aircraft are:
The Forward Looking Infrared sensor, ground and help crew members scan the landing zone to ensure that it is safe.
The Interim MEDEVAC Mission Sup- port System, with three components: º The Updated Patient Handling Sys- tem, whereby litters are loaded onto shelves mounted on the outside bulkheads of the helicopter; the shelves move up and down to allow for easier loading. The original sys- tem, by contrast, was a carousel on a rotating bulkhead in the middle of the helicopter.
º The Smart Window, a sliding window that replaces the original bubble window on the cargo door. This new version allows the medic to look out of the aircraft to perform takeoff and landing functions more easily while wearing equipment.
º The Internal Communication Sys- tem Relocation Kit, which moves the helicopter’s internal communi- cation system and its components to the rear of the helicopter, allow- ing the medic to move more easily throughout the cabin while treating patients.
The Advanced Medical Oxygen Gen- erating System (AMOGS), beneath the engine compartment, which converts high-pressure air generated by the heli- oxygen. The AMOGS system replaces the traditional medical cylinders of the past, which have posed a poten- tial hazard because they were likely newer AMOGS is struck, it simply stops functioning.
The Environmental Control System, which provides heating in the cabin of the helicopter to help reduce the chance
of hypothermia in vulnerable patients.
The Telemedicine System, which will be the medic’s line of communica- tion with ground-based health care providers. Two-way communication allows medics to consult with doctors and obtain prior approval to provide certain treatments, as well as to track a patient’s treatment history before
LOGISTICAL CHALLENGES challenge with one of the subsystems, the externally mounted rescue hoist. This critical piece of equipment allows the to rescue a Soldier in extreme terrain that prohibits landing the aircraft.
Older MEDEVAC Black Hawks use an internally mounted rescue hoist, which takes up a large portion of the medical treatment area in the helicopter. Both the older internal hoist and the newer installation kit, called an “A” kit,
that
- the helicopter framework depends upon which “A” kit is used. The corresponding internal or external “B” kit is the actual machinery of the hoist.
Ideally, the number of external hoist “A” kits would match the number of heli- copters being converted. Unforeseen circumstances created a production mis- there were not enough external hoist subsystems. The legacy internal hoist “B” kits were available, but the correspond- ing internal hoist “A” kits were not. If this issue were not addressed, some of the helicopters would lack the ability to participate in missions requiring the use of a hoist, a piece of equipment that the medics simply could not forgo.
PD MEDEVAC requested USAMRMC’s assistance in obtaining the additional internal hoist “A” kits. Our command was able to provide personnel with exper- tise and additional
resources to assist
with the additional equipment, which MEDEVAC aircraft.
When production of the externally
became apparent that an alternate plan - ect timeline. The two teams developed a plan that was not only achievable but also a logical use of available compo- nents, identifying and resolving the issue quickly with minimal disruption in ser- vice or schedule. The resolution of this issue would not have been possible if not for the teams’ close communication and cooperation. In the end, their backup
For more information on the MEDEVAC Recapitalization Project, go to http://www.
usamma.army.mil/PM_MEDEVAC. cfm; and
https://mrmc.amedd.army.mil/ index.cfm?pageid=media_resources.
articles.army_recapitalizes_military_ aircraft_for_current_missions.
CHARLES PASCHAL is Project Manager for the MEDEVAC Mission Equipment Package at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency, Fort Detrick, MD. He holds a B.S. in biomedical engineering from the Univer- sity of Tennessee, Knoxville. Paschal is Level development, and engineering and Level serves as the liaison between the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command and PEO Aviation’s Product Director MEDEVAC, Redstone Arsenal, AL.
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