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Sustainment Planning Factors 07 December 2020 ATP 5-0.2-1 289 G-181. Treatment squad (medical platoon). The treatment squad consists of the field surgeon, a physician assistant, three health care sergeants, and three health care specialists. The squad establishes the battalion aid station as far forward as possible, performs triage, and provides care to the casualty. G-182. Treatment Squad (brigade support medical company). The treatment squad consists of an emergency physician, a physician assistant, three health care sergeants, and three health care specialists. The squad provides augmentation to the battalion medical platoons, sick call operations, emergency medical treatment, and advanced trauma management. G-183. Area support squad (brigade support medical company). The area support squad comprises one Dental Corps officer, a dental specialist, a radiology sergeant, a radiology specialist, a medical laboratory sergeant, and a medical laboratory specialist. The squad is organic to the medical companies of BCTs and medical company (area support) in echelons above brigade. The medical companies of the BCT have two additional personnel in their area support squads: a physical therapist and a physical therapy sergeant. The dental officer is trained in advanced trauma management and provides additional treatment capabilities to the role 2 MTF during mass casualty situations. The squad also provides limited clinical laboratory and radiology services commensurate with role 2 capabilities. G-184. Medical treatment squad (area) (brigade support medical company). The area support squad comprises one field surgeon, one senior physician assistant, three health care sergeants, and three health care specialists. This squad is the base medical treatment element that provides troop clinic-type services and advanced trauma management within the brigade support area (BSA). G-185. Patient holding squad (brigade support medical company). The patient holding squad consists of a medical-surgical nurse, two health care sergeants, and two health care specialists. It is capable of holding and providing minimal care for up to 40 return-to-duty patients in the medical company (area support) and 20 return-to-duty patients in the medical companies of the BCT. This squad is organic to the medical companies of BCTs and the medical company (area support) (MCAS). G-186. Forward resuscitative surgical detachment. The forward resuscitative surgical detachment is attached to the field hospital when not operationally employed forward. The resuscitative forward surgical detachment may be further attached to BCT medical companies or MCAS. Its mission is to provide forward damage control resuscitation and damage control surgery, enabling patients to withstand further evacuation. G-187. Medical company (area support). The MCAS provides role 1 and role 2 AHS support to units located in its AO. It provides area medical support for designated non-brigade combat team units including— Treatment of patients with disease and minor injuries, triage of mass casualties, initial resuscitation or stabilization, advanced trauma management, and preparation for further evacuation of ill, injured, and wounded patients who are incapable of returning to duty within 72 hours. Treatment squads which are capable of operating independently of the MCAS for limited periods of time. Evacuation of patients from units within the MCAS AO. Emergency medical supply and resupply to units operating within the MCAS AO. Behavioral health consultation and education support, to include coordinating operations of attached combat and operational stress control elements operating within the MCAS AO. Pharmacy services, laboratory, and radiological services commensurate with role 2 medical treatment. Operational dental care services to include emergency dental, stabilization of maxillofacial injuries, essential care to prevent and manage potential dental emergencies, and limited preventive dentistry. Patient holding for up to 40 patients. Outpatient consultation services for patients referred from units with only role 1 capabilities. G-188. Combat support hospital or hospital center. When treatment is insufficient at the AHS, a patient may be transferred to a hospital. A hospital provides essential care to either return the patient to duty or stabilize the patient for evacuation to a definitive care facility outside the AO. The capacity of a combat