text: Chapter 11
  PRIMARY TASKS
  11-17. Table 11-1 discusses the primary tasks and purposes of the MEDEVAC function.
  Table 11-1. Primary tasks and purposes of the medical evacuation function
  Primary task Purpose
  Provide a rapid response to acquire wounded, injured, and ill
  personnel. Clear the battlefield of casualties and facilitate and
  Acquire and locate enhance the tactical commander’s freedom of movement and
  maneuver. This task is performed by the medical evacuation crew
  of the evacuation platform.
  Maintain or improve the patient’s medical condition during transport
  Treat and Stabilize and provide en route care as required. This task is performed by
  medical evacuation crewmembers and providers when necessary.
  Provide rapid evacuation utilizing dedicated assets to the most
  appropriate role of care. Provide a capability to cross-level patients
  within the theater hospitals and to transport patients being
  Provide intra-Theater Medical
  evacuated out of theater to staging facility prior to departure. This
  Evacuation
  task is performed by the evacuation platforms in the medical
  company (ground ambulance) and medical company (air
  ambulance).
  Provide emergency movement of Provide a rapid response for the emergency movement of scarce
  medical personnel, equipment, medical resources throughout an operational environment.
  and supplies
  11-18. For additional information on MEDEVAC and medical regulating, refer to JP 4-02, AR 40-3 and
  ATP 4-02.2.
  SECTION II — MEDICAL REGULATING
  11-19. Medical regulating refers to the actions and coordination necessary to arrange for the movement of
  patients through the roles of care and to match patients with a medical treatment facility that has the necessary
  health service support capabilities and available bed space. (JP 4-02). This system is designed to ensure the
  efficient and safe movement of patients.
  11-20. Medical regulating entails identifying the patients awaiting evacuation, locating the available beds,
  and coordinating the transportation means for movement. Careful control of patient evacuation to appropriate
  hospitals is necessary to—
  * Effect an even distribution of cases.
  * Ensure adequate beds are available for current and anticipated needs.
  * Route patients requiring specialized treatment to the appropriate MTF.
  11-21. The factors that influence the scheduling of patient movement include:
  * Patient’s medical condition (stabilized to withstand evacuation).
  * Operational situation.
  * Availability of evacuation means.
  * Locations of MTFs with special capabilities or resources.
  * Current bed status of MTFs.
  * Surgical backlogs.
  * Number and location of patients by diagnostic category.
  * Location of airfields, seaports, and other transportation hubs.
  * Communications capabilities (to include radio silence procedures).
  11-22. For more information on medical regulating, refer to ATP 4-02.2.