Brigade Support Medical Company(10/0/57: 65)

• CAPABILITIES

  • Treatment of wounds, injuries, illness and disease
  • Dental care, X-ray, Limited pharmacy & lab
  • Ground casualty evacuation
  • Class VIII Resupply
  • Blood management
  • Patient holding for up to 20 PAX
  • Combat Stress Control support
  • Preventive medicine support (Epi/Ento)
  • Reconstitution/regeneration of forward medical platoons
  • Six of ten evacuation teams have the capability to forward deploy with medical platoons
  • Augmented by FST and MDT

• EQUIPMENT/WEAPONS

  • M17 NBC DECON Apparatus (2)
  • HMMWV Ambulances (10)

• MISSION

  • Provide level II combat health services (CHS) to those IBCT elements with organic medical support; provides level I and level II on area basis to those units operating in the BSA not having organic CHS assets

• ORGANIZATION

  • Co HQ
  • Treatment Platoon
  • Evacuation Platoon (10 Amb)
  • Preventive Medicine Section
  • Mental Health Section
  • Area Support Squad
  • Holding Squad

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