ATP 4-02.2 — Medical Evacuation
ATP 4-02.2 governs Army medical evacuation, including medical evacuation support, resources, planning, and medical regulating.
- Publication number: ATP 4-02.2
- Title: MEDICAL EVACUATION
- Date: 07/12/2019
- Proponent: T2COM
- Status: ACTIVE
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It covers medical evacuation and casualty evacuation, evacuation platforms and units, theater evacuation policy, and support in specific operations and environments. It requires medical evacuation planning to address issues affecting support for tactical operations and states that en route medical care must be effective and continuous.
Topics covered
- Medical evacuation support
- Casualty evacuation
- Medical evacuation platforms
- Theater evacuation policy
- Evacuation planning
- Medical regulating
- En route patient staging
- Specific-environment evacuation
Questions and answers
When should units use CASEVAC instead of MEDEVAC?
Since CASEVAC operations can reduce combat power and degrade the efficiency of the AHS, units should only use CASEVAC to move Soldiers with less severe injuries when MEDEVAC assets are overwhelmed or otherwise unavailable. (paragraph 2-2)
What must medical planners include in the CASEVAC plan?
Medical planners should ensure CASEVAC operations are addressed in the OPLAN/operation order (OPORD) as a separate operation, as these operations require preplanning, coordination, synchronization, and rehearsals. (paragraph 2-2)
How should casualties with severe or life-threatening injuries be evacuated?
The CASEVAC plan should ensure casualties with severe or life-threatening injuries are prioritized for evacuation on dedicated MEDEVAC platforms. (paragraph 2-2)
Who has primary responsibility for patient acquisition?
Units with organic MEDEVAC assets have the primary responsibility for patient acquisition. (paragraph 3-34)
What must units without organic ambulance assets do?
Units without organic ambulance assets are provided MEDEVAC support on an area support basis. (paragraph 3-34)