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Originally Posted by MoFo
Any of youz recently been medevac-ed? Been a medevac medic?
What terms are in fashion now to refer to patients?
2 medics on each blackhawk medevac? And if going in hot do they have crew in the door on the guns, or is there room for that, with all the medical gear they load on those birds these days?
They do not call the field hospitals MASHs anymore. What are they called now?
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Patients are still called patients. Having said that, the conversation is usually something like,
Me: "How many patients at this time?"
Flight Medic: "2 US Mil WIA, 1 Afghan Mil WIA, 2 Afghan Civ etc..."
Me: "Was the medic on the ground injured?"
Flight Medic: "I don't know."
Me: "I'll bring my mission gear just in case."
There was typically 1 flight medic per UH-60. The medevac bird didn't have big guns (249, M2, Minigun). The only guns on board were M4s
(flight medic and crew). The chase UH-60 had armament typical of a NON-medevac platform, however, I was never on that bird.
There's quite a bit of room on the medevac as I've seen 5 patients loaded onto 1 UH-60 during a TIC. The flight medic had his hands full on that one.
The FST (Forward Surgical Team) is where our patients go unless they can get to a bigger base that would have more medical resources (hospital).
I'm not a Flight medic, but my most recent Afghanistan rotation (A/3/20 Aug10-Apr11) afforded me the opportunity to ride with the Medevac folks on a few occasions.
Keep in mind this was just for Army Medevac that I had experience with. The headcount and armament is going
to be different for other medevac platforms/units. Pedro comes to mind.
Later Bro...