Download or read book Army Health System ATTP 4 02 written by Department of the Army and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-11-02 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication, “Army Health System,” provides the capstone doctrine for the Army Health System (AHS) in support of the modular force. The Army Health System is the overarching concept of support for providing timely medical support to the tactical commander. It discusses the current medical force structure modernized under the Department of the Army (DA) approved Medical Reengineering Initiative and the Modular Medical Force that is designed to support the brigade combat teams and echelons above brigade units. As the Army's capstone medical doctrine statement, this publication identifies medical functions and procedures that are essential for operations covered in other Army Medical Department (AMEDD) proponent manuals. This publication depicts Army Health System operations from the point of injury, illness, or wounding through successive roles of care within the theater and evacuation to the continental United States (CONUS) support base. It presents a stable body of operational doctrine rooted in actual military experience and serves as a foundation for the development of AMEDD proponent manuals on how the AHS supports the modular force. The AHS is a component of the Department of Defense (DOD) Military Health System. It is responsible for the operational management of the health service support (HSS) and force health protection (FHP) missions for training, predeployment, deployment, and post deployment operations. The AHS includes all mission support services performed, provided, or arranged by the AMEDD to support HSS and FHP mission requirements for the Army and as directed, for joint, intergovernmental agencies, and multinational forces. Although Joint doctrine describes the capabilities of the Military Health System as a taxonomy of care, this description does not adequately address how the AMEDD must organize and equip its forces to successfully accomplish the health care delivery in the noncontiguous operational environment. Therefore, the AHS is in consonance with and supports the concept of the taxonomy of care, but AMEDD support is discussed in terms of capability packages specifically designed to support Army formations. Although the Military Health System is an interrelated system which may share medical services, capabilities, and specialties among the Service components, it is not a joint mission command system. Each Service component develops its medical resources to support its Service-specific mission. This results in the development of different types of organizations with varying levels of capability, mobility, and survivability. Although joint medical resources may have similar nomenclature to describe the unit, they are not usually interchangeable.

Download or read book Army Health System Fm 4 02 written by Department of the Army and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-07-13 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "Army Health System" FM 4-02 provides doctrine for the Army Health System (AHS) in support of the modular force. The AHS is the overarching concept of support for providing timely AHS support to the tactical commander. It discusses the current AHS force structure modernized under the Department of the Army (DA)-approved Medical Reengineering Initiative and the Modular Medical Force that is designed to support the brigade combat teams (BCTs) and echelons above brigade (EAB) units. As the Army's AHS doctrine statement, this publication identifies medical functions and procedures that are essential for operations covered in other Army Medical Department (AMEDD) proponent manuals. This publication depicts AHS operations from the point of injury, illness, or wounding through successive roles of care within the area of operations (AO) and evacuation to the continental United States (CONUS)-support base. It presents a stable body of operational doctrine rooted in actual military experience and serves as a foundation for the development of AMEDD proponent manuals on how the AHS supports unified land operations. The AHS mission falls within two warfighting functions: sustainment and protection.

Download or read book Army Health System FM 4 02 ATTP 4 02 written by Headquarters Department Of The Army and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-09-17 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication provides doctrine for the Army Health System (AHS) in support of the modular force. The AHS is the overarching concept of support for providing timely AHS support to the tactical commander. It discusses the current AHS force structure modernized under the Department of the Army (DA)-approved Medical Reengineering Initiative and the Modular Medical Force that is designed to support the brigade combat teams (BCTs) and echelons above brigade (EAB) units. As the Army's AHS doctrine statement, this publication identifies medical functions and procedures that are essential for operations covered in other Army Medical Department (AMEDD) proponent manuals. This publication depicts AHS operations from the point of injury, illness, or wounding through successive roles of care within the area of operations (AO) and evacuation to the continental United States (CONUS)-support base.

Download or read book Army Health System Support to Maneuver Forces Atp 4 02 3 written by Department of the Army and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-07-13 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication, "Army Health System Support to Maneuver Forces, ATP 4-02.3" addresses Army Health System (AHS) support to maneuver forces as we have seen in Field Manuals (FM) 4-02.4, FM 4-02.6, and FM 4-02.21. Army Health System resources (personnel and equipment) are organic to a variety of organizations within the brigade combat teams (BCTs). The numbers of personnel, medical equipment, and unit capabilities for providing organic AHS support also varies depending upon the parent formation/organization. It is essential for AHS planners to understand how AHS resources are arrayed across the battlefield and the capabilities and limitations of the various medical assets that are used across the range of military operations in support of the warfighting functions in the conduct of unified land operations and in pursuit of decisive action in any operational environment (OE). To facilitate this understanding, this publication uses the infantry brigade combat team (IBCT) base table of organization and equipment (TOE) for illustrative purposes only. Variances will exist between what is included in this publication and the actual modified TOEs of deployed units. These variances may be due to updates of areas of concentration (AOCs), military occupational specialties (MOSs), and military grades and modifications made to unit's TOE which result in the unit's modified TOE or updates to the base TOEs reflecting Total Army Analysis findings and judgments. Where significant differences exist in the base TOEs of the BCTs, an explanation of these differences is provided.

Download or read book Army Tactics Techniques and Procedures ATTP 4 02 Army Health System written by United States Government US Army and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication provides the capstone doctrine for the Army Health System (AHS) in support of the modular force. The Army Health System is the overarching concept of support for providing timely medical support to the tactical commander. It discusses the current medical force structure modernized under the Department of the Army (DA) approved Medical Reengineering Initiative and the Modular Medical Force that is designed to support the brigade combat teams and echelons above brigade units. As the Army's capstone medical doctrine statement, this publication identifies medical functions and procedures that are essential for operations covered in other Army Medical Department (AMEDD) proponent manuals. This publication depicts Army Health System operations from the point of injury, illness, or wounding through successive roles of care within the theater and evacuation to the continental United States (CONUS) support base. It presents a stable body of operational doctrine rooted in actual military experience and serves as a foundation for the development of AMEDD proponent manuals on how the AHS supports the modular force. This publication is for use by commanders and their staffs and command surgeons. It is to be used as a guide in obtaining as well as providing AHS in an area of operations. Information in this publication is applicable to the full spectrum operations. It is compatible with the Army's sustainment and protection doctrine and is in consonance with Joint Publication (JP) 4-02. This publication implements or is in consonance with the following North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Standardization Agreements (STANAGs), and American, British, Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand (ABCA) Standards and Quadripartite Advisory Publication 256.

Download or read book Army Health System Support Planning Atp 4 02 55 written by Department of the Army and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-07-13 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Army Techniques Publication (ATP) 4-02.55 provides guidance to the medical commander, medical planner, and command surgeon at all levels of command in planning Army Health System (AHS) support for unified land operations. The AHS is a complex system of interrelated and interdependent systems which provides a continuum of medical treatment from point of injury or wounding through successive roles of medical care to definitive, rehabilitative, and convalescent care in the continental United States (CONUS), as required. Planning is an essential element which facilitates the successful accomplishment of the Army Medical Department (AMEDD) mission. The medical planner, by carefully applying AMEDD doctrine and principles, is able to provide the best possible AHS for all Army operations. The AHS provides support to forces deployed across the full range of military operations with its various operational arrangements. The AHS is a complex system of highly synchronized, interrelated and interdependent systems comprised of ten medical functions. It is a system of systems. The medical functions align with medical disciplines and specialty training with the capabilities required to provide state-of-the-art care to Soldiers regardless of where they are deployed or assigned. The functions include: medical mission command, medical treatment (area support), hospitalization, dental services, preventive medicine services, combat and operational stress control, veterinary services, medical evacuation, medical logistics, and medical laboratory.

Download or read book Army Techniques Publication ATP 4 02 55 Army Health System Support Planning March 2020 written by United States Government Us Army and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-08 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This U.S. Army manual, Army Techniques Publication ATP 4-02.55 Army Health System Support Planning March 2020, provides guidance to the medical commander, medical planner, and command surgeon at all levels of command in planning Army Health System support. Users of Army Techniques Publication 4-02.55 must be familiar with unified land operations established in Army Doctrine Publication 3-0; the operations process as stated in Army Doctrine Publication 5-0; how Army forces conduct large-scale combat operations described in Field Manual 3-0; Army plans and orders production as promulgated in Field Manual 6-0; mission command systems of tactical units and the mission command process established in Army Doctrine Publication 6-0; Army Health System support described in Field Manual 4-02; and the Joint Health Services described in Joint Publication 4-02. The principal audience for this publication is all medical commanders, command surgeons, and their staffs, and nonmedical commanders involved in medical planning. Army Techniques Publication 4-02.55 updates Army Health System planning topics while adopting current terminology and concepts as necessary. The Army Health System is a complex system of interrelated and interdependent systems which provides a continuum of medical treatment from point of injury or woundingthrough successive roles of medical care and is inextricably linked to the Military Health System through the Defense Health Agency Role 4 Hospitals for the provision of definitive care as patients are evacuated to continental United States from Role 3 medical treatment facilities in theater. The medical planner is able to provide the best possible Army Health System for all Army operations by carefully applying operational medicine doctrine and principles. The Army Health System provides support to forces deployed across the full range of military operations in all operational arrangements. The Army Health System is a complex system of highly synchronized, interrelated, and interdependent systems comprised of ten medical functions. The medical functions align with medical disciplines and specialty training with the capabilities required to provide state-of-the-art care to Soldiers regardless of where they are deployed or assigned.

Download or read book Army Techniques Publication Atp 4 02 55 Army Health System Support Planning September 2015 written by United States Army and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication, Army Techniques Publication ATP 4-02.55 Army Health System Support Planning September 2015, replaces FM 8-55 and updates key planning topics while adopting current terminology and concepts as necessary. The AHS is a complex system of interrelated and interdependent systems which provides a continuum of medical treatment from point of injury or wounding through successive roles of medical care to definitive, rehabilitative, and convalescent care in the continental United States (CONUS), as required. Planning is an essential element which facilitates the successful accomplishment of the Army Medical Department (AMEDD) mission. The medical planner, by carefully applying AMEDD doctrine and principles, is able to provide the best possible AHS for all Army operations. The AHS provides support to forces deployed across the full range of military operations with its various operational arrangements. The AHS is a complex system of highly synchronized, interrelated and interdependent systems comprised of ten medical functions. It is a system of systems. The medical functions align with medical disciplines and specialty training with the capabilities required to provide state-of-the-art care to Soldiers regardless of where they are deployed or assigned. The functions include: medical mission command, medical treatment (area support), hospitalization, dental services, preventive medicine services, combat and operational stress control, veterinary services, medical evacuation, medical logistics, and medical laboratory. Army Techniques Publication 4-02.55 consists of four chapters and four appendixes as follows: Chapter 1 provides an overview of the characteristics of the AHS, its principles, functions, the role of medical care, and medical planning factors. It also discusses the fundamental aspects used by medical planners to determine the best possible AHS to support Army operations. Chapter 2 describes the ten medical functions and how they are aligned with specific medical disciplines of health service support (HSS) or force health protection (FHP) or sustainment medical tasks. It also provides the primary purposes of the functions to give the medical planner a planning reference point to work from. Chapter 3 provides guidance for some of the unique complexity inherent to AHS planning. It also provides a brief review of and references the Army planning process and how it applies to AHS planning. Chapter 4 discusses some of the many different and unique factors, terms, and computation the medical planner can use to develop the AHS estimate. Appendix A provides a detailed example of the AHS estimate with planning considerations. Appendix B provides an explanation of rate calculations and provides some of the more commonly used rate formulas. Appendix C provides an example and guidance on the preparation of an AHS appendix to an operation order (OPORD) or operation plan (OPLAN). Appendix D provides a methodology to manually calculate hospital bed requirements. It includes current and historical information to perform the calculations to assist in preparing the AHS estimate.

Download or read book Army Health System Support to Stability and Defense Support of Civil Authorities Tasks written by Department of the Army and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-07-14 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Army Techniques Publication, "Army Health System Support to Stability and Defense Support of Civil Authorities Tasks," ATP 4-02.42, establishes Army Health System (AHS) support doctrine and provides the guiding principles for the provision of medical support to stability and defense support of civil authorities (DSCA) tasks. Army Techniques Publication 4-02.42 examines the various situations in which Army medical personnel may be required to provide support for stability and DSCA tasks. While the Department of Defense (DOD) is not a provider of first resort in disasters, requests for support from U.S. forces may be required when military-unique capabilities (such as lift capability, engineering, or deployable medical support) exist that can expedite relief efforts during urgent, life-threatening situations.

Download or read book Army Techniques Publication Atp 4 02 3 Army Health System Support to Maneuver Forces June 2014 written by United States Government Us Army and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-06-20 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication, Army Techniques Publication ATP 4-02.3 Army Health System Support to Maneuver Forces June 2014, is a consolidation of currently existing publications which address Army Health System (AHS) support to maneuver forces. The publications being consolidated into this Army Techniques Publication (ATP) include Field Manual (FM) 4-02.4, FM 4-02.6, and FM 4-02.21. Army Health System resources (personnel and equipment) are organic to a variety of organizations within the brigade combat teams (BCTs). The numbers of personnel, medical equipment, and unit capabilities for providing organic AHS support also varies depending upon the parent formation/organization. It is essential for AHS planners to understand how AHS resources are arrayed across the battlefield and the capabilities and limitations of the various medical assets that are used across the range of military operations in support of the warfighting functions in the conduct of unified land operations and in pursuit of decisive action in any operational environment (OE). To facilitate this understanding, this publication uses the infantry brigade combat team (IBCT) base table of organization and equipment (TOE) for illustrative purposes only. Variances will exist between what is included in this publication and the actual modified TOEs of deployed units. These variances may be due to updates of areas of concentration (AOCs), military occupational specialties (MOSs), and military grades and modifications made to unit's TOE which result in the unit's modified TOE or updates to the base TOEs reflecting Total Army Analysis findings and judgments. Where significant differences exist in the base TOEs of the BCTs, an explanation of these differences is provided. The principle audience for this publication is all commanders and their staffs, command surgeons, AHS planners, and Army Medical Department (AMEDD) personnel and units.

Download or read book Medical Evacuation Atp 4 02 2 Fm 4 02 2 written by Department of the Army and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-07-13 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Army Techniques Publication 4-02.2, "Medical Evacuation," 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 (POI) or wounding to a medical treatment facility (MTF) 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 (CONUS) and the movement of patients between MTFs or to staging facilities. Medical evacuation entails the provision of en route medical care; supports the joint health service support system; and links the continuum of care. In addition, it discusses the difference between medical evacuation and casualty evacuation (CASEVAC), as well as coordination requirements for and the use of nonmedical transportation assets to accomplish the CASEVAC mission. The Army Health System (AHS) is a complex system of interrelated and interdependent systems which provides a continuum of medical treatment from the POI or wounding through successive roles of medical care to definitive, rehabilitative, and convalescent care in the CONUS, as required. Medical evacuation is the system which provides the vital linkage between the roles of care necessary to sustain the patient during transport. This is accomplished by providing en route medical care and emergency medical intervention, if required, and to enhance the individual's prognosis and to reduce long-term disability.

Download or read book Field Manual FM 4 02 Army Health System November 2020 written by United States Government Us Army and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-24 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This United States Army publication, Field Manual FM 4-02 Army Health System November 2020, provides doctrine for the Army Health System (AHS) in support of the modular force. The AHS is the overarching concept of support for providing timely AHS support to the tactical commander. It discussesthe current AHS force structure which was modernized under the Department of the Army-approved Medical Reengineering Initiative and the Modular Medical Force. These modernization efforts were designed to support the brigade combat teams and echelons above brigade units. The principal audience for FM 4-02 is all members of the profession of arms. Commanders and staffs of Army headquarters serving as joint task force or multinational headquarters should also refer to applicable joint or multinational doctrine concerning the range of military operations and joint or multinational forces. Trainers and educator throughout the Army will also use this publication. This publication applies to the Active Army, Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, United States Army Reserve, Army Civilian Corps, and Army contracted medical providers, unless otherwise stated.

Download or read book Army Health System Support to Army Special Operations Forces Atp 4 02 43 written by Department Army and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-07-12 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Army Techniques Publication 4-02.43 remains generally consistent with FM 4-02.43 on key topics while adopting updated terminology and concepts, as necessary. Army Health System support to ARSOF is challenging in that ARSOF are lightly equipped with limited organic support assets. Therefore, they must be self-sustaining in all areas of medical care throughout the range of military operations. Since they routinely operate in undeveloped joint operational areas without established support systems, ARSOF medical personnel must assume both AHS missions of health service support (HSS) and force health protection (FHP) responsibilities. The purpose of Army Techniques Publication (ATP) 4-02.43 is to provide the authoritative doctrine for the Army Medical Department's (AMEDD's) Army Health System (AHS) support of Army special operations forces (ARSOF) as part of the protection and sustainment warfighting functions support to unified land operations. Army special operations forces are those Active Army and Reserve Component forces designated by the Secretary of Defense that are specifically organized, trained, and equipped to conduct and support special operations. The acronym ARSOF represents special forces (SF), special mission units, Rangers, civil affairs (CA), military information support operations (MISO), and Army special operations aviation forces assigned to the United States Army Special Operations Command (USASOC), which are all supported by the sustainment brigade (special operations) (airborne) (SB[SO][A]). This publication also discusses joint special operations and provides a limited discussion of other Services capabilities.

Download or read book Army Health System Command and Control Organizations Fm 4 02 12 written by Department of the Army and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-07-13 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This field manual (FM), "Army Health System Command and Control Organizations," FM 4-02.12, establishes command and control (C2) doctrine for the provision of Army Health System (AHS) support in echelons above brigade (EAB). It discusses all roles of care within the theater. The AHS is the overarching concept of support for providing timely medical support to the tactical commander. This publication is designed for use by medical commanders and their staffs that are involved in the planning and execution of medical operations in the EAB.

Download or read book Army Techniques Publication ATP 4 02 4 Medical Platoon May 2021 written by United States Government US Army and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-13 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This United States Army manual, Army Techniques Publication ATP 4-02.4 Medical Platoon May 2021, provides information on the structure and operation of medical platoons and sections that are organic to maneuver battalions and squadrons operating in a Role 1 capacity within a brigade combat team's area of operation. It is directed toward both the medical platoon leader and medical platoon sergeant and the conduct of medical operations from point of injury or casualty collection point thru the Role 1 battalion aid station. This publication provides information on the medical organization of the division and how medical platoons and sections organic to the division provide Army Health System support in the form of force health protection and health service support. It outlines the responsibilities of the medical platoon or section. It provides definitive information and provides doctrinal tools on planning, rehearsing, and conducting Army Health System support at Role 1 battalion-level. It provides tactics, techniques, and procedures for directing, controlling, and managing Army Health System support at the platoon/section level. It describes the troop leading procedures and military decision-making processes required for Army Health System support operations and identifies interface and coordination requirements with other brigade medical elements. The principal audience for ATP 4-02.4 are all commanders and their staffs, command surgeons, medical planners, Army medical service personnel, and other medically qualified personnel assigned to maneuver forces that are executing and supporting Role 1 medical operations in a large-scale combat operations environment. It is to be used as a guide in both obtaining and providing Role 1 Army Health System support in a maneuver battalion's area of operations. Information in this publication is applicable to decisive actions in support of unified land operations. It is compatible with the Army's command and control, protection, and sustainment doctrine and is aligned with Joint Publication (JP) 4-02.

Download or read book Army Techniques Publication Atp 4 02 5 Casualty Care May 2013 written by United States Government US Army and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2013-05-28 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Army techniques publication (ATP) is a consolidation of currently existing publications which address the treatment aspects of the Army Health System (AHS). The publications being consolidated into this ATP publication include: Field Manual (FM) 4-02.10, 3 January 2005; FM 4-02.19, 31 July 2009; FM 4-02.25, 28 March 2003; FM 4-02.51, 6 July 2006; and FM 4-02.56, 6 July 2006. This publication is intended for use by commanders and their staffs, command surgeons, AHS planners, and Army Medical Department personnel and units. This publication addresses the casualty care aspects of the health service support mission under the sustainment warfighting function. It describes the various organizational designs for the units providing this support and doctrinal guidance on the employment of these organizations and their functional capabilities. The staffing and organizational structures and positions presented in this manual are established in tables of organization and equipment (TOEs). These tables were current at the time this manual was published. The organization of these units is subject to change in order to comply with manpower requirements criteria outlined in Army Regulation (AR) 71-32. These organizations are also subject to change at the unit level in order to meet wartime requirements and changes are reflected in the units' modified table of organization and equipment (MTOE). The AHS is comprised of a system of interrelated and interdependent systems synchronized to provide a seamless continuum of care from the point of injury, wounding, or illness in a deployed area of operations (AO), through successive increments of greater capability and complexity to definitive, convalescent, and rehabilitative care in the continental United States (CONUS)-support base. Historically, the systems have been referred to as medical functions and include: medical mission command; medical treatment (area and organic support); hospitalization; dental services; preventive medicine services; veterinary services; combat and operational stress control (COSC); medical evacuation (to include medical regulating and en route medical care); medical logistics (to include blood management); and medical laboratory services. With the publication of FM 3-0 in February 2008, the missions of the AHS were placed under two different warfighting functions, where previously they had only been included in the combat service support battlefield operating system. The two warfighting functions which now contain AHS missions are the sustainment warfighting function and the protection warfighting function. The transition from the battlefield operating systems to the warfighting functions required a new approach in describing the capabilities of the Army Medical Department. Under the sustainment warfighting function, the mission to provide health service support is comprised of three major components-casualty care, medical evacuation, and medical logistics. Casualty care encompasses medical treatment (organic and area support), hospitalization, the treatment aspects of dental services and combat and operational stress (behavioral health and neuropsychiatric care), and clinical laboratory services. It also includes the treatment of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN)-contaminated patients. Under the protection warfighting function, the mission to provide force health protection is comprised of preventive medicine, veterinary services, the preventive aspects of dental services (preventive dentistry) and combat and operational stress control, and the area medical laboratory.

Download or read book Army Health System Command and Control Organizations written by Department of the Army and published by . This book was released on 2010-05-26 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This field manual (FM) establishes command and control (C2) doctrine for the provision of Army Health System (AHS) support in echelons above brigade (EAB). It discusses all roles of care within the theater. The AHS is the overarching concept of support for providing timely medical support to the tactical commander. This publication is designed for use by medical commanders and their staffs that are involved in the planning and execution of medical operations in the EAB. The AHS is a complex system of interrelated and interdependent systems comprised of ten medical functions. The synchronization of these systems is essential to ensure that all of the capabilities resident in the AHS can be optimally employed to provide a seamless health care continuum from the point of injury or wounding, through the successive roles of essential care within the area of operations (AO) to the continental United States (CONUS)-support base for definitive, rehabilitative, and convalescent care. The medical functions align with medical disciplines and specialty training and the capabilities required to provide state-of-the-art care to Soldiers regardless of where they are physically assigned. These functions include: medical C2, medical treatment (area support), hospitalization, dental services, preventive medicine (PVNTMED) services, combat and operational stress control (COSC), veterinary services, medical evacuation, medical logistics (MEDLOG), and medical laboratory services. The ability of AHS commanders and leaders to coordinate health service support (HSS) and force health protection (FHP) requirements and to synergistically task-organize and augment lower roles with medical specialties and medical materiel, when required, maximizes the utilization of scarce medical resources, enhances patient care capabilities, and ensures the AHS is responsive to the tactical commander's concept of operations.