Army Medical Logistics

1 *ATP Medical Logistics OCTOBER 2015 DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. *This publication supersedes FM , army Medical Logistics , dated 8 December , Department of the army This publication is available at army Knowledge Online ( ). To receive publishing updates, please subscribe at *ATP Restriction: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. *This publication supersedes FM , army Medical Logistics , dated 8 December army Techniques Publication No. Headquarters Department of the army Washington, DC, 29 October 2015 army Medical Logistics Contents Page v INTRODUCTION .. vi Chapter 1 OVERVIEW OF army Medical 1-1 Section I The army Health System.

2 1-1 army Health System Support .. 1-1 Health Service Support .. 1-1 Significance of the Medical Commodity .. 1-2 Section II Levels of Sustainment .. 1-3 Strategic Level .. 1-3 Operational Level .. 1-4 Tactical Level .. 1-4 Section III Medical Logistics Support .. 1-4 army Medical Logistics .. 1-5 Medical Logistics Support to Unified Land Operations .. 1-6 Chapter 2 Medical Logistics ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE .. 2-1 Section I Theater Medical Logistics Support .. 2-1 Section II Medical Logistics Support Organizations in the Operating Force .. 2-1 Medical Logistics Company .. 2-1 Logistics Support 2-4 Medical Detachment (Blood Support) .. 2-5 Medical Logistics Management Center.

3 2-9 Chapter 3 Medical Logistics OPERATIONS .. 3-1 Section I Medical Force Generation and Readiness .. 3-1 army Force Generation .. 3-1 Generating Force Support .. 3-1 Contents ii ATP 29 October 2015 Operating Force Support .. 3-2 Section II Force Projection .. 3-2 Medical Support to Force Projection .. 3-3 united states army Medical Materiel Agency .. 3-3 Medical Materiel Centers .. 3-4 Regional Health Commands .. 3-5 Installation Medical Supply Activities .. 3-5 Section III Force Sustainment .. 3-5 Integrated Medical Logistics Management .. 3-5 Mission Command for Theater Medical Logistics .. 3-7 Class VIII Support During Early Entry Operations .. 3- 11 Class VIII Supply Operations for Roles 1 and 2 Medical Treatment Facilities.

4 3- 11 Class VIII Supply Operations for Roles 3 Medical Treatment Facilities .. 3- 14 Class VIII Support for Echelons Above Brigade Medical Units .. 3- 14 Distribution of Class VIII .. 3- 14 Host-Nation 3- 16 Agreements .. 3- 16 Logistics Civil Augmentation Program .. 3- 16 Medical Contracting Support .. 3- 16 Section IV Redeployment .. 3- 17 Retrograde Operations .. 3- 17 Disposal of Class VIII .. 3- 18 Section V Class VIII Contingency Materiel .. 3- 18 army Pre-Positioned Stocks .. 3- 18 The Surgeon General s Contingency Stock .. 3- 19 Issue of Class VIII Contingency Materiel .. 3- 21 Section VI Defense Support of Civil Authorities.

5 3- 21 Defense Support of Civil Authorities Tasks .. 3- 21 Medical Logistics Support to Defense Support of Civil Authorities .. 3- 22 Chapter 4 Medical Logistics INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND COMMUNICATIONS .. 4-1 Section I Current Systems .. 4-1 Communications Support .. 4-2 Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care .. 4-2 Defense Medical Logistics Standard Support .. 4-3 Theater Enterprise-Wide Logistics System .. 4-4 Theater Blood Application .. 4-4 Joint Medical Asset Repository .. 4-4 Patient Movement Item Tracking System .. 4-4 Spectacle Request Transmission System .. 4-5 Section II External Enablers .. 4-5 Single army Logistics Enterprise.

6 4-5 Automated Movement and Identification Solutions .. 4-5 Integrated Data Environment and Global Transportation Network Convergence Program .. 4-6 Battle Command Sustainment Support System .. 4-6 Contents 29 October 2015 ATP iii Section III Common Operational Picture .. 4-7 Section IV Medical Logistics Automated Information System Operational Concept .. 4-7 Role 1 Medical Logistics Support .. 4-8 Role 2 Medical Logistics Support .. 4-8 Role 3 Medical Logistics Support .. 4-8 Chapter 5 Medical EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE .. 5-1 Section I Role of Medical Equipment Maintenance .. 5-1 army Medical Department Maintenance System .. 5-1 Field Maintenance .. 5-2 Sustainment Maintenance.

7 5-3 Section II Medical Equipment Maintenance Capabilities and Responsibilities at Each Role of Care .. 5-4 Medical Maintenance Capabilities .. 5-5 Medical Equipment Maintenance Support at Roles 1 and 2 .. 5-5 Medical Equipment Maintenance Support at Role 3 .. 5-8 Nonstandard Repair Parts .. 5-9 Section III Continental united states -Based Organizations .. 5- 10 Chapter 6 OPTICAL SUPPORT .. 6-1 Section I Theater Optical Support .. 6-1 Optometry Detachment .. 6-2 Medical Logistics Company Optical Support Section .. 6-2 Other Optical Support .. 6-2 Section II Optical Equipment Sets .. 6-3 Chapter 7 BLOOD SUPPORT .. 7-1 Section I Theater Blood Support.

8 7-1 Emergency Blood Collections .. 7-3 Role 2 Blood Support .. 7-4 Role 3 Blood Support .. 7-5 SECTION II Storage and Distribution of Blood Products .. 7-6 Storage of Blood 7-6 Distribution of Blood Products .. 7-7 Section III Blood Reporting System .. 7-7 Chapter 8 HEALTH FACILITY PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT .. 8-1 Section I Expeditionary Health Facility Management .. 8-1 Section II Roles and Responsibilities .. 8-2 Brigade Support Medical Company .. 8-3 Medical Company (Area Support) .. 8-3 Combat Support Hospital .. 8-3 Medical Brigade .. 8-3 Medical Command (Deployment Support) .. 8-4 Nonmedical Facility Engineering Support .. 8-4 Section III Health Facility Planning Considerations During Contingency Operations.

9 8-4 Design Considerations .. 8-5 Contents iv ATP 29 October 2015 Medical Considerations .. 8-7 Health Facility Planning .. 8- 10 Appendix A PATIENT MOVEMENT ITEMS .. A-1 Appendix B AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGY .. B-1 Appendix C Medical Logistics PLANNING .. C-1 GLOSSARY .. Glossary-1 REFERENCES .. References-1 INDEX .. Index-1 Figures Figure 2-1. Medical Logistics company .. 2-2 Figure 2-2. Logistics support company .. 2-4 Figure 2-3. Medical detachment (blood support) .. 2-6 Figure 2-4. Medical Logistics management center .. 2- 10 Figure 3-1. Class VIII materiel flow .. 3- 12 Figure 5-1. Roles 1 and 2 Medical maintenance support .. 5-6 Figure 7-1.

10 Sample message blood 7-8 Figure 8-1. Force beddown and base development .. 8-6 Figure 8-2. Examples of initial, temporary, and semipermanent health care facilities .. 8- 10 Figure B-1. Linear bar code example .. B-2 Figure B-2. Two-dimensional bar code example .. B-3 Figure C-1. Example of a Medical Logistics support plan .. C-5 Tables Table 7-1. Storage requirements for theater blood component .. 7-6 Table C-1. Class VIII planning factors .. C- 11 Table C-2. Class VIII pounds per admission type .. C- 12 29 October 2015 ATP v Preface This army Techniques Publication (ATP) addresses the role of Medical Logistics (MEDLOG) in the army Health System (AHS).