Which location may or may not be staffed, where casualties are assembled for evacuation to a medical treatment facility?

• A. Point of Injury (POI)
• B. Casualty Collection Point (CCP)
• C. Ambulance Exchange Point (AXP)
• D. Launch Authority/Approval (Aviation)

Answer: (B)

In field medical evacuation, a Casualty Collection Point is the staging area where injuries are gathered and initial preparation for transport to a medical treatment facility happens. It can be staffed when casualties are present, and may be unstaffed when none are there, making it a flexible node that links the point of injury to higher-level care. This distinguishes it from the point of injury, which is simply where harm occurs; or from an Ambulance Exchange Point, which is about transferring patients between ground and air evacuation assets; or from Launch Authority/Approval, which concerns authorizing air assets rather than handling casualties on the ground.