STANAG 2347
STANAG 2347 medical warning tag
NATO nations and NATO bodies implementing the AMedP-8.8 medical warning tag scheme
STANAG 2347 is NATO's agreement committing member nations to implement AMedP-8.8, the Allied Medical Publication for the medical warning tag.
- Edition
- 3
- Published
- 2017-10-30
What it is
What STANAG 2347 covers
STANAG 2347 is the NATO standardization agreement that gives force to AMedP-8.8, Edition A, the Allied Medical Publication for the medical warning tag. A STANAG is not itself a technical specification: it is the agreement by which NATO nations commit to implement one, and the tag's own content, covered in AMedP-8.8, sits in that publication rather than in this short cover. The stated interoperability requirement is "to have a description of significant medical conditions of wounded soldiers who are not able to communicate," with medical warning tags forming a complementary part of medical records. Read plainly, that means this STANAG covers the agreement to use a standard tag for that purpose - not the tag's design, colours, dimensions, or the medical conditions it lists, all of which belong to AMedP-8.8.
This is Edition 3, promulgated 30 October 2017. It supersedes an earlier edition of STANAG 2347.
Who ratifies it, and how it takes effect
The mechanism that matters here: a STANAG binds a nation, not a supplier. The agreement "has been ratified by member nations, as reflected in the NATO Standardization Documentation Database (NSDD)" and "is effective upon receipt and ready to be used by the implementing Nations and NATO bodies." Partner nations are only invited to adopt it. National ratification decisions are provided to the NATO Standardization Office and recorded in the NSDD; a supplier meets AMedP-8.8's tag scheme only where a contract or a tasking brings it into a programme, not because this STANAG exists on its own.
Implementation, reporting and review
Nations follow the recommendations set out in AMedP-8.8 and its annexes; this STANAG names no technical clause of its own. Beyond that, it asks nations to report on their effective implementation "using the form in Annex H to AAP-03(J)," and partner nations to report their adoption "using the form in Annex G to AAP-03(J)." The STANAG "is to be reviewed at least once every three years," with the outcome recorded in the NSDD, and a nation or NATO body may propose changes at any time through a standardization proposal to the tasking authority, processed at the next review. Oversight sits with the Military Committee Medical Standardization Board (MCMedSB) and its Medical Standardization Working Group; the custodian nation is Slovakia.
Related documents named in the cover
The cover names STANAG 1059 (letter codes for geographical entities), STANAG 2453, which itself covers AMedP-8.13 on dental and maxillo-facial treatment at Roles 1-3 medical support, and the World Health Organization's International Statistical Classification of Diseases, 10th revision, as other related documents. None of these is described as a binding requirement of this STANAG; they sit alongside it as related reading. STANAG 2347 itself is unclassified and free of charge - NATO's Standardization Document Database lists it, and we do not host a copy or sell it.
How we help
STANAG 2347 and AMedP-8.8 describe an operational medical documentation scheme, not a management system: the actual work, completing and carrying a medical warning tag for a wounded soldier, sits in field medical handling, not in software. What that leaves to evidence is the paperwork around it: procedures that correctly reference AMedP-8.8 and this STANAG, training records showing medical personnel have been briefed on the scheme, and the trail an internal or customer audit asks for afterwards.
ComplyTrain holds that evidence as a modern, auditable system: version-controlled procedures, training records tied to named individuals and dates, and corrective actions when a gap turns up, all searchable when a higher headquarters or a customer's quality clause asks for it. It does not design or produce medical warning tags, does not record or assess a soldier's medical conditions, and does not replace the ratification and reporting nations carry out themselves through the NSO and the NSDD.
The applicable tier here, and whatever else it comes with, is set by the contract and the customer's quality clause. If you are working out what sits alongside STANAG 2347, the standards explorer covers the related NATO medical publications, and we are glad to talk through what that means in practice.
Standards it references
- STANAG 1059Background
- STANAG 2453Background
- AMedP-8.13Background
Questions
Is STANAG 2347 mandatory?
Not in general. It binds a nation once that nation ratifies it, and it reaches a supplier or a medical unit through a national order or a contract, not by existing on its own. Whether it applies to a given programme is set by the tasking or contract in front of you, not by the STANAG alone.
What is the difference between STANAG 2347 and AMedP-8.8?
STANAG 2347 is the agreement: the letter of promulgation, the ratification record, and the reporting and review machinery. AMedP-8.8 is the Allied Medical Publication itself, the specification for the medical warning tag that the STANAG gives force to. The STANAG is the cover; AMedP-8.8 is the content.
What edition is current, and what did it replace?
Edition 3, promulgated 30 October 2017. It supersedes an earlier edition of STANAG 2347.
Is ComplyTrain certified against this standard?
No. There is no accredited certification for STANAG 2347 or AMedP-8.8 to hold, and ComplyTrain does not claim one. What we support is the evidence trail around implementing and training against the scheme, at an informational level.
Who is the custodian of STANAG 2347?
Slovakia. The STANAG is supervised under the Military Committee Medical Standardization Board (MCMedSB) and its Medical Standardization Working Group.