Navy Hospital Corpsman, HCB
Test 1 Exam Questions and
Answers
Surgeon Steward - -First enlisted rate requiring specific qualification
- Article 16 - -A convenient place shall be set apart for sick or hurt men
- Ship's Surgeon - -trained physician
- surgeon's mate - -usually a physician but subordinate to surgeon
- March 2, 1799 - -Congress mandated that newly commissioned sailing
warships contain a 'cockpit' or sickbay
- Loblolly Boys - -Classified as a rate 1814
maintained cleanliness
provided water and containers to hold amputated limbs
filled containers of coal to heat tar used in hemorrhage control
filled sand buckets for blood soaked floors
- when did loblolly boys serve? - -quasi-war with france 1797-1800
barbary war 1801-1805
- Loblolly Boys of Distinction - -John Wall (first Loblolly boy)
John Domyn (first Loblolly POW)
Joseph Anderson (first African American Loblolly boy)
- The Surgeon Steward title was used from the age of ___________
______________ to the end of the Civil War (_____-______) - -american
expansion; 1820-1865
- Baymen (1870s-1898) - -Replaces nurse, one who manned the sick bay in
1873
- Apothecaries of distinction - -Cornelius O' Leary - father of corspmans, 38
yrs
Robert Stanley - 1st medal of honor for hospital corps
- How many Medal of Honor Recipients (hospital corps)? - -22
- how many ships are named after hospital corpsman? - -20
, - customer - -someone who pays for goods or services from business or a
person who has a particular quality
- client - -anyone for whom a service requiring some degree of
confidentiality is provided
- palliation - -the relief of symptoms when cure is no longer possible, and
treatment is provided solely for comfort
- phone ettiquette - -1. department name
2. your name
3. personalized statement
4. "how may I help you sir or m'am?"
5."anything else i can assist you with?"
- moral - -a system of principles or standards of conduct which govern the
appropriate conduct for a person,
- ethics - -A system of moral principles.
- informed consent - -the healthcare provider gives the pt all the info
necessary for a decision
- lawful consent - -pt must have made a knowledgeable decision with the
full awareness of the consequences
- freedom of information act - -A document that governs the disclosure of
documents maintained by government agencies
- Protected Health Information (PHI) - -Individually identifiable health
information that is transmitted or maintained by electronic media.
- Privacy Act of 1974 - -a law that gives citizens access to the government's
files on them
- Health Information Portability and Accountability Act - -provide safeguards
for protected health information to ensure patient privacy is maintained
- Health Record (HREC) - -A file of continuous care given to an active duty
member and documents all outpatient care provided during a member's
career
- Inpatient Record (IREC) - -A medical file which documents care provided to
a patient assigned to a designated inpatient bed in a medical treatment
facility (MTF) or ship
Test 1 Exam Questions and
Answers
Surgeon Steward - -First enlisted rate requiring specific qualification
- Article 16 - -A convenient place shall be set apart for sick or hurt men
- Ship's Surgeon - -trained physician
- surgeon's mate - -usually a physician but subordinate to surgeon
- March 2, 1799 - -Congress mandated that newly commissioned sailing
warships contain a 'cockpit' or sickbay
- Loblolly Boys - -Classified as a rate 1814
maintained cleanliness
provided water and containers to hold amputated limbs
filled containers of coal to heat tar used in hemorrhage control
filled sand buckets for blood soaked floors
- when did loblolly boys serve? - -quasi-war with france 1797-1800
barbary war 1801-1805
- Loblolly Boys of Distinction - -John Wall (first Loblolly boy)
John Domyn (first Loblolly POW)
Joseph Anderson (first African American Loblolly boy)
- The Surgeon Steward title was used from the age of ___________
______________ to the end of the Civil War (_____-______) - -american
expansion; 1820-1865
- Baymen (1870s-1898) - -Replaces nurse, one who manned the sick bay in
1873
- Apothecaries of distinction - -Cornelius O' Leary - father of corspmans, 38
yrs
Robert Stanley - 1st medal of honor for hospital corps
- How many Medal of Honor Recipients (hospital corps)? - -22
- how many ships are named after hospital corpsman? - -20
, - customer - -someone who pays for goods or services from business or a
person who has a particular quality
- client - -anyone for whom a service requiring some degree of
confidentiality is provided
- palliation - -the relief of symptoms when cure is no longer possible, and
treatment is provided solely for comfort
- phone ettiquette - -1. department name
2. your name
3. personalized statement
4. "how may I help you sir or m'am?"
5."anything else i can assist you with?"
- moral - -a system of principles or standards of conduct which govern the
appropriate conduct for a person,
- ethics - -A system of moral principles.
- informed consent - -the healthcare provider gives the pt all the info
necessary for a decision
- lawful consent - -pt must have made a knowledgeable decision with the
full awareness of the consequences
- freedom of information act - -A document that governs the disclosure of
documents maintained by government agencies
- Protected Health Information (PHI) - -Individually identifiable health
information that is transmitted or maintained by electronic media.
- Privacy Act of 1974 - -a law that gives citizens access to the government's
files on them
- Health Information Portability and Accountability Act - -provide safeguards
for protected health information to ensure patient privacy is maintained
- Health Record (HREC) - -A file of continuous care given to an active duty
member and documents all outpatient care provided during a member's
career
- Inpatient Record (IREC) - -A medical file which documents care provided to
a patient assigned to a designated inpatient bed in a medical treatment
facility (MTF) or ship
