Functional Sections Health And Medical Provide AEP Functionality

The Health and Medical function addresses the activities associated with the provision of emergency health and medical services at the airport. For the purposes of this section, health and medical include emergency medical service (EMS), public health, environmental health, mental health, and mortuary services. Related activities include:

• Treatment, transport, and evacuation of the injured 
• Removal of the dead; and disease control activities related to sanitation 
• Prevention of contamination of water and food supplies during response operations during and after an emergency 
• Depending on the needs and resources of a particular airport, consideration may be given to the preparation of separate sections for these functions

Situation and Assumptions. This section provides an overview and general assessment of the Health and medical capabilities of the airport to support emergency situations. Since most airports cannot sustain on-airport deliberate health and medical capabilities, this section should describe the capabilities of the surrounding communities it serves. This section should focus on:

1. The airport’s capability to provide medical care, treatment, and transportation. 
2. The overall support to victims, response personnel, and the general public during the emergency response and recovery phases. 
3. Limitations or situations which may limit health and medical support. For example, those airports located in more remote areas may have limited medical/hospital support. Any such limitations should be discussed in this section. 
4. Assumptions may include:

• Maximum coordination and efficient use of off-airport medical resources will be required since this section addresses primarily large scale emergency and disaster events that would involve sufficient casualties and/or fatalities which may overwhelm local medical, health, and mortuary services capabilities. 
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