Development of a medical supply set for corpsmen in the field

Fleet Marine Force corpsmen are the first medical responders to treat casua lties in the field. They carry an outdated bag of supplies called the surgi cal instrument and supply set. The purpose of this investigation is to deve lop an updated supply set for field corpsmen by linking each supply item to specific medical tasks conducted in the field, which then creates an audit trail. The review of medical supplies generated an updated list of supplie s to be carried by corpsmen in a new medical module and a list of items tha t corpsmen can pull from the battalion aid station authorized medical allow ance lists as needed. Items without a clinical requirement were not include d. This improved set of supplies for corpsmen will greatly enhance treatmen t capability in the field. As technology and needs change, replacements, ad ditions, and deletions of the items can easily be made.