Mod 1 Army Health System

Question 1

What regulation defines the Army Health System?

Answer 1

FM 4-02

Question 2

The Army Health System has how many medical functions?

Answer 2

10

Question 3

How many roles of medical care are in the Army Health System?

Answer 3

4 (1-23)

Question 4

With what two threats is AMEDD concerned?

Answer 4

General and Medical (1-2)

Question 5

To what does the general threat refer?

Answer 5

• Character, types, and severity of wounds and injuries
• Enemy’s ability and willingness to disrupt AHS operations and to respect the conditions of the
  Geneva Conventions
  (1-2)

Question 6

To what does the health threat refer?

Answer 6

• Disease
• Occupational/Environmental
• Poisonous flora/fauna/
• Weapon injuries
• Physiologic/Psychologic stressors
  (1-3)

Question 7

What are the 6 AHS Principles?

Answer 7

Flexibility, Control, Mobility, Conformity, Continuity, Proximity (1 - 17-22)

Question 8

First responder/pre-hospital capabilities are described by what system?

Answer 8

Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) (1-7)

Question 9

Describe Role 1 medical care

Answer 9

Occurs at the unit level
- Immediate lifesaving measures.
- Disease and non-battle injury (DNBI) prevention.
- Combat and operational stress preventive measures
(1-24)

Question 10

Define Health Service Support

Answer 10

All support and services performed, provided, and arranged by the AMEDD to promote, improve, conserve, or restore the mental and physical well being of personnel in the Army

Question 11

Define Force Health Protection

Answer 11

Measures to promote, improve, or conserve the mental and physical well-being of Soldiers

Question 12

Describe Role 2 medical care

Answer 12

Occurs in a medical company (BSB, ASMC)
- blood, x-ray, laboratory, dental, COSC, preventive
medicine, and when augmented, physical therapy and optometry services
- greater capability to resuscitate trauma patients than is available at Role 1.
- Patients who can return to duty within 72 hours are held for treatment
(1-29)

Question 13

Describe Role 3 medical care

Answer 13

• Staffed and equipped to provide care to all categories of patients, to include resuscitation, initial wound surgery, damage control surgery, and postoperative treatment (Bagram, Al Asad) (1-31)
• Primary conduit for patient evacuation to Role 4 facilities

Question 14

Describe Role 4 medical care

Answer 14

Role 4 medical care is found in CONUS-based hospitals and other safe havens (Walter Reed, SAAMC, Landsthul) (1-32)

Question 15

What is the Theater Evacuation Policy?

Answer 15

Soldiers are not evacuated for care to role 4 unless their recovery time exceeded the theater evacuation policy (usually 60 days) (4-0)

Question 16

What is the function of Medical Mission Command functional area

Answer 16

Ensure a seamless continuum of care from the point of injury or wounding to the CONUS-support
base exists, and in order to decrease morbidity and mortality (2-1)

Question 17

What is the function of the Medical Treatment functional area

Answer 17

Role 1 and Role 2 medical support

Question 18

What is the function of the Medical Evacuation functional area

Answer 18

• System that provides linkage between the roles of care necessary to sustain the patient during transport
• Theater Evacuation Policy
• Medical Regulating (movement between MTFs)

Question 19

What is the function of the Hospitalization functional area

Answer 19

Care within theater to treat and return to duty those patients who can be treated within the theater evacuation policy and stabilize and evacuate those patients requiring definitive, convalescent, and rehabilitative care

Question 20

What is the function of the Dental Services functional area

Answer 20

• Promote Dental Health
• Prevent and treat oral and dental disease
• Provide far forward dental treatment
• Provide early treatment of severe oral and maxillofacial injuries

Question 21

What is the function of the Preventative Medicine functional area

Answer 21

Promote, improve or conserve the physical well-being of Soldiers

• Disease and non-battle injury
• Force Health Protection

Question 22

What is the function of the Combat and Operational Stress Control functional area

Answer 22

Prevent, identify, and manage adverse combat and operational stress reactions in units

Question 23

What is the function of the Veterinary Services functional area

Answer 23

• Animal Medical Care
• Inspection of food
• Veterinary Preventative Medicine

Two branches - Vet Services, Vet Medicine