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EVACUATION PLATFORM CONSIDERATIONS:
1. Evacuation of patients must continue even in a contaminated environment.
2. Clean and Dirty. It is necessary to plan for both clean and dirty platforms for evacuation.
a. Optimize the use of resources, medical or nonmedical, which are already
contaminated before employing uncontaminated resources.
b. Once a vehicle or aircraft has entered a contaminated area, it is highly unlikely that
it will be able to be spared long enough to undergo a complete decontamination.
Factors include - contaminant, the tempo of the battle, and the resources available.
c. Contaminated vehicles (air and ground) will have restricted use and are confined to
a contaminated environment until decontamination can occur.
3. Refuel.
a. Consider the time it takes for refueling in a MASCAL situation, as well as the
distance from the objective to the DECON site and MTF.
b. Factor in any platform decontamination that may be necessary prior to arrival at the
refueling site.
c. WARM ZONE Forward Arming and Refuel Points may be necessary.
4. Preparation time (hasty vs. deliberate). Factor the time it takes to prepare the platform for a
hasty or deliberate CBRN mission.
5. Radiological Exposure Limitations:
a. Operational exposure guidance: MEDEVAC operations will establish operational
exposure guidelines by the appropriate Surgeon and Command limiting radiation
exposure to crews by absorbed dosage.
b. Radiation exposure records are maintained by the unit CBRN noncommissioned
officer and are made available to the commander, staff, and surgeon.
6. Flying Hour Limitations:
a. Environmental Relative Factors (ERF) under Mission Oriented Protective Posture
(MOPP) 3 and 4 limits flying hours to 3 hours day, night or combined modes of
flight.
b. ERF extensions are limited to a case by case basis.
CBRN LANDING ZONES / AMBULANCE (CASUALTY) EXCHANGE POINTS:
1. Route coordination. Consider alternate routes, primary routes may be jammed or
unavailable.
2. Consider appropriate distance to accommodate for aircraft rotor wash and direction of
landing for Dirty LZs and Clean LZs at the DECON/CCP locations.
3. Environmental Considerations:
a. Wind
b. Terrain / Slope
c. Drainage (for DECON Sites)
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