NATO - AMEDP-7.6
COMMANDER'S GUIDE ON MEDICAL SUPPORT TO CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL, AND NUCLEAR (CBRN) DEFENSIVE OPERATIONS
| Organization: | NATO |
| Publication Date: | 8 February 2018 |
| Status: | active |
| Page Count: | 92 |
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AMedP-7.6 encompasses all aspects of CBRN medical support at the operational level, with specific attention given to the flow of resources, information, and casualties to, from, and among medical units. The operational level is "the level at which campaigns and major operations are planned, conducted, and sustained to accomplish strategic objectives within theatres or areas of operations."1 AMedP-7.6 contrasts with AMedP-7.1, which considers medical support in MTFs and at the tactical unit level.
The Medical Advisor is the senior medical staff officer in a formation headquarters who is responsible for ensuring that the commander and his staff are properly aware of the health and medical implications of their actions and any related issues connected to the operation. AMedP-7.6 provides commanders, staffs, and medical advisors guidance on the medical implications of actions taken in all phases of operations to mitigate the effects of CBRN incidents.
The Medical Director is the functional head of the medical services in a formation or theatre of operations. He may also have the additional responsibility of being the Medical Advisor to a senior commander. AMedP-7.6 provides the Medical Director guidance or direction on the development of medical COAs and their integration within operational COAs in a potential CBRN environment.
The Medical Coordination Cell (MEDCC) is the executing body of the medical organization. It works under the direction of the Medical Director and coordinates multinational, joint, and multifunctional medical issues. AMedP-7.6 identifies and provides guidance on CBRN-specific medical issues that require coordination through the MEDCC.
This publication is applicable across the full spectrum of potential NATO operations (Article 5 as well as non-Article 5) from crisis through conflict. It considers the development and execution of CBRN medical COAs in all phases of operations, for all types of operations, and for CBRN incidents of any scale.
1 NATO agreed term, Terminology Tracking Form (TTF) 1991-0008, modification agreed 2008-11-15.
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