EFMB EFMB Medical Evacuation & Equipment 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What does the acronym MEDEVAC stand for?
- Medical Evaluation and Care
- Medical Evacuation (Correct answer)
- Medical Emergency Vehicle and Care
- Military Emergency Evacuation Command
Correct answer: Medical Evacuation
MEDEVAC stands for Medical Evacuation, referring to the movement of casualties from the point of injury to medical treatment facilities using dedicated air or ground assets.
Question 2: What are the nine lines of a MEDEVAC request in order (lines 1 and 2)?
- Number of patients; location and radio frequency
- Location (grid); radio frequency, call sign, and suffix (Correct answer)
- Type of aircraft; number of litter patients
- Security at pickup site; method of marking
Correct answer: Location (grid); radio frequency, call sign, and suffix
Line 1 of a MEDEVAC request is the pickup site location (grid coordinates), and Line 2 is the radio frequency, call sign, and suffix for the requesting unit.
Question 3: In a MEDEVAC request, Line 3 describes the number and precedence of patients. What is the order of precedence from most to least urgent?
- Urgent, Priority, Routine, Convenience
- Priority, Urgent, Routine, Convenience
- Urgent, Urgent Surgical, Priority, Routine, Convenience (Correct answer)
- Immediate, Delayed, Minimal, Expectant
Correct answer: Urgent, Urgent Surgical, Priority, Routine, Convenience
The MEDEVAC precedence categories are Urgent (2 hours), Urgent Surgical (2 hours with surgery needed), Priority (4 hours), Routine (24 hours), and Convenience.
Question 4: What does Line 9 of the MEDEVAC request indicate?
- Number of ambulatory patients
- NBC contamination of the casualty (Correct answer)
- Security at the pickup zone
- Terrain description of the landing zone
Correct answer: NBC contamination of the casualty
Line 9 of the MEDEVAC request describes nuclear, biological, or chemical (NBC) contamination status of the patient, which affects how the receiving aircraft and facility will handle the casualty.
Question 5: What is the standard litter used by US Army medics for field patient transport?
- Stokes litter
- NATO litter (folding aluminum frame litter) (Correct answer)
- SKED litter
- TALON litter
Correct answer: NATO litter (folding aluminum frame litter)
The NATO litter (standard folding aluminum frame litter) is the primary field litter used by US Army medics and is compatible with most MEDEVAC helicopters.
Question 6: What panel color is used to mark a casualty collection point (CCP) during daylight for visual identification from aircraft?
- Red panel
- Orange VS-17 panel (Correct answer)
- Yellow panel
- Green panel
Correct answer: Orange VS-17 panel
The VS-17 signal panel in orange/pink is the standard visual marker used by ground forces to mark CCPs, landing zones, and positions for aircraft identification.
EFMB EFMB Medical Evacuation & Equipment 1
What does the acronym MEDEVAC stand for?