AHS Basics
Components of the Military Health System responsible for operational management
What is Force Health Protection Mission and Health Service Support Mission?
Total number of Roles in Medical Care
What is four Roles of Medical Care?
Medical Command (Deployment Support), Medical BDE, & Multifunctional BN
What is Medical Command & Control?
Provide by organic medical assets or on an area support basis
What is Medical Treatment?
Force Health Protection promotes, improves, or conserves 5 medical functions
What is Combat & Operational Stress Control, Dental Services, Veterinary Services, Operational Public Health, and Laboratory Services?
Patient is at BAMC for inpatient care recovering from an intensive surgical procedure with rehabilitation to follow.
What is Role 4?
Operational Lab and Clinical Lab
What is Medical Laboratory Services?
Wounded Soldier is treated at Role 2 and expected to be RTD within 72 hours
What is Patient Holding?
Health Service Support includes 5 direct patient care components
What is Medical Treatment, Hospitalization, Medical Evaluation, Medical Logistics, & Treatment of CBRN?
Combat Medic applies tourniquet from his aid bag to wounded Soldier for quick temporary medical treatment while down rage.
What is Role 1?
Biochemistry, Hematology, Urinalysis, Microbiology, Serology, & Blood Banking Services
What is Role 3 Lab capabilities?
Treat and stabilize, provide care while en route, maintain or improve patient's medical condition
What is Medical Evacuation?
The 6 principles of Army Health Systems
What is Conformity, Proximity, Flexibility, Mobility, Continuity, & Control?
Resuscitation is required for patient and they are not expected to return to duty
What is Role 3?
Goal is to return Soldiers to duty expeditiously
What is Theater Evacuation Policy?
FHP and HSS support 4 areas
What is Joint Operations, Intergovernmental Agencies, Coalition, & Multinational forces?
An Animal Care Specialist treating an MWD for anaphylactic shock using Benadryl.
What is Role 2?
A healthy and fit force
Prevent disease & non-battle injuries
Protect the force from health hazards
What is Operational Public Health?
Entails identifying the patient awaiting evacuation, locating the available beds, locating special care if required, and coordinating the transportation means for movement
What is Medical Regulating?