Joint Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for Patient Movement in Joint Operations

Abstract

The health service support (HSS) patient movement mission in joint operations is designed to minimize the effects of wounds, injuries, and disease by the rapid evacuation of ill and injured personnel. This mission is accomplished by a proactive patient movement program and a phased health care system (echelons of care) that extends from action taken at the point of wounding, injury, or illness through evacuation from a theater for treatment at a hospital in the continental United States (CONUS). One measure of this system's effectiveness is in its ability to save life and limb and to quickly evacuate.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 30, 1996
Accession Number
ADA357488

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Airframes
  • Airlift Operations
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Command And Control
  • Employment
  • Health Services
  • Medical Evacuation
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Medicine
  • Patient Care
  • Personnel Management
  • Therapy
  • United States Transportation Command
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Trauma Surgery or Emergency Medicine.