Deployable Medical Capability

To meet the needs of operation Commanders we must be able to deploy anywhere, anytime with flexibility, interoperability and agility. MHS efforts will ensure future medical support is fully aligned with joint force health protection, and enable rapid response to the needs of a changing national security environment. Current military strategies mandate that the medical force structure be joint, agile and interoperable to ensure optimal responsiveness in diverse operations.

Components of our Deployable Medical Capability include:

• First Responder Care is the ability to provide initial medical care at or near the point of injury by the individual, medical and/or non-medical personnel.
• Essential Care (Forward Resuscitative Care) is the ability to provide capabilities required by medical personnel to salvage life, limb, or eyesight and to relieve pain.
• Definitive Care In-Theater (Theater Hospitalization) is the ability to provide capabilities required by medical personnel to repair, restore, stabilize, or rehabilitate casualties within the theater.
• En Route Care is the ability to provide a systematic evacuation capability of critically injured/ill patients accompanied by trained medical providers from one medical capability to another.
• Patient Movement within a Joint Operational Area (JOA) (Intra-Theater) is the ability to conduct the efficient joint movement of patients to appropriate levels of care.
• Patient Movement Outside of a Joint Operational Area (Inter-Theater) is the ability to conduct effective coordination and movement from a joint operational area to an appropriate definitive care facility (with en route care provided).
• Joint Medical Logistics and Infrastructure Support (JMLIS) is the ability to work in conjunction with Service force management and force design organizations to ensure the medical supplies, material and equipment with which our medical forces deploy include the latest technologies and advances in the medical field.
• Joint Theater Medical Command and Control (JTMC²) is the ability to leverage the concurrent transformation of joint and Service education and training, joint medical logistics in enterprise-wide support, common information management, information technology, operating architectures, and environments. Joint medical information systems must be fully networked and interoperable among Services (line and medical) at the tactical and operational levels.