First Aid

Taking initial fire

RETURN FIRE TAKE COVER RETURN ACCURATE FIRE

Casualties
ALERT, VERBAL, PAIN, UNCONSCIENCE Take his weapon away from him MASSIVE BLEEDING ,AIRWAY, RESPIRATORY,CIRCULATORY, HYPOTHERMIA Check if he is conscious , check the pulse , assess the bleeding ,put tourniquet if needed Get him out of the kill zone

TYPES OF CARRIES
BUDDY CARRY BELT DRAG PACK STRAP CARRY

CASUALTY COLLECTION POINT

Put in order casualties from immediate attention to least by color or injury RED-Immediate-within 2hrs Green-Delayed-within 24 hrs Blue-Expectant -24hrs or more

INJURIES
LOOK ,LISTEN, FEEL Rake body for blood and or bones sticking out Cranial injury-try not to touch Neck-sams splint, h bandage Chest wound-chest seal, needle chest decompression Intestinal taco wrap with gauze ,keep intestines wet Extremities- tourniquet arm or leg, gauze then put h-bandage on

Splints
Broken wrist , forearm, arm
Mold sams splint to arm keeping it immobile make sling from triangle bandage around the neck for support Pelvic bone or legs tie up both legs together to prevent further injury , wrap around the pelvic bone keeping pressure on it

ACCESS AND REACESS

WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO SAVE THE CASUALTY, RE-CHECK PULSE MARCH PUT ANOTHER TOURNIQUETE ON IF NEEDED

9 Line Medevac / Casevac

1) LOCATION
10DIGIT
IE: BR12345_56789

2) CALL SIGN FREQUENCY IE: KBAR MIN FREQ 45000 3) PATIENTS BY PRECEDENCE Urgent , priority, routine, convenience

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4) special equipment needed
Hoist, ventilator, extractor equipment 5)Number of patients by type Litter- cannot walk on their own Ambulatory- able to self move to LZ site 6)Security of LZ No enemy Enemy in the immediate area Enemy troops in area

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7) method of marking
Method of Marking at pickup site (important: always ensure marking equipment is available to the marking personnel. If you are going to throw purple smoke, ensure you have purple smoke on hand) A) Panels B) Pyro -i.e. pen flare, red star cluster C) Smoke s (provide smoke color) D) Other- i.e. IR flash 8) Patient Nationality and Status

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A) US Military B- US Civilian C- Non-US Military D- Non-US Citizen E- EPW Line 9: NBC Contamination A- Nuclear B-Biological C- Chemical
*During peacetime provide terrain of pickup site ZAPCODE M -Mechanism of injury (mine, RPG, Gun shoot wound) I -Type of Injury (found) S -Signs (pulse rate, blood pressure, respiratory rate) T -Treatment given (morphine, tourniquet etc)

LANDING ZONE
At least 2 need to be on security of the landing site incase enemy is encountered Keep casualties separated in the type of