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  key to the successful accomplishment of the AHS mission is the synchronization of health care activities
  through medical command and control and the technical supervision of ongoing clinical operations. Medical
  command and control provides a conduit to obtain reachback medical technical support during early entry
  and expeditionary operations conducted in austere environments prior to deployment of some medical
  specialty care assets.
  SECTION IV — SUPPORT TO DETAINEE OPERATIONS
  4-44. It is DOD policy that the U.S. military Services shall comply with the principles, spirit, and intent of
  the international law of war, both customary and codified, to include the Geneva Conventions. As such,
  captured or detained personnel will be accorded an appropriate legal status under international law and
  conventions. Personnel in U.S. custody will receive medical care consistent with the standard of medical
  care that applies for U.S. military personnel in the same geographic area. See DODD 2310.01E, DODD
  2311.01, DODI 2310.08E, JP 3-63, JP 4-02, AR 40-400, AR 190-8, and FM 6-27/MCTP 11-10C.
  4-45. The focus of AHS support to detainee operations is depicted in Table 4-7.
  Table 4-7. Focus of Army Health System support to detainee operations
  Detainee Detainee Theater
  Medical activity collection point holding area detention Remarks
  facility
  Triage Yes Yes Yes
  Tactical combat
  Yes Yes Yes
  casualty care
  Monthly weigh-in.
  Screening Yes1 Yes1 Yes Nutrition status.
  Vision.
  If approved by medical
  personnel, detainees may
  Medications Yes2 Yes2 Yes3 retain emergency medicines
  such as fast acting inhalers
  or cardiac medicines.
  Routine sick call Yes1 Yes1 Yes
  Emphasis is on field hygiene
  personnel protective and sanitation, disposal of
  Yes Yes Yes
  measures waste, and personal hygiene
  practices.
  Medical evacuation Yes3 Yes3 Yes3 Nonmedical guards are
  required.
  Hospitalization is not
  available at collecting points
  Hospitalization No No Yes or holding areas. Detainees
  requiring hospitalization are
  medically evacuated.
  Medical specialty Augmentation of treatment
  No No Yes
  care assets may be required.
  1 Dependent upon length of stay.
  2 Detainees may not have medications on their person. Any medications the detainee has when detained are collected,
  tagged, and identified and provided to medical personnel. Medications are dispensed by medical personnel.
  3 Detainees whose medical condition is such that they must be moved to a medical treatment facility for medical care
  will be evacuated through medical channels. The echelon commander must provide guards for all detainees
  evacuated through medical channels.