Army Techniques Publication ATP 4-02.2 Medical Evacuati

"Army Techniques Publication ATP 4-02.2 Medical Evacuation July 2019 This manual, Army Techniques Publication ATP 4-02.2 Medical Evacuation July 2019, provides doctrine and techniques for conducting medical evacuation and medical regulating operations. Medical evacuation encompasses both the evacuation of Soldiers from the point of injury or wounding to a medical treatment facility staffed and equipped to provide essential care in theater and further evacuation from the theater to provide definitive, rehabilitative, and convalescent care in the continental United States and the movement of patients between medical treatment facilities or to staging facilities. Medical evacuation entails the movement of patients on dedicated ground and air ambulances, medically staffed and equipped to provide en route medical care supports the military health system and links the continuum of care. In addition, it discusses the difference between medical evacuation and casualty evacuation as well as coordination requirements for and the use of nonmedical transportation "