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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