g. Destination Hospital, Destination Terminal. When the patient's ultimate
destination is determined, as by receipt of assignment instructions from the GPMRC, the
designation of this hospital and the terminal at which the patient will be off-loaded are
entered under "Destination Hospital" and "Destination Terminal." When the patient's
ultimate destination is known to the medical treatment facility tagging the patient's
baggage, as in movements between points in the United States, this medical treatment
facility enters the destination hospital and the destination terminal.
h. Patient's Stub. Entries on the patient's stub are completed when the tag is
prepared and the stub is given to the patient if he is able to safeguard it. If the patient is not
able to safeguard the stub, it is turned over to the senior medical attendant accompanying
the patient. As medical personnel accompanying patients are relieved, the patient's stub
is turned over to the succeeding senior medical attendant. If a patient is not able to
safeguard his own possessions enters a medical treatment facility between stages of the
journey, responsible personnel of the medial treatment facility receive and safeguard the
stub and deliver it to the senior medical attendant accompanying him on the next stage of
the journey. At the destination terminal, the senior medical attendant then accompanying
the patient delivers the stub to the representative of the destination hospital accepting
delivery of the patient.
i. Disposition of Patient's Baggage Tab. The patient's baggage tag and the
accompanying patient's stub are destroyed after delivery of baggage to the destination
hospital.
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DD Form 602 (PATIENT EVACUATION TAG)
DD Form 602 (see figure 3-9) is prepared for each patient to be moved by a
military common carrier and is the patient's in transit medical record. The attending
physician prescribes en route medical requirements on this form before the patient departs
the originating facility and all en route treatments are noted on the form during the patient's
journey. The tag consists of three parts: the basic tag with ship's record office information,
the embarkation tag, and the debarkation tag. Only the first tag is required for a patient
moving from one point to another in the United States. All parts of the form are required for
a patient moving from outside into the United States. Information pertaining to the "cabin or
compartment number" and the "bunk number" is entered by the carrier's representative who
accepts the patient for transportation; otherwise, entries are made by the medical
treatment facility which delivers the patient to the carrier for the first stage of the journey. If
a patient's journey is made in several stages so that he enters medical treatment facilities
for brief periods en route, the original tag is preserved by these facilities and affixed to the
patient's clothing when he leaves for the next stage of his journey. Such medical treatment
facilities are referred to as "RON" (remaining overnight facilities), "holding facilities," or
"debarkation facilities." The hospital which undertakes further treatment of the patient at
the end of the journey is responsible for stapling the patient evacuation tag to the SF 502
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