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OINTMENT OR LIQUID TEARS.   INTRAVENTRICULAR MONITORING CAN NOT BE 
DONE IN DONE INFLIGHT.  
 W.     PHYSICIANS ORDERS.     THE ABSENCE OF PHYSICIANS ON THE LARGE
 MAJORITY OF AEROMEDICAL EVACUATION FLIGHTS FURTHER EMPHASIS'S THE ABSOLUTE CRITICALITY OF CLEAR AND CONCISE ORDERS WRITTEN.    THE DD 
FORM 602 TO COVER THE ENTIRE PATIENT TRANSFER.   NOTE:              
REFERRING PHYSICIAN IS LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL MEDICAL CARE
UNTIL PATIENT REACHES THE DESTINATION FACILITY.   
3.       AEROMEDICAL EVACUATION EQUIPMENT/SUPPLY GUIDELINES:   
  A.        SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE INFLIGHT:                  ROUTINE
 DRESSING REINFORCEMENTS, SYRINGES,  NEEDLES, MS04,                                
 IM/IV USES AND TYLENOL, #3 PO.       EMERGENCY SUPPLIES INCLUDE:   
NUMBER OF IVS, FOLEYS, NASO-GASTRIC TUBES, CHEST TUBE INSERTION 
KIT AND  FIRST  LINE   CARDIAC   DRUGS  (BICARB,  EPINEPHRINE,  LIDOCAINE   
AND BREYTILIUM), AMBU BAG.    IT WILL ALSO INCLUDE ONE PULSE     
 OXIMETER, ONE OXYGEN  ANALYZER, ONE ELECTRICAL INVERTER, AND THREE 
ORO-PHARYNGEAL SUCTION MACHINES ON C_130 MISSIONS AND FOUR ON  
STRATEGIC MISSIONS.




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    B.    SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT  REQUIRED FROM THE ORIGINATING 
FACILITY.   
         (1.)    PATIENT MEDICATIONS   (EXCEPT AS THOSE NOTED ABOVE,)
  PATIENTS TRANSPORTED WITHIN THE AOR OR TO EUCOM SHOULD TRAVEL WITH
 A ONE DAY EQUIVALENT OF MEDICATIONS/SUPPLIES.   CONUS BOUND 
PATIENTS  SHOULD BE PROVIDED WITH A THREE DAY SUPPLY.) 
        (2.)     INTRAVENOUS FLUIDS   PROVIDED IVS SUFFICIENT FOR THE 
DURATION OF THE FLIGHT WITH ALL NECESSARY SUPPLIES FOR ANTIBIOTIC ADMINISTRATION IF ORDERED.
       (3).      SPECIAL MEDICAL EQUIPMENT.   SPECIAL EQUIPMENT INCLUDES 
CARDIAC MONITORS, VENTILATORS, STRYKER FRAMES, CONTINUOUS SUCTION 
UNITS - (SHOULD THEY BECOME AVAILABLE),  PULSE OXIMETERS OR OXYGEN ANALYZERS IF ONE MUST BE DEVOTED SOLELY TO ONE PATIENT, AND
 RESTRAINTS.   AIRCRAFT COMPATIBLE EQUIPMENT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM
 THE JOINT EQUIPMENT POOLS CURRENTLY BEING ESTABLISHED BY DEFENSE MANAGEMENT STANDARDIZATION BOARD (DMSB).  
      (4.)      SPECIAL DRESSINGS.   PROVIDE DRESSINGS FOR WOUNDS   
REQUIRING EXTENSIVE REINFORCEMENT OR SPECIAL DRESSINGS.      
4.      QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ABOVE POLICY/GUIDANCE MAY BE DIRECTED
 TO HQ MAC/SGON [     (B)(2)      ]MAC/SGPC     [     (B)(2)    ]   OR MAC/SGO                       
BT  
#9000

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