9 Line Medical Evacuation

Line 1:
Location of the pick-up site.

Line 2:
Radio frequency, call sign, and suffix.

Line 3:
Number of patients by precedence:

A - Urgent
B - Urgent Surgical
C - Priority
D - Routine
E - Convenience

Line 4: Special equipment required:
A - None
B - Hoist
C - Extraction equipment
D - Ventilator

Line 5: Number of patients by:
A - Litter
B - Ambulatory

Line 6: Security at pick-up site:
N - No enemy troops in area
P - Possible enemy troops in area (approach with caution)
E - Enemy troops in area (approach with caution)
X - Enemy troops in area (armed escort required)

* In peacetime - number and types of wounds, injuries, and illnesses

Line 7: Method of marking pick-up site:
A - Panels
B - Pyrotechnic signal
C - Smoke signal
D - None
E - Other

Line 8: Patient nationality and status:
A - US Military
B - US Civilian
C - Non-US Military
D - Non-US Civilian
E - EPW (Enemy Prisoner of War)

Line 9: NBC Contamination:
N - Nuclear
B - Biological
C - Chemical