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Establish the Tactical Medical Support Plan. The medical support plan can be developed alongside tactical plans, but
often it is difficult to lock in the medical plan until tactical planners have settled on the preferred course of action. A basic
tactical medical support plan should include the following elements:
3. The distribution, task organization, and tactical movement (infiltration/exfiltration) of medical elements, all synchro-
nized with each other and the overall tactical plan;
4. The casualty flow plan from point of injury, through evacuation, to a medical treatment facility, including primary and
secondary evacuation routes, method, and modes (aid & litter, air, ground, water);
5. Primary and alternate sites for CCPs, casualty evacuation locations;
6. A medical communications plan;
7. A medical re-supply plan if the operation will continue for a length of time; and
8. Management plans for wounded hostile combatants and noncombatant casualties.
Air Tactical Evacuation Plan. The following information should be gathered in the formulation of a tactical air evacuation
plan:

AIR CASEVAC PLAN
■ What is the type of air CASEVAC mission?
É Dedicated – an air asset whose purpose after infiltration is casualty evacuation. It is outfitted and manned for
casualty management.
É Designated – an air asset that will be the aircraft instructed to evacuate casualties. May be equipped for
casualties if requested.
É On-call – air assets that are held in reserve or must be launched to respond to casualty evacuation. May also
apply to MEDEVAC covering the area.
■ Aircraft type?
■ Maximum casualty load?
■ How are casualties to be loaded?
É Packaging requirements: litters, Skedcos, etc.?
É Is the aircraft equipped with litter stanchions?
É Loading procedures? Approach procedures?
■ What medical capability is on the aircraft?
É Flight Medic or medical officer?
É Casualty management equipment?
É Medical resupply bundles?
É Does the unit need to outfit the platform with medical capability?
■ Request procedures?
SECTION 7 É 9-Line MEDEVAC request versus modified format?
Procedures for requesting CASEVAC?
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Communication requirements?
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Launch authority?
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É Who is the launch authority for the aircraft?
É What are the impacts on Ranger CASEVAC operations?
■ Landing requirements?
É Special HLZ considerations?
É Special markings required?
■ Special equipment required?

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