text: Sustainment
  dissemination, coordination, validation, and synchronization of information regarding each casualty.
  Casualty information includes casualty reporting, casualty notification, casualty assistance, line-of-duty
  determination, disposition of remains, and disposition of personal effects, military burial honors, and casualty
  mail coordination.
  7-29. As casualties occur, the nearest observer informs the unit first sergeant via the most expedient means.
  The unit first sergeant submits a personnel status report to the squadron S-1 documenting duty status changes.
  The unit first sergeant classifies casualties by injury type at the casualty collection point and enters them into
  the medical treatment system. The first sergeant ensures completed DA Form 1156 (Casualty Feeder Card)
  is forwarded to the S-1 who then enters the data into the Defense Casualty Information Processing System.
  7-30. Platoon combat medics record the treatment the casualty received on the casualty’s DA Form 7656
  (Tactical Combat Casualty Care [TCCC] Card) by electronic means or by utilizing a DD Form 1380
  (Tactical Combat Casualty Care [TCCC] Card), if available. The squadron S-1 receives notifications updating
  the Soldier’s patient tracking status as changes occur, and in turn, informs the Soldier’s troop for accountability.
  HEALTH SERVICE SUPPORT
  7-31. Health service support encompasses all support and services performed, provided, and arranged by
  the Army Medical Department to promote, improve, conserve, or restore the mental and physical
  well-being of personnel in the Army. Additionally, as directed, provide support in other Services, agencies,
  and organizations. This includes casualty care (encompassing a number of Army Medical Department
  functions—organic and area medical support, hospitalization, the treatment aspects of dental care and
  behavioral/neuropsychiatric treatment, clinical laboratory services, and treatment of chemical, biological,
  radiological, and nuclear patients), medical evacuation, and medical logistics (FM 4-02). Squadrons have
  an organic medical platoon consisting of an ambulance squad and treatment squad equipped to provide
  mobile medical treatment and ground medical evacuation to the combat casualty. Combat medics provide
  tactical combat casualty care to wounded Soldiers. Squadrons assign combat medics under the operational
  control of the platoon and under the technical supervision of the squadron surgeon and squadron physician
  assistant.
  7-32. Additionally, a forward resuscitative and surgical detachment may be attached to the BSB medical
  company to provide a rapidly, deployable, immediate surgical capability as a result of an extended battlefield
  for those critically injured patients who cannot be transported over great distances without surgical
  intervention and stabilization. Further Army Health System support at EAB may be available from the
  supporting medical brigade (support).
  7-33. The brigade surgeon, in coordination with the BSB medical company commander, develops the health
  service support portion of the brigade’s support concept. The S-1, S-4, and medical platoon leader should
  participate in the concept development rehearsal before execution.
  SOLDIER EVACUATION
  7-34. Squadrons conduct reconnaissance and security missions over wide and extended areas. The squadron
  must place careful attention on the location of medical treatment facilities and the availability of medical
  evacuation platforms (air and ground) against time-distance factors when developing the support operation
  concept and should realize the nearest aid station may not be their own. Casualties may need to be transported
  to another battalion’s aid station. This must be considered during planning.
  Medical Evacuation
  7-35. Medical evacuation is the timely and effective movement of the wounded and injured. Medical
  professionals perform evacuation using dedicated, standardized, medical evacuation platforms. Medical
  professionals provide timely, efficient movement and en route care of injured or ill persons to medical
  treatment facilities. Medical evacuation ground and air ambulance platforms are platforms designed
  especially for the medical evacuation mission, with allocated medical equipment to provide en route care by
  trained medical personnel.