AMEDD BOLC Quiz #2 Quest ions and Answers 100% Correct | Latest Update 2024 Operational Environment - ANSWER 1. General Threat 2. Health Threat: a composite of ongoing or potential enemy actions; adverse environmental, occupational, and geographic and meteorological conditions; endemic diseases; and employment of CBRN weapons (to include weapons of mass destruction that have the potential to affect the short - or long -term health [including psychological impact] of personnel.) Army Health System Mission Command - ANSWER Plan, direct, execute, and synchronize Army Health System support across the range of military operations. Facilitate and enhance a seamless continuum of health care from the point of injury or wounding to definitive care in the continental United States -support base, if required. Maximize the use of scarce medical resources provide subordinate units with administrative and logistical support. Effects of the Law of Land Warfare / Medical Ethics - ANSWER LLW: *Protecting both combatants and noncombatants from unnecessary suffering *Safeguarding certain fundamental human rights of persons who fall into the hands of the enemy, particularly detainees/enemy prisoners of war, the wounded and sick, and civilians *Facilitating the restoration of peace Ethics: Ethical considerations for the medical treatment of detainees *****Geneva Convention***** Planning Considerations for Army Health System Support - ANSWER 1. Mission 2. Enemy 3. Terrain and Weather 4. Troops and Support Available 5. Time Available 6. Civil Considerations Sources of diseases - ANSWER 1. Endemic and epidemic 2. Foodborne 3. Arthropodborne 4. Zoonotic 5. Vectors and breeding grounds Difference between HSS and FHP - ANSWER 1. Health Service Support: Health Service Support (HSS) - Defined as all support and services performed, provided, and arranged by the AMEDD to promote, improve, conserve, or restore the mental and physical well being of personnel in the Army. HSS encompasses three components: * Casualty care - Including patient treatment, hospitalization, the treatment aspects of dental care, neuropsychiatric treatment and clinical laboratory services * Medical evacuation - Including medical regulating and en route care * Medical logistics (MEDLOG) - Including all functional subcomponents and services 2. Force Health Protection: Force Health Protection (FHP) - Defined as the measures to promote, improve, or conserve the mental and physical well -being of Soldiers. These measures enable a healthy and fit force, prevent injury and illness, and protect the force from health hazards and includes the prevention aspects of a number of AMEDD functions. FHP encompasses: *Preventive medicine (PM) *Veterinary services, including food inspection and the prevention of zoonotic diseases *Combat and operational stress control (COSC) *Dental services (preventive dentistry) *Laboratory services and support Main differences between the roles of care - ANSWER Role 1: * Immediate lifesaving measures * Self -aid, buddy aid, combat lifesaver *EMT / ATM
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