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 4   (U) BLOOD ~RODUCTS SUPPORT
             (U)
         a   ~`J)  The primary soL~ce of  ~quid biocd pro~ucts
         resupply £s ~~-om CO~JS  jS~dCOM will  ser;e ~s back-u~
             (U)
         b   `~)   L~mited frozen blood w 11 be available in ~he
         theate    (hospital si'ips cry) a~d is not c~rsidered a
         primary sou~ce of b1ood   esources to suppor- tbis
         operation
             (U)
         C   ~`3~  Selec-~ed early arriving hospital units (ATH
         hospital ships) will deploy with sufficient blood (type 0)
         to permit rapid abilty to provide mission medical support
              (U)
             (J~   A Joint Blood Program Office will be established
         in-theater to coordinate the blood support/distribution
         system    The JBPO will use USMTF to submit blood status
         and request reports
             (U)
         e   (C)   Blood requirements will be based upon the premise
         of max1~.nizing all available in-theater storage
         capabilities  while rrinimizing blood  waste  where
         practical
             (U)
         f   (~`,  The US will be required to resupply HNS
         facili~ies  dedicated   to care ~or US combatants
             (U)
         g   (C)   Torrejon AB  Spa£n will serve as an enroute BTC

 5   (U) MEDtCAL_ REGULATING
             (U)
         a   (C)   A Joint Med cal Regulating Office (JMRO) will be
         established within the AOR to coordinate in- and
         out-theater move~nent of patients
             (U)
         b   ~`3;  The JMRO will submit CO'tMZ regulating requests to
         the USEUCOMJMRO to obtain bed designations ~ithin
         USEUCOM   The USEUCOMJ~RO will request CONUS bed
         designations from the ASMRO   As a routine mat-er, no
         direct regulating channel is naticipated frorr the A0R to
         the ASMRO
             (U)
         c   (C)   US medical liaison tea~s will be established and
         moved  into the theater to coordinate regulating of US
         patients admitted to hNS hospitals

         d   (U)   All medical regulating information will be
         submitted using USMTF


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