MANAGEMENT


Lifesaving Life Cycle


Central management of medical materiel keeps four fully stocked combat support hospitals at the ready.


by Maj. Nikki L. Davis M


ore than a dozen years of combat have offered many lessons learned for Army medicine. As a medical materiel life cycle manager, the


U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency (USAMMA) has learned that every equipping decision has to be both affordable—including life cycle logistics costs—and cost-effective in addressing the known capability gaps. Over-procurement of medical materiel to close a specific gap may hamper our ability to close other gaps and support today’s expeditionary Army.


One way we achieve greater and sustainable medi- cal readiness is through centralized management of high-value, high-volume materiel. An example of this centralized management is the Medical Mate- riel Readiness Program (MMRP), which began in 2007 under the authority of the Office of the Sur- geon General.


MMRP consists of four complete 248-bed combat support hospitals (CSHs) that comprise complex equipment that requires annual maintenance on a rotational basis and must be continually updated by USAMMA personnel at Sierra Army Depot, California. USAMMA biomedical maintenance engineers perform technical inspections and


calibration on biomedical maintenance-significant equipment for one CSH per quarter. USAMMA funds Sierra Army Depot to perform care of sup- plies in storage and repairs on the nonmedical associated support


items. Te ability to request


specific elements or an entire CSH allows the four MMRP CSHs to offset the requirement for the U.S. Army Reserve Command to maintain 16, 248-bed CSHs, and supports the U.S. Army Forces Command’s seven 164-bed companies.


UNPRECEDENTED LIFESAVING To fully understand the MMRP, envision a CSH, which is the Army’s most complex medical unit. Each CSH contains thousands of medical equip- ment items that are packaged and transported in hundreds of military-owned cargo containers.


CSHs have provided unmatched Role 3 combat health support with a 98 percent survivability rate—the highest in the history of American war- fare. Te CSH provides hospitalization and outpatient services for all categories of patients within theater. It has four wards providing inten- sive nursing care for up to 48 patients and 10 wards providing intermediate nursing care for up to 200 patients. Te CSH offers pharmacy, psy- chiatry, public health nursing, physical


therapy,


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LOGISTICS


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