335 Medical Evacuation Regiment is a
British Army
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medical regiment and part of
2 Medical Brigade. It is an Army Reserve unit, part of the
Royal Army Medical Corps
The Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) is a specialist corps in the British Army which provides medical services to all Army personnel and their families, in war and in peace. The RAMC, the Royal Army Veterinary Corps, the Royal Army Dental Corps a ...
, and has a unique role within the Armed Forces. The Regiment is paired with all three of the armoured medical regiments within the Reactive Force:
1 Armoured Medical Regiment, 4 Armoured Medical Regiment and 5 Armoured Medical Regiment. Although it is administered from
Queen Elizabeth Barracks in North Yorkshire, as a specialist unit the regiment recruits reservists from all over the UK.
History
335 Medical Evacuation Regiment was formed on 1 April 2005 from the Ambulance Train Group (Volunteers). The Regiment has a long history which can be traced back to the ambulance trains of the
Boer War
The Second Boer War ( af, Tweede Vryheidsoorlog, , 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, the Anglo–Boer War, or the South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer Republics (the Sou ...
of 1899 to 1902. It has deployed personnel on every major offensive, peacekeeping and humanitarian operation since 2005.
Role
335 Medical Evacuation Regiment is the
Army Reserve
A military reserve force is a military organization whose members have military and civilian occupations. They are not normally kept under arms, and their main role is to be available when their military requires additional manpower. Reserve ...
's specialist
medevac
Medical evacuation, often shortened to medevac or medivac, is the timely and efficient movement and en route care provided by medical personnel to wounded being evacuated from a battlefield, to injured patients being evacuated from the scene of a ...
unit. The Regiment trains pre-hospital emergency care clinicians to deploy on operations and exercises around the world either as an individual augmentee or as part of a formed unit. The Regiment provides two main capabilities:
*Forward Medevac: Moving forward to the point of injury to collect casualties and provide pre-hospital emergency care whilst moving rearwards to a medical treatment facility. This includes the provision of Ground Medical Emergency Response Teams (MERT).
*Tactical Medevac: Moving stabilised casualties between medical treatment facilities, for example a Role 2 to a Role 3, including the provision of high dependency in-transit care.
The Regiment operates in a range of Army ambulances including the
Land Rover Battlefield Ambulance, protected mobility ambulances such as the
Mastiff Ambulance, and tracked armoured ambulances such as the
Samaritan Ambulance and the
Bulldog Ambulance. The Regiment is involved with the design of the Future Protected Battlefield Ambulance (MRV-P FPBFA) that is due to enter service in 2019.
Organisation
335 Medical Evacuation Regiment has a Regimental Headquarters and three operational Squadrons: A, B and C. Each Squadron comprises several Troops which specialise in either forward or tactical medevac.
The regiment is paired with all three of the armoured medical regiments within the Regular Army:
1 Armoured Medical Regiment, 4 Armoured Medical Regiment and 5 Armoured Medical Regiment.
Personnel
335 Medical Evacuation Regiment has reservists from various trades and professions. As a specialist unit the regiment recruits reservists from all over the UK, and training is undertaken throughout the UK and overseas.
Soldiers
*
Combat Medical Technician
*Paramedic
*Nurse
*Driver
*Human Resource Specialist
Officers
*Medical Officer
*Nursing Officer
*Medical Support Officer
Notable personnel
*Corporal Ben Spittle RAMC. Paramedic awarded the
Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service
The King's Commendation for Valuable Service is a British military award for meritorious service in an operational theatre. It was established in 1994, when the award of the Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct and the Queen's Commendation for ...
as a result of his actions in Afghanistan in 2013.
*Corporal Philip Keogh RAMC. Paramedic awarded Best Reservist in the 2017
The Sun Military Awards
The ''Sun'' Military Awards (televised as ''A Night of Heroes: The Sun Military Awards'' since 2009) is an annual awards ceremony which honours members of the British armed forces and civilians involved with the forces. The awards are organise ...
, known as the Millies, for his actions when responding to the terror attack at the Manchester Arena on 22 May 2017.
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References
External links
* {{official website, https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/corps-regiments-and-units/army-medical-services/335-medical-evacuation-regiment/
Units of the Royal Army Medical Corps
Military units and formations established in 2005