FM 8-10: Medical Field Manual, Medical Service of Field Units

FM 8-10 Medical Field Manual, Medical Service of Field Units

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FM 8-10

Medical Field Manual, Medical Service of Field Units

Army · FM · Jan 1942 · 294 pages

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2-4 MEDICAL FIELD MANUAL bilities. Hence its medical service is, for all practical purposes, in the same medical echelon as that of the division. * 3. GENERAL DOCTRINES.--L. Commanders of all echelons are responsible for the provision of adequate and proper medical care for all noneffectives of their command. b. Medical service is continuous. c. Sick or injured individuals go no further to the rear than their condition or the military situation warrants. d. Sorting of the fit from the unfit takes place at each medical installation in the chain of evacuation. e. Casualties in the combat zone are collected at medical installations along the general axis of advance of the units to which they pertain. Medical units must possess and retain tactical mobility to permit them to move to positions on the battlefield and to enable them to move in support of combat elements. g.

DesignationFM 8-10

EditionJan 1942

StatusSuperseded

Pages294

FunctionMedical TCCC

CollectionHistoric

Public domain (U.S. Government work)

Editions 7

References 13

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