Something to consider, especially for the line medics, is that my plan is really about common sense if you know what you're dealing with. How do you know what you're dealing with? You start with medical intelligence. You do IPB on illnesses in your AOR just like you would for enemy forces. What diseases are prevelant? What is your biggest threat to your smallest based on occurrence and danger (malaria, TB, TYPH, cholera, leishmaniasis, EEE, mgc, etc. what are S/Sx for each? Prophylaxis? Tx? Preventive Med for each or for all.
The first thing the 18Ds did when we got to a base, especially early on (02-03) was the PM plan for the base. Piss tubes, shit burning details, potable water sources, other water sources, showers, hygiene areas, food areas, etc. we had a platoon plus of 82d on the base with us and Afghan militia (before the ANA). They all had to know the PM plan. My second tour PM was much more established on many of the big bases but was still important. History has always been: more soldiers die from disease than combat. We are always 1 step out from that postulate! This scenario helps drive the point home.
Interestingly enough, I saw some afghans with TB and lots with leish. For US troops it was diarrhea and oddly enough on my team I had 2 cases of appendicitis within a month of each other. I always wondered if there is a slight chance of an endemic element to that. I'm sure lowered immune systems and strange diets and other things like that were causative, but 2 cases a month apart was like, scary!
Back to the scenario. Keep your plan simple. As Doc Illinois pointed out, MGC doesn't spread like Ebola, so your quarantine can be limited and simple, but use the PPE. We have a case here in my county in FL where an elementary aged kid died in 24 hours and they had his daycare closed for 1 day.
The plt segregation was so that you can monitor the platoons and if you see cases pop up you have limited the exposure to the other platoons. My general thought was that the platoons would be on the perimeter and you keep them there until the threat is reduced (enemy AND illness). Think 33-50% security in Ranger school. You have basically triaged the entire camp to expectant (probably exposed) to routine (unlikely exposed).
The team off the base keeps their exposure down and they're more likely to whip the living tar out of the enemy force than a battalion of NG (no offense meant here, just being realistic). SF teams roll with CCT, just a fact of life here.
In my other post I did forget to order up supportive care measures in case any of your exposed guys go south on you. You're going to need some ACLS stuff just in case.
I'll step back and let some others throw in some pointers.
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