Commonly Used Acronyms in the CASF AEOT Aeromedical Evacuation Operations Control Center = Deployed members of the 791 st Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron who launch and recover AE missions. They know when missions are arriving & parking spot. AES Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron = The nurses and techs that fly patients around and spend a lot of time in front of mirrors. At Ramstein there is the permanent party 86 th AES and the deployed 791 st AES. AECT Aeromedical Evacuation Control Team = Essentially, the people who push and pull the planes around. They match patient movement requests from TPMRC with planes and AES crews around the world. ASF Aeromedical Staging Facility = Any place that provides shelter and a moderate level of medical oversight for patients between AE flights. CASF Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility = A “plussed up” ASF in time of War. CCATT Critical Care Air Transport Team = An in-flight care team made up of a Dr, RN & an RT. They monitor patients AE crews do not have the skills to attend to during flight; usually the most severely wounded . CONUS The Continental United States DWMMC Deployed Warriors Medical Management Center = The tri-service team at LRMC that specifically deals with war-wounded personnel. FCC Flight Clinical Coordinator = Normally a nurse that helps coordinate the transfer of patients to/from CASF and AES. LOE Letter of Evaluation – Form used: AF IMT 77, 20040901, V2 LRMC Landstuhl Regional Medical Center http://www.landstuhl.healthcare.hqusareur.army.mil = The largest joint military hospital in the world and the largest American hospital outside CONUS. OWL Overweight Litter (for pt’s greater than 250 lbs) PMR Patient Movement Request = A living electronic document that details mechanism of injury, diagnosis, treatment so far, treatment upcoming and the evacuation plan for individual patients. PMR’s are initiated in the field and continue to be updated throughout a patients AE process. TPMRC Theater Patient Movement Requirements Center = A place where PMR’s are evaluated, prioritized and batched together to form an AE request which is then acted on by the Europe based AECT folks to generate a mission. TRAC2ES TRANSCOM Regulating And Command & Control Evacuation System = An internet based program for tracking & retrieving individual PMR’s or AE missions.

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Commonly Used Acronyms in the CASF

AEOT Aeromedical Evacuation Operations Control Center= Deployed members of the 791st Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron who launch and recover AE missions. They know when missions are arriving & parking spot.

AES Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron= The nurses and techs that fly patients around and spend a lot of time in front of mirrors. At Ramstein there is the permanent party 86th AES and the deployed 791st AES.

AECT Aeromedical Evacuation Control Team= Essentially, the people who push and pull the planes around. They match patient movement requests from TPMRC with planes and AES crews around the world.

ASF Aeromedical Staging Facility= Any place that provides shelter and a moderate level of medical oversight for patients between AE flights.

CASF Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility= A “plussed up” ASF in time of War.

CCATT Critical Care Air Transport Team= An in-flight care team made up of a Dr, RN & an RT. They monitor patients AE crews do not have the skills to attend to during flight; usually the most severely wounded.

CONUS The Continental United States

DWMMC Deployed Warriors Medical Management Center= The tri-service team at LRMC that specifically deals with war-wounded personnel.

FCC Flight Clinical Coordinator= Normally a nurse that helps coordinate the transfer of patients to/from CASF and AES.

LOE Letter of Evaluation – Form used: AF IMT 77, 20040901, V2

LRMC Landstuhl Regional Medical Center http://www.landstuhl.healthcare.hqusareur.army.mil= The largest joint military hospital in the world and the largest American hospital outside CONUS.

OWL Overweight Litter (for pt’s greater than 250 lbs)

PMR Patient Movement Request= A living electronic document that details mechanism of injury, diagnosis, treatment so far, treatment upcoming and the evacuation plan for individual patients. PMR’s are initiated in the field and continue to be updated throughout a patients AE process.

TPMRC Theater Patient Movement Requirements Center= A place where PMR’s are evaluated, prioritized and batched together to form an AE request which is then acted on by the Europe based AECT folks to generate a mission.

TRAC2ES TRANSCOM Regulating And Command & Control Evacuation System= An internet based program for tracking & retrieving individual PMR’s or AE missions.