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11 Cards in this Set
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MISSION STATEMENT OF HOSPITAL CORPS
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They must be trained to a level of clinical competence in order to fulfill their duties in our medical treatment facilities aboard ships, Fleet Marine Force, and other operational units
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1799
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1799 - Act of Congress
- cockpit - sickbay - loblolly boy originated in the British Navy |
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1843
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1843 - Surgeon's Steward
- knowledge of pharmacy - industrious/temperate habits - recommendation from ship's surgeon - paid $18.00/month and estra ration ranked next after MAA |
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LOBLOLLY BOY DUTIES
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- Keeping cockpit and medical equipment clean
- announce sick call - prepare cockpit for casualties - prepared coals/irons for searing stumps |
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1873
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1873 - Baymen was created
- replace male nurse - "personal attendants of the sick" -1893 - given a course of instruction prior to a seagoing assignment |
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DECEMBER 8 1866
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1866 - Apothecary
- replace surgeon's steward - same duties - college of pharmacy graduate - pass examination - age 21 - 28 |
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1863
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1863 - Male Nurse
- recieving ships - on the job training - USS RED ROVER |
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HOSPITAL CORPS
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- Established by Congress on June 17 1898
- Consolidated enlisted skills and established ratings - Identified the rating device as red cross - the act provided an opportunity to be appointed to the rank of Warrant as a Pharmacist |
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Females in the Hospital Corps
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- WWII as WAVES (JAN 1942)
- FIrst HM school for WAVES at NNMC Bethesda JAN 1944 |
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CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR
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22 Hospital Corpsmen Awarded Medal of Honor
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ASSIGNMENTS
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- NAVAL HOSPITALS
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