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BUDGET ITEM JUSTIFICATION (EXHIBIT P-40)
UNCLASSIFIED
DATE:
FEBRUARY 2002
APPROP CODE/BA:
OPAF/OTHER BASE MAINTENANCE & SUPPORT EQUIPMENT
P-1 NOMENCLATURE:
MEDICAL/DENTAL EQUIPMENT
Description (continued):
made of extremely durable lightweight materials to withstand the rigors of flight. The medical evacuation aircraft on which AESP will be used
include the C-9, C-17, C-130, UH-60A, and the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF).
d. Critical Care Support Platform (CCSP): The Aeromedical Evacuation (AE) mission is to provide air transport and care-in-the-air for
varying combinations of ambulatory, litter and critical care patients on intra- and inter-theater missions ranging up to 14 hours in duration.
When critical patients are transported, a critical care air transport team (CCAT Team) augments aeromedical evacuation crewmembers. CCAT
Teams bring specialized clinical skills and employ advanced medical equipment to monitor and support critical patients during air transport.
Currently available patient platforms do not provide appropriate medical support for critical patients with respect to several key parameters: 360
degree medical access in flight, securing and organizing medical equipment during transport, preventing decubitus ulcers at the patient’s
pressure points, and facilitating patient transfers between ground and air transport during embarkation and debarkation. To carry out the AE
mission in peace and war, the Air Force Medical Service needs the CCSP to provide the AE missions and CCAT Teams with this capability.
The CCSP will incorporate commercially available components and technology to achieve the current medical standard of care for a trauma
patient from the point of evacuation to a higher level of care.
e. Collective Protection for Expeditionary Medical System (CP-EMEDS): Current Defense Planning Guidance (DPG) and OPlans place
significant emphasis on the ability for forces to sustain operations before, during, and after chemical-biological (chem-bio) attacks due to the
widespread proliferation of chem-bio weapons and missiles by potentially hostile states. As such, the Air Force Medical Service (AFMS) has a
need for a field-deployable hospital with chem-bio collective protection capability. The Expeditionary Medical System (EMEDS) is the primary
tool of the Air Expeditionary Force (AEF) "light and lean with capability" construct for the AFMS. It meets theater Commander in Chief
(CINC) requirements across the full spectrum of military operations as a highly mobile hospital system designed to be airlifted to the front lines
of the battlefield to provide medical care. An increased probability of operating in a chem-bio threat environment prompted design efforts to
integrate chem-bio protection elements in to EMEDS to allow medical personnel to operate without the use of mission-oriented protective
posture (MOPP) gear. The result is CP-EMEDS. The deployment of CP-EMEDS meets current Air Force Combat Support Doctrine and
significantly reduces airlift requirements from the older chem-bio hardened Air Transportable Hospital (CHATH). Significant savings in set-up
time and manpower required to erect CP-EMEDS has also been demonstrated.
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