2-31. CONTINUE YOUR SURVEY AND TREATMENT

Continue your survey and treatment procedures, including treatment for hypovolemic shock.

Document treatment on a U.S. Field Medical Card and evacuate the casualty as soon as possible. If the amputate was complete, evacuate the amputated limb with the casualty. There is a possibility that the limb can be reattached.

CAUTION: Make sure the severed body part is kept out of the casualty’s sight both before and during evacuation.

US Field Medical Card DD Form 1380
US Field Medical Card DD Form 1380

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