D-18. Medical Force Planning

a. The assignment of medical support is normally based upon the total military population and the expected conventional casually rate. The guide may be used to assess requirements for additional medical units.

b. Although a specific unit may be the target of a biological attack, more casualties could be suffered by other units downwind. Accordingly, a unit other than the targeted one may have priority for support. The tables presented in the guide can be used in planning for either situation. Some tables show estimated maximum numbers of personnel by illness severity category. Such estimates should be combined with a comprehensive array of other available information to increase the effectiveness of medical force planning.

This Section Implements STANAG 2477.

Section IV. MEDICAL PLANNING GUIDE FOR THE ESTIMATION OF NUCLEAR, BIOLOGICAL, AND CHEMICAL BATTLE CASUALTIES (CHEMICAL)—AMedP-8(A), VOLUME III

D-19. General

a. The primary purpose of Volume III is to assist medical planners, logisticians, and staff officers in predicting CW contingency requirements. Requirements include medical personnel, medical materiel stockpiles, patient transport or evacuation capabilities, and facilities needed for patient decontamination, triage, treatment, and supportive care. An optional purpose is to support medical operational estimates.

b. The guide provides medical worst-case estimates of casualties and remaining operational strength after a single CW attack on a tactically deployed, brigade-sized land force units, with protection available and protection unavailable. These worst-case casually estimates are for personnel located within both the targeted and the downwind hazard areas of the brigade. It is assumed that all targeted personnel will be unsheltered and without medical pre-exposure prophylactic treatment. Tables in the guide are designed to show total numbers of—