AMEDD BOLC Midterm Exam Sept 2022 Questions and Answers

AMEDD BOLC Midterm Exam Sept 2022 Questions and Answers Two operational environment threats Health and general Health threat potential enemy actions; adverse environmental, occupational, and geographic and meteorological conditions; endemic diseases; and employment of CBRN weapons Health Service support (HSS) all support and services performed, provided, and arranged by the AMEDD to promote, improve, conserve, or restore the mental and physical well being of personnel in the Army. Three components: casualty care, MEDEVAC, medical logistics Force health protection measures to promote, improve, or conserve the mental and physical well-being of Soldiers. These measures enable a healthy and fit force, prevent injury and illness, and protect the force from health hazards and includes the prevention aspects of a number of AMEDD functions. Tactical combat care Tactical evacuation, tactical field care, care under fire Principals of the army health system Conformity Proximity Flexibility Mobility Continuity Control Roles of medical care Role I: BN aid station and below Role II: Medical company Role III: Field hospital Role IV: brick and mortar, definitive care Role I Medical care - First care a soldier gets - self/buddy aid - PAs, physician, combat medic Role II medical care - dental, lab, X-rays - patient holding up to 72 hrs - preventative med, PT - brigade medical supply office Role III medical care - operating rooms - resuscitation - provided by the combat support hospital Role IV medical care - brick and mortar - in safe havens (CONUS, VA, OCONUS army bases) - definitive care Army health system mission command 1. Partnerships 2. Health care and the Command Surgeon in Joint Operations 3. Primary tasks of Mission Command Functions 4. Mission Command Organizations 5. Medical Commander, Command Surgeon, and Line Commander Responsibilities Partnerships - other nations - our own nation - soldiers and their families - tactical commander and operational army Health care and the Command Surgeon in Joint Operations - special officer that heads up AHS planning - expert on AHS subject matter - NOT a commander - ensures medical planning and matters are taken care of correctly Primary tasks of Mission Command Functions - mission command - communications and computers - task organization - medical intelligence - technical supervision - regional focus Mission command organizations - medical command (deployment support) - medical brigade (support) - medical battalion (multifunctional) Medical Commander, Command Surgeon, and Line Commander Responsibilities - medical commander: exercises mission command over his subordinate medical resources - Command surgeon: designated at all levels of command. special staff officer charged with planning for and executing the AHS mission - Line commander: Health promotion is a leadership program that encompasses the assets of educational, environmental, and AHS support services that enable individuals to increase control over and improve their health in support of Army well-being Law of land warfare The conduct of armed hostilities on land. This body of law is inspired by the desire to diminish the evils of war by: -Protecting both combatants and noncombatants from unnecessary suffering -Safeguarding certain fundamental human rights of persons who fall into the hands of the enemy -Facilitating the restoration of peace Geneva convention - 1977 protocols to the Geneva Conventions - Protects the wounded and sick - Protection and identification of medical personnel - Protection and identification of medical units, establishments, buildings, material, and medical transports - Loss of protection of medical establishments and units - Medical care for retained and detained personnel Medical ethics Ethics pertaining to medical treating detainees Unified land operations - ADP 3-0 - executed through decisive action by means of Army core competencies guided by mission command Operational variables PMESII-PT - political - military - economic - social - infrastructure - information - physical environment - time Mission variables METT-TC - mission - enemy - troops - terrain and weather - time - civil consideration Task organization a temporary grouping of forces designed to accomplish a particular mission Theater opening and early entry operations AHS planner develops flexible, agile, and comprehensive plans to provide effective and efficient AHS support in an austere environment Army ethic - provides legal and moral foundations - Oath of Service commits us to living the Army ethic - The essence of the Army ethic is captured in our creeds, ethos, and the Army Values Identity - army professionals share a common identity - constitution, ethics, professionalism, defending the nation Climate - short term experience - reflects how people think and feel - Depends on individual personality - Changes over time - Positive climates result in teams that work together and respect each other Culture - shared attitudes - values - goals - tradition Levels of leadership - direct - organizational - strategic Direct leadership - first line of leadership - company level and below - focus on coaching, mentoring - short term goals Organizational leadership - BN level - leadership through subordinate leaders - long term organizational goals Strategic leadership - directs and guides multiple levels of organizational leadership - effects thousands of people Three types of counselings - event counseling - performance counseling - professional growth counseling Approaches to counseling - directive - non directive - combined Counseling process - stage 1: identify the need for counseling - stage 2: prepare for counseling - stage 3: conduct the counseling - stage 4: follow up Event counseling - covers a specific event Performance counseling - review of a subordinate's duty performance over a certain period - focuses on the subordinate's strengths, areas to improve and potential Professional growth counseling - planning for the accomplishment of individual and professional goals Nondirective approach - most preferred - leaders use insight, experience, judgement to assist subordinates in developing solutions Directive approach - leader does most of the talking - something they do at basic training Combined approach - leader uses techniques from both approaches, adjusting them to fit what's best for the subordinate - emphasizes the subordinate's planning and decision-making responsibilities Counseling: stage 1 Identify the need for counseling Counseling: stage 2 - prepare the counseling - select a place - schedule the counseling - notify subordinate - organize the information - outline the counseling (opening, discussion, plan of action, record and close) - plan the counseling strategy - establish the right atmosphere Counseling: stage 3 - conduct the counseling - open the session - discuss the issues - develop a plan of action - record and close the session Counseling: stage 4 Follow up Developmental counseling form DA Form 4856 Decentralized promotion - E1-E4 - authority: unit commander Semi-centralized Promotion - promotion to SGT and SSG - BN commmander Centralized promotion - SFC and above - HQDA, HRC Award recommendation DA Form 638 Company grade officer evaluations DA form 67-10-1 Field grade officer evaluations DA Foram 67-10-2