"But a lot of times it ends up being a conversation that drags out for a couple minutes."ĭepending on the severity of the injury or injuries, those couple of minutes can make a difference in gaining access to medical care.ĭuring a 9-line medevac request, range operations would need at least the location of the landing zone for the helicopter, call sign of the unit, precedence of the request, special equipment required and number of patients by type. "The answers are alpha and numeric because it's quicker for brevity," Ryan explained. Anyone calling range operations to report a 9-line medevac should state the line number followed by the phonetic alphabet character or numeric symbol, which represents the information required for flight crews to conduct a speedy and proper medical evacuation. The purpose of the brief was to educate and inform the range requestors on the proper procedure of handling emergencies to include medevac requests, a significant skill that units may need to retrain.Ī 9-line medevac request has a specific format to follow.
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The GTA's aviation safety officer raised some medevac concerns during her range safety brief to a classroom full of leaders who requested range use, May 19. "We haven't even received a complete five lines." Grafenwoehr, Germany (June 5, 2017) - "Since I have been here at the Grafenwoehr Training Area (GTA), we haven't received a complete 9-line medical evacuation (medevac)," said CW3 Natasha Ryan, who has been here since August 2016. Army Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division work alongside members of the Albanian armed forces to load a simulated casualty into a UH-60 Black Hawk during medevac trainin. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL 4 / 4 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Army) VIEW ORIGINAL 3 / 4 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL 2 / 4 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (Photo Credit: U.S.
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