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DA Form 7595-6-4 — TREAT A CASUALTY FO A COLD INJURY

treat a casualty for a cold injury

What is DA Form 7595-6-4? It is the Department of the Army form titled TREAT A CASUALTY FO A COLD INJURY, and it exists so that you can treat a casualty for a cold injury. That single line covers most of what people arrive looking for. The rest of this page fills in the details.

Which edition is on this page? The one dated May 2014, status not stated. On army forms the edition date is the version, printed on the page itself so any copy can be checked.

Do I fill this in myself? Usually yes, unless an administrative office keeps the record for you, in which case they enter what you supply. The form itself belongs to TRADOC and is prescribed by TC 8-800. It runs to 1 page(s) and about 128 fields.

What the form asks for

  • ContentArea1
  • Date1
  • Eval_Comments
  • Fail1_a
  • Fail1_b
  • Fail1_c
  • Fail2_a
  • Fail2_b
  • Fail2_c
  • Fail3_a
  • Fail3_b
  • Fail3_c
  • Fail4_a
  • Fail4_b
  • Fail4_c
  • FinalEval
  • InitialEval
  • Page1
  • PageArea1
  • Pass1_a
  • Pass1_b
  • Pass1_c
  • Pass2_a
  • Pass2_b

Download the form

What can I download here? The formats available are PDF. Each one reproduces the identical official layout. What separates them is the method of entry, nothing on the page itself.

Should I take the fillable pdf or the printable one? Take the fillable version if you will type, since its entry areas respond to the keyboard and hold what you enter. Take the printable version if you will write by hand — it is the same blank form as a flat page image. The finished result looks the same either way.

What do I open a pdf with? Any current browser will display one, and any dedicated reader will do better. For fillable use the reader is the safer choice, because some browser viewers accept typing and then discard it when the tab closes. Test one field and one save before committing.

Does the download cost anything? No. There is no charge, no account and no email address to surrender, and the file you receive is the published document with nothing added to it.

What goes in first? The heading block — your name exactly as official records show it, then identification number, then organisation, then the date you prepared the form. Is the order important? It is, because those four entries become the index for the finished record, and an error there is the one mistake that hides the document from everyone looking for it.

How do you move through the fields? By tab, not by mouse. The tab order was fixed when the form was built and generally follows the reading order of the page, so following it is the simplest way to avoid skipping a box. What about check boxes? Click them. If a group is exclusive, your new selection clears the old one — that is the design, not a malfunction.

Why does my text vanish when I print? Because one-line fields have no wrap, and anything past the field width is truncated on paper even though the screen shows all of it. Where should the overflow go? Into remarks, or onto a continuation. What about entries that do not apply? Enter the mark meaning "none". Blank space is ambiguous; a reviewer cannot tell an omission from a considered nil.

Is a signature really the last step? Yes, and without it you have a draft, not a form. Who else signs? Whoever the form calls for — reviewer, approver, witness — in printed block order, each dated as of the day they sign. Which errors cause the most returns? Blank mandatory fields lead, followed by identification numbers with two digits swapped, dates written day-for-month, and leftover data in a reused file that goes forward as though it were meant.

What does the Privacy Act notice tell you? The legal authority behind the collection, what the information is for, the routine uses it may be put to, and whether disclosure is compulsory. When is the right moment to read it? Before completing the personal entries, at the point the statement appears. What follows from it? Your finished copy contains personal data, so store and send it the way your office handles that category.

What happens after signing? The form is routed as the prescribing directive requires: to a named office, through the unit administrative channel, or into the personal file. Do you get the original back? No, so make a copy first. Who sets the retention period? The applicable records schedule, not the office holding the document.

What if this form is not the only one you need? Search by series and number. Within the DA series, forms under the same proponent or the same prescribing directive tend to be required as a set, and anything named on the face of one normally accompanies it. Are continuations part of that? They are, along with covers and transmittals, and all of them are collected in advance rather than after a query.

When is an edition replaced? When the proponent revises the form and publishes a new edition date. What should you do with a copy kept on your own machine? Check its date against the edition in force before reusing it. Does the change reach backwards? It does not; work already completed on an earlier edition remains valid as filed.

Who publishes these files? This site does, as copies of published Department of the Army forms offered for download. Is there any official connection? None — the site is independent of the Department of the Army and issues nothing itself. Will a given office accept your document? That is not something anyone here can state, and none of this page is legal advice. Where do you take a specific question? To TRADOC, or to the administrative office that services your unit.

Questions and answers

What is DA Form 7595-6-4?
TREAT A CASUALTY FO A COLD INJURY
Which edition is current?
May 2014
Who is responsible for this form?
TRADOC
In which formats can it be downloaded?
PDF

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