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| I||Unit||Self/Buddy Aid ||First aid || | | I||Unit||Self/Buddy Aid ||First aid ||Self/Buddy Aid||||Community first aid | ||
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| ||||Combat Lifesaver ||First aid, beginning of emergency treatment|| | | ||||Combat Lifesaver ||First aid, beginning of emergency treatment||Combat Lifesaver (CLS)||||First responders (police, fire) | ||
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| ||||Combat medic ||Emergency medical treatment|| | | ||||Combat medic ||Emergency medical treatment||Hospital Corpsman (HM)||||EMT-basic | ||
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| ||||Battalion aid station||Advanced trauma and medical management|| | | ||||Battalion aid station||Advanced trauma and medical management||Battalion Aid Station (BAS); Ship’s complement medical staff||||Paramedic | ||
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| II||Division||Medical company (clearing station) ||Initial resuscitation||Shock Trauma Platoon (STP); Ship’s | | II||Division||Medical company (clearing station) ||Initial resuscitation||Medical Battalion; Casualty Receiving & Treatment Ships (CRTS);Shock Trauma Platoon (STP); Ship’s complement medical staff||||Level IV trauma center | ||
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| ||||Field surgical support group||Initial resuscitation|| | | ||||Field surgical support group||Initial resuscitation||Forward Resuscitative Surgery System (FRSS) ||||Level III trauma center | ||
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| III||Corps||Combat support hospital, fleet hospitals||Resuscitative surgery and medical care||||||Level II trauma center | | III||Corps||Combat support hospital, fleet hospitals||Resuscitative surgery and medical care||Fleet hospital; Hospital ships||||Level II trauma center | ||
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| IV||Echelons above corps||Combat support hospital, host nation hospitals, hospital ships||Definitive care||||||Level I trauma center | | IV||Echelons above corps||Combat support hospital, host nation hospitals, hospital ships||Definitive care||Overseas medical treatment facilities||||Level I trauma center | ||
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| V||Out of theater (continental US)||Fixed medical facilities||Restorative and rehabilitative care||||||Tertiary and quaternary hospitals | | V||Out of theater (continental US)||Fixed medical facilities||Restorative and rehabilitative care||CONUS military/civilian hospitals||||Tertiary and quaternary hospitals | ||
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Revision as of 22:16, 19 August 2015
US Military Emergency Medicine Care Levels
| Echelons of Care | Military Hierarchy | Personnel/Facility | Type of Care | Navy/Marine Corps Hierarchy | Army Hierarchy | Rough Civilian Equivalents |
| I | Unit | Self/Buddy Aid | First aid | Self/Buddy Aid | Community first aid | |
| Combat Lifesaver | First aid, beginning of emergency treatment | Combat Lifesaver (CLS) | First responders (police, fire) | |||
| Combat medic | Emergency medical treatment | Hospital Corpsman (HM) | EMT-basic | |||
| Battalion aid station | Advanced trauma and medical management | Battalion Aid Station (BAS); Ship’s complement medical staff | Paramedic | |||
| II | Division | Medical company (clearing station) | Initial resuscitation | Medical Battalion; Casualty Receiving & Treatment Ships (CRTS);Shock Trauma Platoon (STP); Ship’s complement medical staff | Level IV trauma center | |
| Field surgical support group | Initial resuscitation | Forward Resuscitative Surgery System (FRSS) | Level III trauma center | |||
| III | Corps | Combat support hospital, fleet hospitals | Resuscitative surgery and medical care | Fleet hospital; Hospital ships | Level II trauma center | |
| IV | Echelons above corps | Combat support hospital, host nation hospitals, hospital ships | Definitive care | Overseas medical treatment facilities | Level I trauma center | |
| V | Out of theater (continental US) | Fixed medical facilities | Restorative and rehabilitative care | CONUS military/civilian hospitals | Tertiary and quaternary hospitals |