9 LINE MEDIVAC

Your squad has just been hit by Indirect

fire and you take on 3 casualties in the
middle of know where.
How can I get these soldiers back to the
rear and receive medical attention?
 9 LINE MEDIVAC
 There are 9 lines to report in a 9 line medivac, and 4
lines are mandatory.
 But the more information that you can give the better off
the casualties will be and it will help the medivac
respond better and faster.
 Lines 1,2,3 and are the mandatory lines that you must
report.
 With all radio reports ensure that you have the
information written up before you make the call to
report it. Depending on what the current mission of the
aircraft is or there location the birds could be inbound
within minutes
Line #1 Location of the pick-up
site, grid coordinat3e.
Line #2 Radio frequency, call sign with
suffix. ( Bandaid 6 this is Falcon 6 over)
Line #3 Number of patients by
precedence.
 #1 Urgent with in 2 hours
 #2 Priority with in 4 hours
 #3 Routine with in 24 hours
 #4 Tactical Immediate ASAP
 If two or more categories must be reported
in the same request, insert the word
“break” between each category
 Line #4 Special equipment
required
 5- None
 6- Hoist
 7- Stokes litter
 8- Forest/jungle penetrator
 Line #5 Number of patients by
type
 Report only applicbale information and the
appropriate amounts. If requesting
MEDEVAC for both types, insert the
proword ‘break” between the litter entry
and ambulatory, #-litter break, #
ambulatory (sitting)
Line #6 Security of pickup site
 1- No enemy troops in area
 2- Possible enemy troops in area
(approach with caution)
 3- Enemy troops in area (approach with
caution)
 4- Enemy troops in area (armed escort
required)
 5- Peacetime
 Line #7 Method of marking the
pick-up site
 5 panels
 6 smoke
 7 signal person
 8 signal lamp
 Line #8 Patient’s nationality and
status
 4 us military
 5 US civilian
 6 Non US military
 7 Non US civilian
 8 EPW
Line # 9 NBC Contamination
 9 Nuclear
 0 Biological
 1 Chemical
 Peacetime