Joint Theater Patient Evacuation (JTPE)
Date of Publication:
6/22/2018
Definition:
The coordinated theater intelligent tasking activities (medical care, evacuation, logistics, command and control, medical regulation, etc.) that, when integrated, provide for the effective en route care and efficient movement of patients, beginning at the POI, wounding, illness or infectious agent exposure (suspected or known) and culminating in an integrated transition to PMRC coordinated PM.
Source of Definition:
DOD Instruction 6000.11: Patient Movement