Naval Hospital Corps School Test #1

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Caduceus

Back 1

A winged staff with two serpents twined around it.

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Cockpit

Back 2

A compartment in an old warship below the water line, used as quarters for junior officers and as a station for wounded soldiers.

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Pledge

Back 3

A formal promise to do or not do something.

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Schooners

Back 4

A ship with two or more fore and aft rigged masts.

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Directorate

Back 5

The officer or position of a director; a board of directors.

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BUMED

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Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: exists to provide health care and treatment to sick and injured Navy and Marine Corps personnel.

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Who is a DC?
What collar device do they wear?

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Dental Corps Officer (Gold oak leaf w/ two silver acorns at the base).

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MANMED

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Manual of the Medical Department

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Who is a MC?
What collar device do they wear?

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Medical Corps Officer (Gold oak leaf w/ a silver acorn in the center).

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Who is a MSC?
What collar device do they wear?

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Medical Service Corps Officer (Gold oak leaf with a branch at the base).

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Who is a NC?
What collar device do they wear?

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Nurse Corps Officer (gold oak leaf).

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Hostilities

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Open warfare

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Lawful Combatant

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A member of the military force or a civilian engaged in hostilities.

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Pillage

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To rob of goods or property by force.

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Plunder

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To seize wrongfully or forcibly.

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"Proper Objects of Capture"

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Medical vehicles and supplies; medical vehicles must not be destroyed and must be reserved for the care of sick and wounded.

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LOAC

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Law of Armed Conflict; created by treaties during 1949 Geneva Conventions.

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Captive Medical Personnel (POW's)

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- Must provide medical treatment to other POW's but not authorized to treat the enemies armed forces.
- Not authorized to escape or aid in the escape of other prisoners.
- Not authorized to assume command of other POW's.

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Protective Signs and Emblems

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- Medical service emblem (Red Cross) affixed to a water-resistant band on left arm.
- Geneva Convention Card (DD 1934) with Red Cross emblem.

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Medical Ships (Color and Emblems)

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- Must be white w/ three red crosses painted on each side of the hull: forward, center, and aft.

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Medical Ships (Classification/Port)

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- Not classified as war ships; may leave port even if it falls into enemy hands.

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Advocate

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One who pleads the case of another.

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Bioethics

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Ethics as applied to life and death decision making.

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Civil Laws

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Those that the government of a country, state, or country establish; are enacted by the people for the people.

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Code of Ethics

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List of written statements describing ideal behavior for members of a particular group. A code of ethics defines professional practice.

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Confidentiality

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Any information obtained about a patient's history, condition, or treatment.

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Consent

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Agreement and acceptance as to opinion or course of action to be taken.

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Law

Back 28

Rules made by humans that regulate social conduct in a formally prescribed and legally binding manner.

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Medical Ethics

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Those moral standards of conduct that are traditionally accepted by professional medical organizations.

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Morals (Morality)

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Personal standards of right and wrong.

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Moral Laws

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Those laws rooted in religious or cultural traditions- are based on good overcoming evil and are dictated by our conscience (right vs wrong).

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Natural Laws (Physical Laws)

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Are the basic laws of nature that control the universe and all that exists in it- e.g., the law of gravity or the laws of physics.

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Privileged Communication

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Information given to a professional person who is forbidden by law from disclosing the information in a court without the consent of the person who provided it.

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Rights

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Something a person is entitled to, a legitimate expectation.

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Values

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Freely chosen, enduring beliefs or attitudes about the worth of a person, object, idea, or action.

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Value System

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The organization of a person's values along a continuum of relative importance.

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Informed Consent

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An agreement by a client to accept a course of treatment or a procedure after complete information, including the risks of treatment and facts relating to it, have been provided by the physician.

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Expressed Consent

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Consent give by adults who are of legal age and mentally competent to make a rational decision in regard to their medical well-being.

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Refusal of Care (All 3 must be met)

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1. Patient must be mentally competent and oriented.
2. Patient must be fully informed and understand the risks associated w/ refusing care.
3. Patient must be of legal age to consent or an emancipated minor.

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Implied Consent

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Consent for children and mentally incompetent adults.

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Intrinsic Values vs. Extrinsic Values

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Intrinsic= related to the maintenance of life.
Extrinsic= originates outside the individual and is NOT necessary for maintenance of life.

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Personal Values

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Can be traced to culture, society, institutions, marriage, family, and personality. Mose are derived from the society in which a person lives.

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Professional Values

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Often a reflection of personal values; are acquired during socialization into a chosen profession from codes of conduct, codes of ethics, medical experiences, teachers, and peers.

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Value Clarification

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Process in which one develops their own values for a given situation.

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Assisting a patient with value clarification (7 steps)

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1. List Alternatives
2. Examine consequences of choices
3. Allow the patient to choose
4. Asses how the patient feels about the choice
5. Affirm the choice
6. Act on the choice
7. Act with a pattern

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Moral Principles

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Statements about broad, general philsophic concepts such as autonomy and justice.

Examples: Do no harm. Tell the Truth.

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Abandonment

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When a healthcare provider initiates care and then leaves the patient w/o turning over care to someone of equal or greater medical training.

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Negligence (3 things must be proved)

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Failure to act properly.
1. There was a duty to act.
2. The standard of care was not met.
3. The actions in not providing the standard of care caused harm.

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Battery

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Beating, wounding, or touching a patient in an offensive manner.

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Stages of dealing with death, trauma, and long term illness (5 stages)

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1. Denial
2. Anger
3. Bargaining
4. Depression
5. Acceptance

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HIPAA

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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.

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When healthcare providers are required to notify law enforcement (5)

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1. Child, elderly, or domestic abuse.
2. Violence and sexual assault.
3. Restraint situation.
4. Intoxicated people with injuries.
5. Mentally incompetent people with injuries.