Battle Doc&Comm

Maximum time to transmit 9-line

25 seconds

Alpha (Line 5 Brevity Code)

Ambulatory (Or sitting)

When does MEDEVAC begin?

As soon as personnel receives the injured

Convenience time frame

At the unit's convenience

Bravo (Line 9 Brevity Code)

Biological

Line 8 (ait)

Casualty nationality and status

Charlie (Line 9 Brevity Code)

Chemical

Echo (Line 3 Brevity Code)

Convenience

Echo (Line 8 Brevity Code)

Enemy Prisoner of War (EPW)

Echo (Line 6 Brevity Code)

Enemy in area (Approach with caution)

X-ray (Line 6 Brevity Code)

Enemy in area (Armed escort required)

Charlie (Line 4 Brevity Code)

Extraction Equipment (Car)

Priority time frame

Four hours

Bravo (Line 4 Brevity Code)

Hoist (Basket)

Minimum request lines for MEDEVAC

Lines 1-5

Lima (Line 5 Brevity Code)

Litter

Line 1 (Wun)

Location of pickup site

Line 7 (Sev-en)

Method of marking LZ

Line 9 (Niner/Wartime)

NBC Contamination

November (Line 6 Brevity Code)

No enemy in area

Delta (Line 8 Brevity Code)

Non-U.S. Civilian

Charlie (Line 8 Brevity Code)

Non-U.S. Military

Alpha (Line 4 Brevity Code)

None

Delta (Line 7 Brevity Code)

None

November (Line 9 Brevity Code)

Nuclear

Line 6 (Six/Peacetime)

Number and type of wound, injury or illness.

Line 5 (Fife)

Number of casualties by type

Line 3 (Tree)

Number of casualty by precedence

Urgent time frame

One hour

Echo (Line 7 Brevity Code)

Other

Alpha (Line 7 Brevity Code)

Panels

Papa (Line 6 Brevity Code)

Possible enemy in area

Charlie (Line 3 Brevity Code)

Priority

Bravo (Line 7 Brevity Code)

Pyrotechnic signal

Line 2 (Too)

Radio frequency/Call sign

Delta (Line 3 Brevity Code)

Routine

Line 6 (Six/Wartime)

Security of pickup site

Charlie (Line 7 Brevity Code)

Smoke signal

Line 4 (Fow-er)

Special Equipment

DD1380

TCCC Card

Standard vs. Nonstandard Documentation

TCCC Card vs. Improvised (Ex: tape&sharpie)

Who must be notified upon identifying need for MEDEVAC?

Tactical Leader

Line 9 (Niner/Peacetime)

Terrain Description

Who signs the TCCC Card?

The First Responder

Over-classification

The tendency to classify an injury as being more severe than it actually is

Routine time frame

Twenty-four hours

Bravo (Line 8 Brevity Code)

U.S. Civilian

Alpha (Line 8 Brevity Code)

U.S. Military

Alpha (Line 3 Brevity Code)

Urgent

Five types of precedence

Urgent, Urgent-Surgical, Priority, Routine, and Convenience

Bravo (Line 3 Brevity Code)

Urgent-Surgical

CASEVAC

Use of non-medical vehicle or aircraft to evacuate a casualty (no med equipment)

Delta (Line 4 Brevity Code)

Ventilator (Don't Breath)