HCB Test 1 Questions with All Correct Answers

HCB Test 1 Questions with All Correct Answers TCRM (Time-Critical Risk Management - ANSWER A) Assess situation B) Balance Resources C) Communicate to Others D) Do and Debrief *Using TCRM model trains the brain to continue thinking under duress, stress, boredom Situational Awareness (SA) - ANSWER Degree of accuracy by which one's perception of the current environment mirrors reality SA Risk Color Guide - ANSWER Green - little chance of serious error Yellow - higher chance of serious error Red - very high chance of serious error Swoosh Arrow - return to good SA How To Identify Shipmates in Yellow or Red - ANSWER Making errors, poor communication, overloaded, fatigued, complacent, not following procedures Caduceus (kah-deuce) - ANSWER Rating insignia of Hospital Corps Sickbay/cockpit - ANSWER where sick and injured men were taken for care Surgeon Steward - ANSWER First enlisted rate requiring specific qualification Medal of Honor - ANSWER Highest military decoration (Armed forces) awarded for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty. Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) - ANSWER Second highest military decoration (ARMY) awarded for extraordinary heroism Navy Cross - ANSWER Second highest military decoration (NAVY or MARINES) awarded for extraordinary heroism Silver Star - ANSWER Third highest military combat decoration (Armed Forces) awarded for gallantry in action Bronze Star - ANSWER Awarded to any person serving in the military after 6DEC1941 who distinguishes themselves by heroic or meritorious acheivement Purpose of Article 16 - ANSWER States that a convenient place shall be set apart for sick or hurt men.....and some of the crew shall be appointed to attend to and serve them and keep the place clean. Ship's Surgeon - ANSWER Trained physician Surgeon's mate - ANSWER Usually a physician but subordinate to surgeon (held warrant officer like status). Responsibilities more equivalent to modern senior HM Congress Mandate 2 March 1799 - ANSWER All newly commissioned sailing warships to contain a "cockpit" for treatment of sick and injured *unofficially re-established need for enlisted medical personnel Loblolly Boys - ANSWER -Served porridge (loblolly) to sick/injured -Classified as official rate in 1814 -Maintained cleanliness -provided water/containers to hold amputated limbs -heated tar for hemorrhage control -Filled buckets of sand to use for slip control with bloodstained decks Dates Loblolly Boys Served: - ANSWER (Quasi-War with France (first Barbary War) Loblolly Boys of Distinction - ANSWER John Wall (first one) John Domyn (first POW) Joseph Anderson (first African-American) Surgeon Steward - ANSWER -title used (American expansion-- >end of Civil War) -first seen in Navy pay charts in 1841 -Ranked second in seniority among shipboard petty officers -first enlisted rate requiring specific qualifications Nurse - ANSWER - -Applied to junior enlisted medical personnel -Served concurrently with Surgeon Steward Baymen - ANSWER -Early 1870s-1898 -replaced title of "nurse" -Defined as "one who manned the sickbay" Apothecary - ANSWER - -14th century term for "pharmacist" -consolidated to one senior petty officer in March 1869 -required vast knowledge, in charge of anesthesia, mixing/distributing medications, correspondence, logistics, and training of Baymen Apothecaries of Distinction - ANSWER Cornelius O'Leary and Robert Stanley