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APPENDIX 4 TO ANNEX Q TO CFC OPLAN (KOREA) 9518X-XX
PATIENT EVACUATION
REFERENCES: a. Basic Plan. b. JP4-02.2, "JTTP for Patient Movement in Joint Operations," 30 December 1996.
1. Purpose. To provide the concept of operations, assign tasks, document time-phased workload, and identify resources available to support medical evacuation of patients within and from the Joint Operations
Area (JOA).
2. Definitions and Assumptions a. All operations under this Annex will take place in an uncertain to hostile environment. b. Assets required under this annex will be available. c. Retrograde patient evacuation will be available. d. US Army will provide all rotary wing medevac capability in the area of operations, from forward locations to the APOD.
3. Concept of Operations a. MEDNEO. N/A b. Combatant Medical Evacuation. Non-standard rotary wing assets can be used to evacuate patients from forward location to the APOD at PUSAN, POHANG, KUNSAN, and TAEGU. c. Organic Evacuation Assets. Army component assets will provide non-standard tactical rotary wing
MEDEVAC from forward locations to the APOD or a hospital ship utilizing Army or Navy medics on board.
Upon arrival, patients will enter the strategic AE system. PACAF fixed wing aircraft will be reconfigured as necessary and be utilized for retrograde AE missions. d. Pre-Planned and Dedicated Systems. N/A. e. Aeromedical Evacuation (AE). Air is the preferred mode of patient evacuation. Rotary wing will be used for tactical patient evacuation. C-17/C-141/C-9 aircraft will be used for strategic AE into CONUS for evacuees.
4. Tasks
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SECRET FOR TRAINING ONLY a. JTF KOREA. JTF Korea will provide rotary wing MEDEVAC from forward locations to the APOD to include in-flight medical care capability and other support as required. b. PACAF
(1) Provides all intratheater fixed wing aeromedical evacuation capability from the JOA to intermediate/staging bases in Panama and CONUS.
(2) Provides all transportation from the strategic theater APODs.
(3) Ensures patients arriving via rotary wing aircraft from forward locations or a hospital ship are transported to the APOD medical facility for treatment and stabilization, then on to the Mobile
Aeromedical Staging Facility (MASF).
(4) Provides Aeromedical Evacuation Control Center (AECC) at the APODs. c. AMC
(5) Provides other support as required.
(1) Provides all strategic aeromedical evacuation capability from the theater to CONUS.
(2) Provides all deployed AELTs with organic communication capability.
(3) Provides two strategic medical aircrews to the APODs.
(4) Provides other support as required. d. 7 th ACC. ACC will provide one tactical aeromedical evacuation crew and other support as required.
5. Assessment. Given timely and adequate rotary and fixed wing support, the medical evacuation plan is supportable.
6. Communications a. Message Formats. Standard Alpha, Bravo, Charlie aeromedical evacuation formats will be utilized to/from forward locations APODs, ISB, and from the APODs to CONUS. b. Classification. Messages will be IAW CTF/CC policies and guidance. c. Communication Support. AELTs will communicate with one another and with the
APOD/ISB/AECCs utilizing organic capabilities. APOD and ISBs will communicate with PACAF AE assets utilizing JTF established communications and organic INMARSAT. d. Communication Policy. Direct communication is desired. CTF/CC policy will be followed.
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SECRET FOR TRAINING ONLY e. Communication Resources Available. See paragraph 6.c. f. Aeromedical Evacuation Liaison Teams (AELTs). AELTs will be deployed to all forward operating locations and at the APODs to coordinate patient movement for all JTF forces with the Joint Medical
Regulating Office (JMRO) Forward. JMRO Forward will coordinate with JMRO Main located in Korea to regulate patients to beds in Japan and/or CONUS.
7. Command and Control. All aeromedical evacuation assets deployed to the APOD and ISBs fall under the direct command and control of the Director of Medical Operations Forces (DIRMOBFOR) who exercises this authority through the Director of Aeromedical Evacuation Forces (DIRAEFOR). AELTs deployed forward are under the direction of the AECC, but will be supported (messing, billeting, security, etc.) by the organic unit at their location. The AECC/DIRAEFOR will coordinate with the DIRMOBFOR for use of all aircraft assets.
Medical validation of patients at forward locations will be done by the flight surgeon(s) assigned to the Air
Transportable Clinics. At the APOD and ISBs, the flight surgeon assigned to the Air Transportable Clinic will validate patients requiring further movement.
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