CASUALTY CARE, CASUALTY EVACUATION (CASEVAC) AND MEDICAL EVACUATION (MEDEVAC) Manuals Combined

This publication addresses the casualty care aspects of the health service support mission under the sustainment
warfighting function. It describes the various organizational designs for the units providing this support and
doctrinal guidance on the employment of these organizations and their functional capabilities.

This Army techniques publication (ATP) provides doctrine for conducting casualty evacuation (CASEVAC).
Casualty evacuation encompasses both the evacuation of Soldiers from the point of injury or wounding to a
medical treatment facility (MTF) and the coordination requirements for the use of non-medical transportation
assets to accomplish the CASEVAC mission. This publication is intended for use by all commanders and their
staff involved in CASEVAC operations.

It also provides doctrine and techniques for conducting medical evacuation and
medical regulating operations. Medical evacuation encompasses both the evacuation of Soldiers from the point
of injury (POI) or wounding to a medical treatment facility (MTF) staffed and equipped to provide essential
care in theater and further evacuation from the theater to provide definitive, rehabilitative, and convalescent
care in the continental United States (CONUS) and the movement of patients between MTFs or to staging
facilities. Medical evacuation entails the provision of en route medical care; supports the joint health service
support system; and links the continuum of care. In addition, it discusses the difference between medical
evacuation and casualty evacuation (CASEVAC), as well as coordination requirements for and the use of
nonmedical transportation assets to accomplish the CASEVAC mission.