ATP-4-90 Brigade Support Battalion Download

Chapter 1 1-14 ATP 4-90 18 June 2020 BRIGADE SUPPORT MEDICAL COMPANY The role of a brigade support medical company (BSMC) is to provide medical support to a BCT. The BSMC provides medical area support to all BCT units that do not have organic medical assets. The BSMC consists of a company headquarters, preventive medicine section, mental health section, medical treatment platoon, medical evacuation platoon, and a brigade medical supply office. The BSMC commander leads and supervises its organic and attached medical augmentation elements. Planners may augment the BSMC with a forward surgical capability when required based upon mission requirements or mission variables. The BSMC locates and establishes its company headquarters and a brigade Role 2 medical treatment facility in the BSA. It typically collocates with the BSB headquarters on the BSB base since the BSMC has limited protection capability. Refer to ATP 4-02.3, Army Health System Support to Maneuver Forces for more information. The company headquarters provides C2 for the company and attached units. The brigade support medical company commander, supported by subordinate leaders, uses troop-leading procedures to plan, prepare, and execute the BSB commander’s intent. The company commander also uses the procedures to assess the effectiveness of the company plan and adjusts the plan as required. It provides unit-level administration, general supply, and chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) defense support. The company headquarters has a command element, a supply element, and CBRN operations element. The medical treatment platoon receives, triages, treats, and determines the disposition of patients in the brigade AO. The platoon provides for advanced trauma management, tactical combat casualty care, general medicine, general dentistry, and physical therapy. In addition, the medical treatment platoon has limited radiology, medical laboratory, and patient holding capabilities. The medical treatment platoon is organized with a headquarters, a medical treatment squad, a medical treatment squad (area), and patient holding squad. The evacuation platoon performs ground evacuation and enroute patient care for supported units. The platoon employs ten evacuation teams, utilizing wheeled or tracked ambulances. The evacuation platoon provides ground medical evacuation support from the Role 1 battalion aid stations of the maneuver battalions of the BCTs to the Role II care of the BSMC. In addition, it provides ground medical evacuation support to units receiving area medical support from the BSMC. The BCT surgeon cell coordinates medical evacuation to higher roles of care (Role 3), including ground and air ambulance. The preventive medicine section provides advice and consultation in the area of health threat assessment, force health protection, environmental sanitation, epidemiology, sanitary engineering, and pest management. Through routine surveillance, inspection of potable water supplies, inspection of field feeding facilities, and the application of pest management practices, they identify actual and potential health hazards, recommend corrective measures, and help in training BCT Soldiers in disease and non-battle injury prevention programs. The preventative medicine section provides unit field sanitation team training. The behavioral health section supports commanders in the prevention and control of combat and operational stress reaction through the brigade’s behavioral health activities by the provision of advice and assistance in the areas of behavioral health and combat and operational stress control. The section collects and records social and psychological data and counsels personnel with personal, behavioral, or psychological problems. Brigade Support Medical Company • Role: The brigade support medical company provides medical support to a brigade combat team. • Capability: The BSMC provides Role 1 and Role 2 in support of a brigade combat team and medical support on an area basis to all BCT units that do not have organic medical assets. • Parent: Brigade support battalion. • Command relationship: Organic to a brigade support battalion. • Support relationship: General support to the BSB and BCT; general support to others on a limited basis by exception. • Span of operations: Brigade combat team AO, typically located in the BSA.