- Massive hemorrhage.
- Respiratory distress.
- Severe shock.
3-8. Logistical Considerations
a. Health service logistics (HSL) personnel must train and prepare to operate in all battlefield situations. Operating in an NBC environment requires the issue of chemical patient treatment medical equipment set and chemical patient decontamination medical equipment set. Expect disruption of MSR and communications systems and plan accordingly. See FM 4-02.1 and FM 8-10-9 for details on HSL operations.
b. The medical platoon (Level I) is authorized two chemical agent patient treatment medical equipment sets and one chemical agent patient decontamination medical equipment set. Each chemical agent patient treatment medical equipment set has enough supplies to treat 30 patients. Each chemical agent patient decontamination medical equipment set has enough consumable supplies to decontaminate 60 patients.
NOTE
The chlorine granules in the chemical agent patient decontamination set are used to prepare the hypochlorite solutions for use to decontaminate patients.
c. The brigade, divisional, and nondivisional medical companies are authorized five chemical agent patient treatment medical equipment sets and three chemical agent patient decontamination medical equipment sets. These medical equipment sets are for use at the DCS patient decontamination station.
3-9. Personnel Considerations
During NBC actions, HSS personnel requirements increase; thus, HSS reinforcement or replacements are necessary. Plans for HSS in a NBC battlefield must include efforts to conserve available HSS personnel and ensure their best use. HSS personnel will be fully active in providing EMT or ATM care; they will provide more definitive treatment as time and resources permit. However, to provide care they must be able to work in a shirt-sleeved environment, not in MOPP Levels 3 or 4. Nonmedical personnel conduct search and rescue operations for the injured or wounded; they provide immediate first aid and decontamination. See FM 3-5, for detailed information on personnel and equipment decontamination operations. See FMs 4-02.283, 8-284, and 8-285 for detailed information on treatment of NBC patients.