DAFPD48-1 governs policy for the Aerospace and Operational Medicine Enterprise and its health capabilities supporting Air and Space Forces missions.
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DAFPD48-1 covers aerospace, occupational, environmental, operational, and public health functions, along with force health readiness and protection. It requires activities that promote medical readiness, prevent illness and injury, address medical fitness, and mitigate health risks.
Applies to: This publication applies to all civilian employees of the Department of Air Force (DAF) and uniformed members of the Regular Air Force, United States Space Force, Air Force Reserve, and Air National Guard, and those who are contractually obligated to abide by the terms of DAF publications.
The AOME consists of all health capabilities and activities that directly support execution of the DAF missions for Air and Space Forces. (paragraph 1)
Operational Medicine is a specialized medical community led by Aerospace Medicine and Occupational Medicine specialists, which addresses military service as its own occupation with a unique set of requirements, hazards, risks, controls, and interventions in support of military operational requirements. (paragraph 1)
Resolving questions of medical fitness or qualification (including medical certifications and medical waivers where appropriate) for various duties (e.g., general military service, deployment, employment, special operational duty, handling classified information, etc.) in a variety of physiologic, climatological, and geographical work environments. (paragraph 2)
Planning and executing Force Health Protection specific programs to identify and mitigate health risks, including but not limited to those associated with food and water, environment, physical health stressors, fatigue, communicable diseases, injury, and CBRN exposures, and by documenting potential exposure to those risks. (paragraph 2)
Preventing, mitigating and/or controlling the spread of communicable diseases within installation-specific communities and services such as schools, childcare programs, food facilities, and medical treatment facilities, while also aiding local communities and municipalities when requested. (paragraph 2)