PRACTICE QUESTION SET ONE
◉ Provides MEDLOG support to EAB medical units operating within
the AOR. Answer: What is the mission of a Medical Logistics
Company?
◉ -Medical Materiel (Class VIII)
-Medical Maintenance
-Single and multi-vision optical lens fabrication
-Patient Movement Items (PMI)
-Has no organic blood support capability (distribution element from
a Medical Detachment (Blood Support) may be attached)
-AOR will be assigned by its higher HQ (MMB or MEDBDE). Answer:
What are the capabilities of a MEDLOG company?
◉ Provides Role 2 AHS support within its assigned AO, as well as
unit level (Role 1) support for assigned and attached units without
organic Role 1 capability. Answer: What is the mission of a medical
company area support?
◉ -Treatment/sick call services
-Ancillary Services (lab, x-ray, dental)
,-Ground ambulance/evacuation support
-Medical Logistics
-Behavioral Health
-May reinforce support to BCTs. Answer: What are the capabilities of
a medical company area support unit?
◉ Dental, COSC, Operational public health, Veterinary, and area
medical laboratory services and support. Answer: What are the
medical functions that are encompassed in FHP?
◉ The primary mission of the Forward Resuscitative and Surgical
Detachment (FRSD) is to provide far forward damage control
resuscitation and damage control surgery to stabilize patients for
further medical evacuation to the next higher role of medical care..
Answer: What is the mission of forward resuscitation surgical
detachment unit?
◉ -20-person detachment; can be employed as a complete
detachment, forward resuscitative and surgical sections, or as
individual teams
-Designed and equipped to receive, triage, provide emergency
treatment, and prepare up to 30 incoming patients for damage
control resuscitation and/or damage control surgery
-Continued postoperative care for these critically wounded/injured
patients over a 72 hour period
, -Post-operative nursing care for up to 8 patients for up to six (6)
hours following surgery while waiting for medical evacuation
-Operationally employed by being attached to a medical company
(BSMC or MCAS); otherwise attached to a Role 3 Hospital
-100% mobile (has vehicles with trailers; capable of moving all
assigned personnel and equipment)
-Requires significant external support from a medical company or
Role 3 Hospital in order to function:
‒Class VIII resupply
‒Food service and water distribution
‒Unit maintenance,. Answer: What are the capabilities of a forward
resuscitation surgical detachment unit?
◉ Provides surgical and hospitalization requirements within the
area of operations (AO), up to a maximum of 240 beds. Provides
essential care within the theater evacuation policy to either return
the patient to duty or stabilize the patient for evacuation to a
definitive care facility outside the AO.. Answer: what is the mission
of a role 3 hospital center?
◉ ‒Headquarters, Headquarters Detachment (HHD), Hospital
Center
‒Field Hospital (32 bed)
‒Hospital Augmentation Detachment (Surgical 24 bed)
‒Hospital Augmentation Detachment (Medical 32 bed)