Casualty Evacuation Operations
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PURPOSE
The purpose of this briefing is to
provide an overview of casualty
evacuation procedures and to
provide you the information
necessary to set up a SOP for
casualty evacuation procedures at
your respective sites
REFERENCES
FM 8-10-4, Medical Platoon Leader’s Handbook (TTPs)
FM 7-20, The Infantry Battalion
CTC Trends, JRTC, Nov 97, No. 97-19
CALL Newsletter, Jul 99, No. 99-6
CMTC Trends Compendium Apr 98
FM 21-11, First Aid for Soldiers
AGENDA
REDUCING COMBAT DEATHS
CHS LIFESAVING MEASURES
IMPORTANCE OF THE CLS
PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS
MEDICAL TREATMENT FACILITIES
TRANSPORTATION OF CASUALTIES
CATEGORIES OF PRECEDENCE
THE MEDEVAC REQUEST
Planning Medical Evacuation
Medical evacuation requirements and units available are listed to include their locations, missions, and attachments.
Location of casualty collecting points and ambulance exchange points are placed on overlays.
Identify routes, means and schedules (if any) of evacuation and responsibilities.
Evacuation request procedures and channels.
Medical Treatment Facilities
Medical treatment facilities (aid stations, hospitals).
Locations and missions of appropriate medical treatment facilities.
Transportation of Casualties
When the situation is urgent you may have to transport the casualty. For this reason, you must know how to transport him without increasing the seriousness of his condition.
Transporting a casualty by litter is safer and more comfortable for him than by manual means; it is also easier for you.
Manual transportation, however, may be the only feasible method because of the terrain or the combat situation.
Standard Evacuation Types
Manual Carries
(One Man)
Fireman’s Carry
Support Carry
Arms Carry
Pistol-belt Carry and Drag
Neck Drag
Manual Carries (two man)
Two man support carry
Two man arms carry
Two man fore-and-aft carry
Two hand seat carry
LOCATION OF THE
PICKUP SITE
RADIO FREQUENCY/CALL SIGN
AND SUFFIX
NUMBER OF PATIENTS BY PRECEDENCE
SPECIAL EQUIPMENT REQUIRED
BREVITY CODES:
A NONE
B HOIST
C EXTRACTION EQUIPMENT
D VENTILATOR
NUMBER OF PATIENTS BY TYPE
BREVITY CODES:
L + #Patients Litter
A + #Patients Ambulatory
SECURITY OF PICKUP SITE (WARTIME)
BREVITY CODES:
N NO ENEMY
P POSSIBLE ENEMY TROOPS IN AREA (APPROACH WITH CAUTION)
E ENEMY TROOPS IN AREA (APPROACH WITH CAUTION)
X ENEMY TROOPS IN AREA
(ARMED ESCORT REQUIRED)
NUMBER AND TYPE OF WOUND, INJURY, OR ILLNESS (PEACETIME)
GIVE SPECIFIC INFORMATION, GUNSHOT WOUND, BLEEDING AND BLOOD TYPE IF KNOWN
LINE 7
METHOD OF MARKING PICKUP SITE
BREVITY CODE:
A PANELS
B PYROTECHNIC SIGNAL
C SMOKE SIGNAL
D NONE
E OTHER
LINE 8
PATIENT NATIONALITY AND STATUS
LINE 9
NBC CONTAMINATION
(Wartime)
ENCRYPT BREVITY CODE:
N NUCLEAR
B BIOLOGICAL
C CHEMICAL
LINE 9
TERRAIN DESCRIPTION
(PEACETIME)
INCLUDE DETAILS OF TERRAIN FEATURES IN AND AROUND PROPOSED LANDING SITE
Example
SUMMARY
REDUCING COMBAT DEATHS
CHS LIFESAVING MEASURES
IMPORTANCE OF THE CLS
PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS
MEDICAL TREATMENT FACILITIES
TRANSPORTATION OF CASUALTIES
CATEGORIES OF PRECEDENCE
THE MEDEVAC REQUEST
