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What does BAS stand for?

Battalion Aid Station


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Samples in periodicals archive:
We set up the main battalion aid station (BAS) and even sent out the jump BAS so that we could practice casualty collection and patient transfer with the line company medics.
To date, the Army's MC4 program has deployed more than 24,000 systems to medical units in Iraq and 13 other countries, and trained more than 26,000 field medics, doctors, nurses, and commanders on how to use the system in combat-support hospitals and battalion aid stations.
Returning to the casualty evacuation amphibious assault vehicle, he accompanied his casualties South through the city to a Battalion Aid Station.
1) The 421st's World War II role as a collecting company was to serve as the unit geographically located between the forward battalion aid stations and the clearing companies with the mission of regulating patients to the evacuation hospitals.
Battalion aid station (BAS) operations in SOSO are marked by support for QRFs, checkpoints, medical civilian action plans (MEDCAPs), tactical operations, such as raids, and other seemingly compartmentalized events.
Most combat-arms units have the benefit of a supporting battalion aid station that is organic to their task force.
The PIC can be easily inserted into a laptop PC at a Battalion Aid Station, for example, and medical and identification data, such as allergies, blood type and medication history, can be quickly obtained.
Today, more than 25,000 MC4 laptops, handheld devices, servers, and printers have been fielded to combat support hospitals, battalion aid stations, and medical detachments throughout Southwest Asia, proving that electronic recording is the way of today.

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