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AAMedP-1.20
National medical and aeromedical evacuation services deciding what medical equipment an evacuation mission should carry
AAMedP-1.20 is NATO's qualitative guidance on the medical equipment an aeromedical evacuation mission should carry, growing more sophisticated from forward through strategic evacuation.
AAMedP-1.20 is a short NATO Allied Aeromedical Publication that sets out qualitative guidance on the medical equipment an aeromedical evacuation (AE) mission should have on hand. The current edition is Edition A, Version 1, promulgated in July 2018. As an Allied Publication it sits under STANAG 7112, the agreement through which NATO nations adopt the Allied Aeromedical Publication series, though AAMedP-1.20's own text does not discuss that mechanism directly.
The document states its own purpose plainly: it exists "to establish qualitative guidelines with respect to the medical materials required to ensure that Aeromedical Evacuation (AE) of casualties can be performed securely, from a medical and an aeronautical standpoint." It is guidance, not a procurement specification, and it says so of itself. It names no drugs, no devices by brand, and no clinical protocol; every list of recommended equipment it gives is introduced as non-exhaustive, and this page does not reproduce any of those lists.
The document works through three phases in turn, each defined by where in an evacuation chain it sits rather than by any fixed distance or duration.
Forward AE covers evacuation "between the point of injury or illness and the first Medical Treatment Facility within the area of operations," usually flown by helicopter. Space, noise, vibration and available electrical power are the binding constraints here: equipment usually runs on batteries, and the document is explicit that on-board equipment, in-flight procedures and medical supervision are all limited by the aircraft itself. The in-flight medical team's goals are built around bleeding, airway, breathing and circulation care, handling and immobilisation, and managing pain, infection and nursing needs during the flight.
Tactical AE covers evacuation "between medical treatment facilities within the area of operations," typically by a fixed-wing tactical aircraft able to use short or basic airstrips, or by rotary-wing aircraft. Flight times run longer than forward AE, and where space and weight allow it, the document says this phase supports "a higher level of en route care and treatment with more sophisticated medical equipment" than the forward phase.
Strategic AE covers evacuation from medical treatment facilities within the area of operations out to facilities beyond it, or between facilities already outside it, usually on long-range, long-duration flights where the aircraft itself typically supplies power and oxygen. The document describes space and weight as "usually not a constraining issue" at this phase, and it recommends the most sophisticated equipment it covers, including specific devices for use where a specialised medical team travels with the patient.
Choice of equipment is not left to preference. The document requires that "all equipment for AE must be airworthy, and has to be certified for the aircraft," and used according to the aircraft's own certification standards and its aviation authority. Team composition and equipment are "tailored to the patient's physical and psychological needs," and both are constrained by the size of the airframe, particularly on forward missions. This certification is an aviation certification of the equipment and the aircraft, issued by an aviation authority. It is not a certificate a medical service, a defence organisation or a supplier can hold, and AAMedP-1.20 names no scheme by which an organisation is assessed or certified against it.
AAMedP-1.20 stops at what equipment a mission should carry and the in-flight care goals around it. It does not set clinical protocols, name drugs or specific devices, specify a procurement requirement a supplier could quote against, or describe how equipment is maintained once fielded. Nothing in it obliges a commercial supplier directly: the decisions it describes are made by national medical and aeromedical evacuation services planning a mission, not by whoever manufactures or sells equipment into that supply chain.
NATO publishes AAMedP-1.20 free of charge through the NATO Standardization Document Database; the NSDD listing for AAMedP-1.20 is the source. ComplyTrain does not sell it or hold a copy for distribution. It is covered by STANAG 7112, the agreement through which NATO nations adopt the Allied Aeromedical Publication series.
AAMedP-1.20 is an operational and technical standard, not a management-system one, and the work it describes - deciding what medical equipment an evacuation mission carries, and providing in-flight care with it - happens in aircrew and medical-team handling, not in software. Where an organisation still needs to evidence something around this guidance, such as a documented procedure for how an AE equipment loadout is decided by mission type, or training records showing medical-team members know the equipment they are issued, ComplyTrain, as an auditable quality management system, supports that kind of documented-procedure and training-record work in general, the way it does for other operational standards.
What ComplyTrain does not do: it does not select, specify, maintain or certify medical or aircraft equipment, provide clinical guidance, or certify an organisation against AAMedP-1.20, because no such certification exists. Which standards apply to a given aeromedical evacuation programme is set by the contract and the customer's own quality clause, not by us. See what sits alongside AAMedP-1.20 in the standards explorer, and talk to us about what a specific tasking actually asks your organisation to evidence.
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Its own text does not describe a mandate or a trigger; it presents itself as qualitative guidance. As an Allied Publication it sits under STANAG 7112, the agreement by which NATO nations generally adopt this publication series, but AAMedP-1.20 creates no obligation on a commercial supplier directly.
Yes, but only as a non-exhaustive guide for each phase of evacuation, and this page does not reproduce it. The document repeatedly frames its recommendations as a floor rather than a fixed list, and it leaves the exact choice of devices, brands and drugs to the organisation equipping the mission.
No. It names no accredited certification body, notified body or government quality-assurance scheme, and describes no process for assessing an organisation against it. The only certification it mentions belongs to the aircraft and its equipment, issued by an aviation authority, not to a company.
STANAG 7112 is the agreement recorded in the catalogue as the cover through which NATO nations adopt the Allied Aeromedical Publication series that includes AAMedP-1.20. AAMedP-1.20 is the publication itself, setting out the qualitative guidance on aeromedical evacuation equipment.
Its own text addresses national medical and aeromedical evacuation services planning a mission, not a commercial supplier. Whether it touches a contractor at all depends on a specific procurement or tasking that names it, not on the document existing on its own.
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