Echelon Above Corps

Includes rehabilitative and recovery therapy for those who may return to duty if convalescence from injury does not exceed the established theater evacuation policy. This level of care is becoming less prevalent in contemporary warfare and battlefield patient management. Highest level treatment capability Army field hospitals, general hospitals, and combat support hospital echelon above corps. 

EAC - Echelons above corps Ecchymoses - Small hemorrhagic spots in the skin or mucous membrane forming non -elevated, rounded or irregular, blue or purplish patches. 

HEALTH SERVICE SUPPORT ON THE BATTLEFIELD Echelon I The Unit Level Echelon II The Division Level Echelon III The Corps Level Echelon IV The Echelon Above Corps Echelon V The Continental United States... 

Echelon IV medical care, found at the Echelon Above Corps (EAC) and higher, is presently provided in a General Hospital (GH). The MRI plans to replace the GH with a hospital of similar capability at the EAC. The GH or its replacement consists of general and specialized medical and surgical capability, including treatment that may be required to stabilize the casualties who require evacuation to CONUS. 

ASF ASMB Aeromedical Staging Facility, USAF Area Support Medical Battalion E EAC Echelon Echelon Above Corps... 

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