A properly executed 9-Line MEDEVAC can save someone's life.
The 9-Line MEDEVAC format is used primarily for requesting urgent evacuation of combat casualties from the battlefield. The 9-Line MEDEVAC request is used by the U.S. Army and other organizations for calling in aerial support for wounded troops on the ground or to alert medical treatment facilities of an incoming patient's status. Proper and timely execution of the 9-Line MEDEVAC data ensures that no time is wasted when getting a wounded soldier to a medical provider.
Instructions
1. Consolidate all the information regarding your medical evacuation request. It is important to relay information concisely.
2. Obtain a line of communication with either your headquarters unit, operations center or with the evacuation assets directly. Tell the individual that a real-world 9-Line MEDEVAC request will follow and to prepare to take down the information.
3. Relay the location of the pick-up site, the radio frequency or contact telephone number, the number of patients by precedence, any special equipment needed and the number of patients by mobility. The pick-up site can be either a military grid location or a commonly known location. The number of patients by precedence includes whether the patients are urgent, urgent-surgical, priority or routine. The number of patients by mobility tells the evacuation assets if the patients will come on litters or if they are ambulatory. It is important that this information is complete and relayed without delay. If using an FM radio, relay the first five lines of the request in a single transmission. Most evacuation assets can begin movement to your location after receiving the first five lines of the request.
4. Submit the information for lines six through nine. This information will include the security of the pick-up site, the method of marking the pick-up site, the patient's nationality and military or civilian status, and any chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear contamination at the site.
5. Confirm that your radio or telephone transmission was clear and that no information needs to be clarified.
6. Continue treatment and ensure the patient is prepared for loading onto the evacuation aircraft.
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