PURPOSE:

To utilize military helicopters and the service of emergency Medical Technician personnel in responding to civilian medical emergencies. The concept was designed as the Military Assistance to Safety and Traffic (MAST) Program.

MISSION:

The MAST mission is to provide and immediate response for civilian emergency aeromedical evacuations utilizing military helicopters within 100 miles of Fort Campbell. In-flight medical treatment and surveillance of patients will be accomplished while in route to appropriate medical facilities in Tennessee, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana and Missouri. Another mission is the movement of medical personnel, medical supplies, vital organs, whole blood, and other emergency items to areas where critical need exists.

WHAT IS MAST?

MAST or Military Assistance to Safety and Traffic is a cooperative program of the Department of Defense, the Department of Transportation and the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. MAST provides military helicopter ambulance to transport civilian medical emergencies. MAST is a supplement to your local emergency medical service system and is used only when there is a life-threatening situation in which time is a major factor to save a life. Fort Campbell will not compete with any civilian organization. If a mission can be completed by a civilian organization, the mission must be turned down by that organization before MAST is called. (Army Regulation 5600-4)


PRIORITIES:

1. Military unit combat readiness training support.

2. Military exercise support.

3. MAST support for the civilian community.