT soldiers in NBDI prevention

Analyzes and reports med surveillance info

Executes BCT prev med plan under med co CDR (works w BD Surgeon)

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How does the prev med section differ between all BSMCs (ABCT, SBCT, IBCT)

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They dont, its the same

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What equipment does prev med have?

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PAX

  • 1x environmental science officer (72D)
  • 1x Prev med NCO (68S20)

Equipment
1x HMMWV hightop w trailer

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What is the role of the behavioral health platoon in med co?

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Responsible for assisting CDRs in prevention/controlling operational stress throughout BCT and units assigned in their AOR

Primary functions

  • promote pos combat operational stress behaviors
  • prevent unnecessary evac through forward tx and RTD
  • counseling personnel w personal, behavioral or psychological prob
  • collect and record social and psych data
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What equipment/pax does BH in a med co have?

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Pax:

  • 2x behavioral science officer (67D)
  • 1x behavioral health NCO (68X20)
  • 1x behavioral health specialist (68X10)

Equipment
- 1x HMMWV hightop

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How does the behavioral health element vary between MCAS and BSMC?

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Its the same in all MCAS and BSMC (ABCT, SBCT, IBCT)

18
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What is the task org for treatment platoon HQ?

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Tx squad
Treatment squad (area)
Area support squad
- dental
- lab
- rad
- PT
Patient hold squad
19
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What is the role of tx platoon HQ

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Provides mission command of platoon and platoon attached assets

Directs activities of clearing station and monitor class VIII supplies, blood usage, and inventory

Tracks pts and coordinates evac

Field med assistant acts as platoon ldr in garrison, generally retains position and responsibilities while deployed

20
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What is the function of the treatment platoon medical treatment squad?

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Functions

  • to reconstitute and reinforce tx squads of BAS
  • provide sick call
21
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How long can the treatment platoon medical treatment squad operate independently?

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They can operate for 48hrs while separated from their parent unit

22
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What equipment/pax does the treatment platoon med treatment squad have

BSMC

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Armored BCT (ABCT)
- 2x treatment teams
Equipment 
- 2x 577 
- 2x tactical combat medical care TCMC kits
- 1x hmmwv hightop w traier

Pax:

  • MD, PA
  • 68W20
  • 68W 10
Stryker BCT (SBCT)
3x treatment teams 
- 3x FLA
- 1x hightop w trailer
Pax: 
- 1x doc, 2x PA plus support medics etc

Infantry BCT (IBCT)
2x treatment teams
- 2x weird med hmmwv thing
- 1x hightop and trailer

23
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How is a MCAS treatment squad broken down?

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1st squad

  • team A/B doc/pa
  • LMTV w trailer
  • TCMC kits

Second squad

  • team A/B doc/pa
  • LMTV w trailer
  • TCMC kits
24
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What is the function of the medical treatment squad (area) in a BSMC?

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Functions

  • 1 treatment squad
  • serves as base med tx element of a role ii med tx facility (MTF)
  • sick call and initial resuscitative tx, ATM, EMT for supported units
25
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Equipment for area support treatment squad?

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Role II MTF (tent)
LMTV w trailer
Med tx teams
- doc, PA, medics, FLA, TCMC kits

26
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How to the medical area treatment squad (BSMC) differ between armor, stryker, and infantry?

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Basically the same except infantry BCT doesn’t have FLA’s

27
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What does the area support squad (BSMC and MCAS) provide?

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  • collocates w area tx squad and pt hold
  • emergency dental
  • basic diagnostic lab services and specimen collection
  • routine x-ray
28
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What pax does area support squad have (BSMC and MCAS)?

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1x

  • dentist, tech
  • PT **, PT NCO **
  • Lab NCO, specialist
  • rad NCO, specialist

*** not found in MCAS (only in BSMC)

29
Q

Functions of patient holding squad?

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  • Provide 72hr pt hold
  • num of Cots depends on unit
  • overflow recovery area for pts from FST
30
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Pt holding squad equipment/pax

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ABCT
Equipment 
- 40 cots (pt hold) (60 in emergency)
- 1x LMTV w trailer
Pax
- 1x med surg nurse 
- 2x med NCO, med SPC
SBCT
Equipment
- 20 cots (40 in emergency)
- 1x LMTV w trailer 
Pax 
- same
INCT
Equipment
- same as SBCT
- ABN/AA have same cots as ABCT
Pax
- Same
31
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Med co evac platoon functions

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  • performs ground eva from lower roles to higher roles of care
  • pre-pos ambulances at lower roles
  • reconstitutes/reinforces ambulances from support units
  • may be req to establish AXP or a shuttle system
32
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Med co Evac platoon equipment and pax

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MCAS, ABCT, SBCT, IBCT

Equipment
- 1x HMMWV hightop w trailer

Pax

  • 1x field med assistant (70B)
  • 1x PSG (68W40)
33
Q

Med co evac platoon provides?

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Provides mission command for evac platoon ops

Maintains coms to direct ground ambulance evac of pts

Performs routine recon and develops and issues graphic overlays to all its ambulance teams

34
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Med co evacuation squad (forward) function

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  • provides evac between the BAS and AXP/BSA
  • reconstitutes and reinforces BAS

Number and type of ambulance squads will vary

35
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Med co evacuation squad (forward) squads, equipment and pax

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ABCT, SBCT, IBCT

  • 3 squads
  • 2x evac trucks (113, HMMWV)

Pax (per squad)

  • 2x evac NCO
  • 2x evac SPC
  • 2x AMB driver
36
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Med co evac squad (area) function?

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Provides evac w/in Brigade Support area (BSA) or between AXP and BSA

37
Q

Med co evac squad (area) squads, equip, pax

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ABCT, SBCT, IBCT

2x squads

Equipment
- 2x FLA 1x trailer

Pax per squad

  • 1x Evac NCO
  • 1x Evac spc
  • 4x amb driver
38
Q

MCAS ambulance platoon pax and equipment?

A

HQ element
- same as all others

Amb squad (wheeled)
- 4 squads

Equipment
- 2x FLA 1x trailer

Pax - per squad

  • 1x Evac NCO
  • 1x Evac SPC
  • 2x Amb driver
39
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Brigade medical supply officer pax and equipment

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ABCT
PAX
- med log officer (70k)
- senior med log NCO
- med log NCO
- pharmacy NCO
- med equip repair NCO
- med log specialist
Equip
- low top HMMWV
- 2x LMTV 
- 1x water buffalo

IBCT
- same but they have a trailer for low top

SBCT/MCAS
- dont have BMSO but do have MEDLOG in HQ supply element

40
Q

The med units deploy with organic MES for how long?

Who resupplies them?

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Deploy with organic MES to support 72hrs

The BMSO/med supply has limited class VIII/blood

41
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How does the BMSO/ med supply section get resupplied?

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They get class VIII resupply from Corps MEDLOG
- prepackaged push packages tailored to meet the needs of BMSO
42
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What is the role of med maintenance?

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Single soldier (68A20) is responsible for service and calibration of all med equipment w/in BCT

Ensures all ancillary equip (x-ray, dental) to preserve role II capability

Co-ordinates for the evac of med equipment that cannot be repaired on the spot

BOLC Final 2020 (12 decks)

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