Unit 1: medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) Lesson:1 MEDEVAC BASICS
What are the five casualty categories?
1. US military 2.US civilian 3.military or other than US military 4.civilian other than US civilian 5.enemy prisoner of war(epw)
Convenient
Evacuated for medical convenient than necessity
What is the opening statement for 9- line MEDEVAC request
I have a MEDEVAC request. over
What is Line 7?
Method of Marking pickup site- Makes
What will you use when stating letters over radio?
Phonetic alphabet
Commonly used pro words for radio transmission(6) and meaning
Roger- Received Wilco -Will comply wait -Pause say again-Repeat negative - no over- end
What does the term urgent mean in reference to medevac
Within two hours save life limb eyesight
How many seconds should you wait for acknowledgment by receiving operator
1-3sec
Two different methods of medical evacuation
1. MEDEVAC 2. CASEVAC
Line 1: Location -Low (5)
1.Location of Pickup site 2. Info sent Using universal transfers Mercator(UTM) grid system 3. Map, determine the grid coordinates. 4.Info obtained through GPS/land navigation skills and a map 5. Minimum of six digit coordinate with grid zone identifier should be used
What are the four things you use to transmit the security of the pick up site?
1.No enemy troops in area 2.possible enemy troops in area approach with caution 3.enemy troops in area approach with caution 4.enemy troops in area armed escort required
Common methods of marking pick up site are? (8)
1.Panels 2.pyrotechnics signal 3.smoke signal 4.signal person 5.strips of fabric or parachute 6.tree branches, wood, stones 7.signal lamp, flashlight, vehicle lights 8.open flame
8 Forbidden practices avoid using radio
1.Violation radio silence 2.unofficial conversation between operators 3.On net without permission 4.Excessive tuning and testing 5.Operators personal name 6.Unauthorized use plain language 7.Anything other than authorized pro words 8. Profane, indecent, or obscene language
MEDEVAC (2)
A. Medical ground/air vehicles with medical personnel a board B.Standardized/dedicated vehicle providing en-route patient care
CASEVAC (2)
A. Non-medical vehicles with no dedicated medical personnel a board B. Non-standardized and non-dedicated vehicles does not provide en-route care
WHAT IS LINE 8 OF 9 LINE?
CASUALTY NATIONALITY AND STATUS - nachos
When is the only time you would transmit line 9 of MEDEVAC request?
Contamination
Why is Line 9 needed?
Determine if medical, biological, radiological contamination is present
Why is Line 4 needed?
Determine what special equipment will need to be on board
Why is Line 6 required?
Determining whether evacuation crew will need escorts to pick up site
Priority
Evacuated within four hours Condition could Deteriorate and become an urgent precedence
Urgent surgical
Evacuated within two hours to nearest surgical unit
Urgent
Evacuated within two hours to save life limb or Eyesight
Why is Line 2: Radio Frequency, Call sign and suffix -Flying needed?
Evacuation crew can contact the requesting unit while enroute
Why is Line 7 required?
Identify the location of the pick up site
Why is Line 5 needed?
Let evacuation crew know number of Litter and ambulatory casualties
When you pop smoke, the evacuation crew will call to verify color of smoke is an example of which line?
Line 2: Radio Frequency
Which line classifies casualties based on their evaluation?
Line 3: Number of Casualties by Precedence
Hoist, extraction equipment and ventilator is a part of which precedence?
Line 4:Special equipment
Which line determines appropriate number of evacuation vehicles that may be dispatched to pick up site?
Line 5: Casualties by Type
Which method is usually determined upon the materials available?
Line 7: Marking pickup site
Which line is not transmit it if there is no contamination?
Line 9
Which lines must be transmitted before evacuation mission begins?
Lines 1- through 5
9-Line request acronym
Low, Flying, Pilots, Eat, Tacos Salsa, Makes, Nachos, Nice
What is the difference between a MEDEVAC and CASEVAC
MEDEVAC- medical vehicles CASEVAC-non medical
WHAT IS LINE 9 OF 9 LINE?
Nbc contamination
Are the same formats for 9-Line MEDEVAC Request used during wartime and peacetime?
No
Routine
Not expected to deteriorate evacuated within 24 hours
What does not need to be transmitted in each casualty category?
Number of casualties
What is Line 5?
Number of casualties by type -Tacos
Line 3 of the 9 line medevac request pertains to
Precedence
What makes transmission of info faster clearer and more accurate?
Radio transmission rules
How will the nine 9 medevac request be transmitted
Radio transmissions
What do you do if you have multiple number digits?
Say each number individually
What is Line 6
Security of the pick up site -Salsa
Why is Line 1: location required?
So evacuation vehicle knows where to pick up casualties. And to pick up more casualties from more than one site if necessary
What is Line 4?
Special Equipment
What is over classification
Tendency to classify a wound as more severe than it actually is
What is over classification?
Tendency to classify a wound as more severe than it actually is
Goal of MEDEVAC
To Evacuate the wounded, injured, or ill service members, as quickly as possible, to a level of Health Service Support that can sustain life and/or return the service member to duty.
Why is Line 3 precedence needed
To avoid over classification
Medical evacuation goal
To evacuate wounded, injured or ill service members, as quickly as possible.
Why is Line 8 needed?
To identify which facilities will receive casualties and whether cards are needed to escort
When will you use brevity codes?
Transmitting lines 3- 9
Security of pick up site will be determined by who?
Unit leader
What are the 5 precedences associated in line 3
Urgent urgent surgical priority Routine convenient
Why do we use the 9- line medevac request Format?
Utilizes nine lines of standardize info to request patient evacuation between a non-medical unit and medical support element
