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Subject: USN MARINE CORPS MEDICAL CAPABILITIES HANDBOOK                  

Unit: VARIOUS SHIP

Parent Organization: NAVCENTCOM  

Box ID: BX300118

Folder Title: FOLDER 11 - FLEET HOSPITAL PROGRAM                                                              

Document Number:          1

Folder SEQ  #:         46




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                                       COMBAT CASUALTY CARE


             MISSION:
             0    The primary mission of the Combat Casualty care medical support
                  system is to provide necessary medical care to sick and
                  injured. Inherent in this mission are the requirements to
                  prevent disease and injury, minimize mortality, minimize
                  disability, restore functional health, and if possible, return
                  personnel io duty in-theater with the Fleet Marine Force (FMF)
                  and Fleet. Further requirements include stabilizing and
                  preparing for evacuation those patients expected to exceed the
                  length of stay dictated by the evacuation policy.
             0    To accomplish the mission requires the establishment of a
                  continuum of care from the Forward'Edge of Battle Area'(FEBA)
                  to the continental 'U.S. (CONUS). This continuum of care is a
                  system which:
                  - must be sufficiently mobile to deploy with the Fleet and the
                  FMF
                  - must be flexible in order to tailor medical capabilities to
                  mission requirements
                  - -must be rapidly responsive to provide care when and where
                  needed

             MEDICAL ELEMENTS OF TIIE CONTINUUM OF CARE:

             0    objective:
                  - To provide optimum care and treatment to the sick, injured,
                  and wounded in an uninterrupted.-manner.
                  -- Continuity in care and treatment is achieved by moving the
                  patient through a progressive, phased 'medical support system
                  (Echelons of Care) extending from the forward area of the
                  combat zone to the area as far rearward as the patient's
                  condition requires, possibly to CONUS. Each echelon
    contributes a measured, logical increment appropriate to its
                  location and capability.
                  -- The concept of care at each echelon of the medical system
                  is limited by four interacting factors: (1) the urgency of the
                  patient's needs; (2) the requirements for mobility of medical
                  personnel and facilities; (3) the capabilities of medical
                  personnel and facilities; (4) amount of workload reaching the
                  echelon relative to its treatment capacity.






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File Room = oct96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-42
Box ID = BX300118
Unit = VARIOUS SHIP
Parent Organization = NAVCENTCOM
Folder Title = FOLDER 11 - FLEET HOSPITAL PROGRAM
Folder Seq # = 46
Subject = USN MARINE CORPS MEDICAL CAPABILITIES HANDBOOK
Document Seq # = 1
Document Date =
Scan Date =
Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 12-NOV-1996