Military Field Medicine is the arm of MNGHA that provides direct medical assistance to military personnel in the military field during a national emergency. Since Military Field Medicine was incorporated into NGHA in 1994, the existing military field hospital, the Falcon Peninsula Hospital, has been refurbished.
Chain Of Command
Military Field Medical Command
- Allied Health Sciences Military School.
- Medical Battalion.
- Peninsula Falcon Hospital.
The mission of MFMC:
- Provide combat health services support to the tactical component of the NG forces.
- Provide combat health services support to the technical training and education of military medical personnel.
Allied Health Sciences Military School
The mission of the School is to provide training to:
- Officers.
- Non-commissioned officers.
Following National Guard policy and approved Medical Programs of Instruction, the Allied Health Sciences Military School was established in 1989 with the purpose of training health professionals in different allied health specialties to fill the military allied medical vacancies in National Guard facilities, Primary Healthcare Centers, and NGHA hospitals Kingdom-wide.
The mission of the Allied Health Sciences Military School is to acquire the required number of candidates holding the High School Certificate, Science Section, who will meet the admission criteria specified in the AHSMS regulations. Those approved candidates will be trained and prepared to join the health field upon completing a First Aid Course in addition to specialty courses.
Additionally, there are basic and advanced courses for Medical Services Officers and non Commissioned officers to prepare them scientifically and practically to work after graduation within the National Guard units to provide ambulatory healthcare services in peace and war times and to satisfy the human resources requirements of healthcare professionals in the hospitals and Primary Healthcare Centers.
In facing constant changes, the Allied Health Sciences Military School improved its vision to reach its cherished main goals by training its staff to improve their efficiency and performance and to attain self-satisfaction. This will ensure using the available resources of training programs and available professionals.
The AHSMS will provide its personnel with training chances, especially the trainers, according to the requirements. It will concentrate on improving skills with an emphasis on the efforts and time factors. The AHSMS achieved its goal and implemented the following:
Military Field Medicine Programs
In-house Training
- Program for Improving the Efficiency of the Training Team.
- Clinical Efficiency Program.
- Program for improving Officers in field training curricula.
- Program for Improving Officers and non-commissioned Officers in the computer field.
- Program for improving the Training team in medical terminology.
Outside Training
- Practical training program in clinical efficiency at KAMC, Riyadh.
- Program for improving trainers on chemical defense field at NG schools.
Internal and Outside Scholarships
Some personnel have been selected to join courses at the Institution of Public Administration (IPA), while others joined practical nursing courses in the US to acquire advanced skills.
Medical Battalion
The Medical Battalion, by employing its Medical and Evacuation Companies in support of maneuver brigades, provides the Command’s most forward elements of Combat Health Service Support:
- Receive triage and provide emergency medical treatment until evacuation to higher care.
- Provide medical evacuation from field units to mobile or fixed hospitals.
- Evacuate patients from mobile field hospitals to regional hospitals or medical centers.
- Provide medical treatment and evacuation on an area basis.
- Provide Class VIII (Medical) Supply and biomedical maintenance via Medical Logistics Platoon.
Peninsula Falcon Hospital
The mission of the Falcon Hospital is to provide emergency life and limb-saving surgeries to national guards on the battlefield.
- Mission limited to severely injured who cannot survive evacuation.
- Provides 24 intensive care beds in ward vans until patients are stable.
- Offers limited dental care, laboratory, and x-ray services.
Military Field Medicine Highlighted Achievements
MFM provided medical support to NG forces and allied forces, including deploying the Saudi Mobile Field Hospital to Baghdad and humanitarian aid after the earthquake in Iran.
- Sending ambulatory medical teams to brigades in Riyadh to train medical platoons.
- Standby status for officers and medical personnel to support guard patrols, mobilization drills, and Hajj season.
- Weekly academic committee at the Military School for Allied Health Sciences to improve activities and coordination.
In Summary
Military Field Medicine’s plans include:
- Nationally linking all units through the new information system.
- Modifying the organization to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
- Increasing the number of non-commissioned officers with technical specialties.
- Approving and outfitting mobile army surgical hospitals.
- Improving equipment and staffing at Allied Health Sciences Military Schools.
- Building new Headquarters.
- Eventually replacing the Falcon Peninsula Hospital.