Patient Holding-2012 Mes NSN 6545-01-612-0290

Medical equipment set (mes) patient holding 2012

Contains the medical materiel necessary to facilitate patient holding and providing minimal care for up to 20 patients for a period of 72 hours; components of this mes equip a patient holding area for patients awaiting evacuation, patients requiring treatment of minor illness or injury who are expected to return to duty within 72 hours, and patients awaiting medical evacuation and recovering from care provided by the forward surgical team; on th eadvice of the command surgeon, the brigade commander may extend the patient holding period up to 96 hours under certain battlefield conditions; designed employment level ii; for list of components, see ua 261b

6545 Outfits Kits Replenishable Field Medical Sets

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