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Preface | | | viii |
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CHAPTER | 1. | NUCLEAR, BIOLOGICAL, AND CHEMICAL WARFARE ASPECT OF THE MEDICAL THREAT | 1-1 |
| 1-1. | General | 1-1 |
| 1-2. | Medical Threat | 1-1 |
| 1-3. | Nuclear, Biological, Chemical, and Radiological Dispersal Device Threats—The Health Service Perspective | 1-2 |
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CHAPTER | 2. | COMMAND AND CONTROL | 2-1 |
| 2-1. | General | 2-1 |
| 2-2. | Health Service Support Command and Control Planning Considerations | 2-1 |
| 2-3. | Health Service Support Command and Control Appraisal of the Support Mission | 2-2 |
| 2-4. | Health Service Support Units | 2-2 |
| 2-5. | Movement/Management of Contaminated Facilities | 2-3 |
| 2-6. | Leadership on the Contaminated Battlefield | 2-5 |
| 2-7. | Homeland Security | 2-6 |
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CHAPTER | 3. | LEVELS I AND II HEALTH SERVICE SUPPORT | 3-1 |
| 3-1. | General | 3-1 |
| 3-2. | Level I Health Service Support | 3-2 |
| 3-3. | Level II Health Service Support | 3-2 |
| 3-4. | Forward Surgical Team | 3-3 |
| 3-5. | Actions Before a Nuclear, Biological, or Chemical Attack | 3-3 |
| 3-6. | Actions During a Nuclear, Biological, or Chemical Attack | 3-4 |
| 3-7. | Actions After a Nuclear, Biological, or Chemical Attack | 3-4 |
| 3-8. | Logistical Considerations | 3-5 |
| 3-9. | Personnel Considerations | 3-5 |
| 3-10. | Disposition and Employment of Treatment Elements | 3-6 |
| 3-11. | Civilian Casualties | 3-6 |
| 3-12. | Nuclear Environment | 3-7 |
| 3-13. | Medical Triage | 3-8 |
| 3-14. | Biological Environment | 3-8 |
| 3-15. | Chemical Environment | 3-9 |
| 3-16. | Operations in Extreme Environments | 3-10 |
| 3-17. | Medical Evacuation in a Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Environment | 3-10 |
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CHAPTER | 4. | LEVELS III AND IV HOSPITALIZATION | 4-1 |
| 4-1. | General | 4-1 |
| 4-2. | Protection | 4-3 |
| 4-3. | Decontamination | 4-8 |
| 4-4. | Emergency Services | 4-10 |
| 4-5. | Gener
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| D-5. | Triage | D-3 |
| D-6. | Evacuation | D-3 |
| D-7. | In-Unit Care | D-3 |
| D-8. | Hospital Bed Requirements | D-4 |
| D-9. | Medical Logistics | D-4 |
| D-10. | Medical Force Planning | D-4 |
Section | III. | Medical Planning Guide for the Estimation of Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Battle Casualties (Biological)—AMedP-8(A), Volume II | D-4 |
| D-11. | General | D-4 |
| D-12. | Medical Planning Considerations | D-6 |
| D-13. | Triage | D-6 |
| D-14. | Evacuation | D-6 |
| D-15. | In-Unit Care | D-7 |
| D-16. | Patient Bed Requirements | D-7 |
| D-17. | Medical Logistics | D-7 |
| D-18. | Medical Force Planning | D-8 |
Section | IV. | Medical Planning Guide for the Estimation of Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Battle Casualties (Chemical)—AMedP-8(A), Volume III | D-8 |
| D-19. | General | D-8 |
| D-20. | Medical Planning Considerations | D-10 |
| D-21. | Triage | D-11 |
| D-22. | Evacuation | D-11 |
| D-23. | In-Unit Care | D-11 |
| D-24. | Patient Bed Requirements | D-12 |
| D-25. | Medical Logistics | D-12 |
| D-26. | Medical Force Planning | D-12 |
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APPENDIX | E. | EXAMPLE X-__, ANNEX__, TO HSS PLAN/OPERATION ORDER__, MEDICAL NBC STAFF OFFICER PLANNING FOR HSS IN AN NBC ENVIRONMENT | E-1 |
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APPENDIX | F. | EMPLOYMENT OF CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL COLLECTIVE PROTECTION SHELTER SYSTEMS BY MEDICAL UNITS | F-1 |
Section | I. | Introduction | F-1 |
| F-1. | General | F-1 |
| F-2. | Types of Collective Protection Shelter Systems | F-1 |
Section | II. | Employment of the Chemically and Biologically Protected Shelter System | F-2 |
| F-3. | Establish a Battalion Aid Station in a Chemically Biologically Protected Shelter | F-2 |
| F-4. | Division Clearing Station in a Chemically Biologically Protected Shelter | F-4 |
| F-5. | Forward Surgical Team in a Chemically Biologically Protected Shelter | F-6 |
Section | III. | Employment of the Chemically Protected Deployable Medical Systems and Simplified Collective Protection Systems | F-8 |
| F-6. | Collective Protection in a Deployable Medical System-Equipped Hospital | F-8 |
| F-7. | Chemically/Bio DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. [*] This publication supersedes FM 8-10-7, 22 April 1993. Change 1, 26 November 1996
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