CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS BUMEDINST 3400 1

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Subject: CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS BUMEDINST 3400 1                          

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        treat casualties evacuated directly from contaminated environ-
        ments. This is critical in the early days of an assault before
        establishing shore-based medical facilities.

             c. Amphibious Operations. Figure 3 outlines the flow of
        casualties from the FLOT and the various echelons of medical
        care. Movement of the casualty may not progress through each
        echelon in sequence. Depending on the tactical situation and
        degree of air superiority, casualties may move from the FLOT
        directly to echelon 3 support by air. It is imperative echelon 3
        facilities be able to treat CB casualties. Nonambulatory casual-
        ties should be placed in patient protective wraps before transfer
        between echelons.

             d. Fixed Shore Installations. Figure 4 outlines the flow of
        casualties from the point of injury at a fixed installation
        through the various echelons of support. If a naval air station
        or naval shore facility comes under CB attack, mass casualties
        can be anticipated. outlying clinics might function as echelon 2
        support. Chemically-hardened hospitals or hospitals located in
        uncontaminated areas would serve as echelon 3 facilities. Move-
        ment of contaminated patients directly to echelon 3 facilities
        can be expected. For this reason, both echelon 2 and 3 facili-
        ties shall have protection and associated casualty decontamina-
        tion systems.






























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