Test 1 Navy Corpsman – Flashcards
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Caduceus
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Rating insignia for the hospital corps
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Sickbay
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Where sick and injured were taken for care
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Cockpit
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Another name for sickbay
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Surgeon Steward
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First enlisted rate requiring specific qualification, First seen in pay charts in 1841
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Medal of Honor
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Highest military decoration that may be awarded
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Distinguished service cross
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Second highest military decoration for the army and previously the air force
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Navy Cross
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Second highest military decoration for the navy or marines, coast guard when under the navy
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Silver star
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Third highest military decoration for the armed forces
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Bronze star
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Awarded to anyone serving after December 1941, being heroic
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Article 16 (1775)
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A sick bay will be established, a crew shall be appointed to serve those in the bay
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Medical Section
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Ship's Surgeon, Surgeon's Mate, one enlisted man
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2 March 1799
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All sailing warships must contain a cockpit.
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Loblolly boys-1814
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Served porridge called loblolly to the sick, birthed the corpsman nickname
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Loblolly boys served in...
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Quasi war with France (1797-1800), First Barbary war (1801-1805)
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John Wall
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Navy's first loblolly boy
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John Domyn
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The first Loblolly POW
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Joseph Anderson
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The first African-American Loblolly
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Nurse (1861-1873)
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Junior enlisted medical personnel
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Baymen (1870s-1898)
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Replaces nurse, one who manned the sick bay in 1873
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Apothecary (1866-1898)
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Term for pharmacist, Cornelius O'Leary, Robert Stanley
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17 June 1898
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President William McKinley signed to give birth to the Navy Hospital Corps
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Cornelius O'Leary
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38 Years of Apothecary experience when appointment
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Robert Stanley
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Became the first Corpsman to be awarded the Medal of Honor in 1900
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Waves
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Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service
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Bethesda Naval Hospital
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Flagship of Navy medicine since 11 November 1940
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15 Dec 1902
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29 Hospital Apprentices graduated from Portsmouth VA
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In 1916 Congress...
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did a expansion of hospital corps to 3.5% of all Navy and Marine Corps forces
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In 1917...
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Hospital Corps School established in Great Lakes IL
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In 1921...
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Hospital Corps School closed at Great Lakes but reopened two decades later for WWII
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In 1928...
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Hospital Corps School established in San Diego CA
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On 12 Jan 1944...
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WAVES was commissioned in Bethesda, Maryland
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In 1948...
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Corpsman were brought into the regular Navy
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Dental technician (DT)
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Established 12 Dec 1947 (became effective 02 April 1948) Merged 01 Oct 2005
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In 1997...
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All Corpsman A Schools moved to Great Lakes
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In 2005...
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Congress moves all Army, Navy, and Air Force medical training to Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio,Tx
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In April 2011...
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Navy HM A School combined with Air Force Aerospace Medical Assistant Course
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In 2017...
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HM A School was reestablished on July 1 of only Navy Sailors in over 6 years
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Rank structure (1916-1948)
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CPhM, PhM1c, PhM2c, PhM3c, HA1c, HA2c, Hospital Apprentice
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Rank structure (1948-1958)
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Chief Hospital Corpsman, Hospital Corpsman (First,Second,Third) class, Hospital ( Man, Apprentice, Recruit)
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Pre-World War I
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Spanish-American war, Boxer Rebellion, Veracruz Incursion, Philippine Insurection
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World War I
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17 Hospital Corpsman KIA or DOW 146 wounded or gassed
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World War 2
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97% Casualty survival rate 889 died in combat Half were injured
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Pharmacist's Mate John Bradley participated in...
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Flag raising on Mount Suribachi
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Korean War
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Battle of the Chosin Reservoir 108 KIA Navy medical personnel treated 2844 wounded over 21 days
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All Five Medals of Honor were awarded to Hospital Corpsman in the...
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Korean War
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Vietnam War
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620 HMs Died 3353 wounded
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What happened at Beirut
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23 Oct 1983, Marine Barracks attacked by suicide bomber 241 killed, 15 of 22 HMs
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ABCD Model creates a habit and trains the brain to...
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continue thinking under duress,stress, or even boredom
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ABCD Model and icons can...
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Save your life, make you a expert, improve teamwork
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Situational Awareness (SA)
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The degree of accuracy by which one's perception of the current environment mirrors reality.
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Part 1 of a record contains...
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A Record of Preventive Medicine and Occupational Health
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Part 2 of a record contains...
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A Record of Medical Care and Treatment
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Part 3 of a record contains...
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Physical Qualifications
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Part 4 of a record contains...
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Record of Ancillary Studies, Inpatient Care, and miscellaneous forms.
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(Form DD 2766) Adult Preventive and Chronic Care Flow Sheet contains...
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A summation of relevant problems and medications that significantly affect the patient's health status.
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A SF 600 is located in which part?
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Part 2
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(SF 502) Narrative Summary contains...
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A summarization of clinical data relative to treatment receives during periods of hospitalization.
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(SF 513) Consultation Sheet is used for...
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outpatients who need to be referred to other healthcare providers or specialists
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It is estimated that about _ of our medical terminology is of Greek origin.
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three-fourths (75%)
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Coronal or Frontal plane is
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A vertical plane that passes from side to side
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Mid sagittal plane is
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A vertical plane on the midline that divides the body into right and left halves
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Horizontal or transverse plane is
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A cut that cuts from front to back and side to side
