Expert Field Medical Badge
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| Expert Field Medical Badge | |
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| Awarded by United States Army | |
| Type | Badge |
| Awarded for | Successful completion of a battery of field medical examinations |
| Status | Currently awarded |
| Statistics | |
| Established | 1965 |
| Last awarded | Currently awarded |
| Precedence | |
| Next (higher) | (Group 1 badges) CIB - EIB - CAB |
| Same | (Group 2 badges) CMB - EFMB |
| Next (lower) | (Group 3 badges) Astronaut - Aviator - Flight Surgeon Aircrew - EOD |
The Expert Field Medical Badge is a United States Army decoration first created in 1965. This badge is the non-combat equivalent of the Combat Medical Badge and is awarded to medical personnel of the US Military who successfully complete a set of qualification tests including both written and performance portions. This badge is authorized for wear by United States Air Force medical personnel that meet the same requirements.
Army regulations prohibit the wearing of both decorations simultaneously by personnel awarded the Expert Field Medical Badge and the Combat Medical Badge. In such cases, the Combat Medical Badge has precedence according to Army Regulation 670-1.
The infantry equivalent of the Expert Field Medical Badge is the Expert Infantryman Badge.
The current pass rate for FY 2005 is 18%. [1]
[edit] Modern Requirements (1990's)
- Written Test
- 100 multiple choice questions. 75% to pass.
- Army Physical Fitness Test
- Pass to standard.
- Land Navigation Course
- 2 Courses, a day and a night.
- Weapon Qualification
- Pass to standard within last 12 months.
- Litter Obstacle Course
- Done as a 4-man team with candidates graded individually.
- Forced Road March
- 12-mile road march to be completed in three hours.
- Lane testing
- Tasks graded individually but lanes are pass/fail.
- Communications: Competency with field radios and radio techniques. "Prepare and transmit a MEDEVAC request" must be one of the three of four tasks passed in order to receive an overall "GO" for the lane.
- Survival: Demonstrate knowledge of survival skills in a NBC environment and combat situations including use of the M16 series rifle.
- Emergency Medical Treatment: Demonstrate treatment of various wounds similar to those in a combat situation.
- Evacuation of Sick and Wounded: Demonstrate evacuation techniques utilizing vehicles and manual carries.
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR): Demonstrate proficiency in CPR using the one-person method.
Current requirements differ in the addition of the M9 Pistol for survival tasks, the deletion of the CPR lane in lieu of CPR certification, and reorganization of the lanes into a combat scenario. [2]
[edit] References
- Information Paper on EFMB testing changes (May 2005)
- Expert Field Medical Badge Branch Website
- AR 672-10 Expert Field Medical Badge (March 1966)
See also: Military badges of the United States
