NAVY HOSPITAL CORPSMAN HCB FUNDAMENTALS
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT WELL DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH A 100% GUARANTEED PASS
Caduceus - ✔✔A short staff entwined by 2 serpents, sometimes surmounted by wings; the rating symbol
of Hospital Corpsman
Cockpit - ✔✔Was the place designated for the care of the sick aboard ships; later it became known as
"sickbay"
The first direction given to the organization of Navy medicine was published in... - ✔✔1775
Article 16 in RULES FOR THE REGULATION OF THE NAVY OF THE UNITED COLONIES OF NORTH AMERICA
stated: - ✔✔"A convenient place shall be set apart for sick or hurt men, to be removed with their
hammocks and bedding when the surgeon shall advise the same to be necessary: and some of the crew
shall be appointed to attend to and serve them and to keep the place clean. The cooper shall make
buckets with covers and cradles if necessry for their use."
A typical medical section is limited to __ or __ men - ✔✔2 or 3 men
Ship's Surgeon - ✔✔Trained physician
Surgeon's Mate - ✔✔Usually a physician but subordinate to surgeon. Held Warrant Officer like status.
Usually signed on for a particular cruise only. Responsibilities more equivalent to a modern-day senior
HM
The Continental Navy disbanded in - ✔✔1790
When did Congress mandate all newly commissioned sailing warships to contain a "cockpit" for
treatment of the sick and injured. Unofficially reestablished need for enlisted medical personnel with no
official title or job description. Duties assigned by ship's surgeon. Served a porridge called "loblolly" to
the sick and injured and eventually nicknamed "Lobllolly Boys". - ✔✔2 March 1799
,Loblolly Boy was classified as an official rate in... - ✔✔1814
The duties of the Loblolly included: - ✔✔- Maintaining cleanliness in the cockpit
- Provide water and containers to hold amputated limbs
- Fill containers of coal to heat tar used in hemorrhage control
- Fill buckets of sand used to aid slips and falls on blood-soaked decks
- Ring a bell at 0900 to announce sick call, every morning, seven days a week
- Prepared the cockpit before battle
Loblolly Boys rang the bell at _______ to announce sick call, every morning, seven days a week. -
✔✔0900
Loblolly Boys served during... - ✔✔The Quasi-War with France (1797-1800)
The first Barbary War (1801-1805).
The Navy's first Loblolly Boy - ✔✔John Wall
The first Loblolly POW - ✔✔John Domyn
The first African-American Loblolly - ✔✔Joseph Anderson
The Surgeon Steward title was used from the age of ___________ ______________ to the end of the
Civil War (_____-______) - ✔✔American expansion to the end of the Civil War (1820-1865)
The Surgeon Steward was first seen in Navy pay charts in... - ✔✔1841
The first enlisted rating requiring specific qualifications was the... - ✔✔Surgeon Steward
, Requirements to be Surgeon's Steward included: - ✔✔1. Possessing knowledge of pharmacy
2. Demonstration of industrious and temprate behavior
3. Appointed to the position by the ship's surgeon
The benefits of being the Surgeon's Steward: - ✔✔1. Paid $18.00 per month and one extra ration, (could
be rum ration or food ration)
2. Were not discharged from the Navy without the consent of the officer apointing them or their
succesor. Exception: Courts martial (U.S. Navy Regulations, 1865)
Nurse (______-_______) - ✔✔1861-1873
What replaced the title of "Nurse" for junior medical enlisted? - ✔✔Bayman
Define Bayman: - ✔✔One who manned the sick bay
Bayman (Early _____-_____) - ✔✔Early 1870s-1898
What is the primary duty of the Bayman? - ✔✔To be a personal attendant of the sick.
Name other duties of the Bayman - ✔✔- Focusing on electric light on the incision site while the surgeon
performed shipboard surgery.
- Sterilizing surgical instruments and bandages
- Preparing sick bay for surgery, scrubbing, and washing the bags and hammocks of the sick
From a Greek word; 14th century term for "pharmacist" - ✔✔Apothecary
Apothecary was invaluable to... - ✔✔medical department for anesthesia, mixing/distributing
medications, correspondence, logistics, and training of Baymen.
Apothecaries of distinction: - ✔✔Cornelius O'Leary and Robert Stanley
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT WELL DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH A 100% GUARANTEED PASS
Caduceus - ✔✔A short staff entwined by 2 serpents, sometimes surmounted by wings; the rating symbol
of Hospital Corpsman
Cockpit - ✔✔Was the place designated for the care of the sick aboard ships; later it became known as
"sickbay"
The first direction given to the organization of Navy medicine was published in... - ✔✔1775
Article 16 in RULES FOR THE REGULATION OF THE NAVY OF THE UNITED COLONIES OF NORTH AMERICA
stated: - ✔✔"A convenient place shall be set apart for sick or hurt men, to be removed with their
hammocks and bedding when the surgeon shall advise the same to be necessary: and some of the crew
shall be appointed to attend to and serve them and to keep the place clean. The cooper shall make
buckets with covers and cradles if necessry for their use."
A typical medical section is limited to __ or __ men - ✔✔2 or 3 men
Ship's Surgeon - ✔✔Trained physician
Surgeon's Mate - ✔✔Usually a physician but subordinate to surgeon. Held Warrant Officer like status.
Usually signed on for a particular cruise only. Responsibilities more equivalent to a modern-day senior
HM
The Continental Navy disbanded in - ✔✔1790
When did Congress mandate all newly commissioned sailing warships to contain a "cockpit" for
treatment of the sick and injured. Unofficially reestablished need for enlisted medical personnel with no
official title or job description. Duties assigned by ship's surgeon. Served a porridge called "loblolly" to
the sick and injured and eventually nicknamed "Lobllolly Boys". - ✔✔2 March 1799
,Loblolly Boy was classified as an official rate in... - ✔✔1814
The duties of the Loblolly included: - ✔✔- Maintaining cleanliness in the cockpit
- Provide water and containers to hold amputated limbs
- Fill containers of coal to heat tar used in hemorrhage control
- Fill buckets of sand used to aid slips and falls on blood-soaked decks
- Ring a bell at 0900 to announce sick call, every morning, seven days a week
- Prepared the cockpit before battle
Loblolly Boys rang the bell at _______ to announce sick call, every morning, seven days a week. -
✔✔0900
Loblolly Boys served during... - ✔✔The Quasi-War with France (1797-1800)
The first Barbary War (1801-1805).
The Navy's first Loblolly Boy - ✔✔John Wall
The first Loblolly POW - ✔✔John Domyn
The first African-American Loblolly - ✔✔Joseph Anderson
The Surgeon Steward title was used from the age of ___________ ______________ to the end of the
Civil War (_____-______) - ✔✔American expansion to the end of the Civil War (1820-1865)
The Surgeon Steward was first seen in Navy pay charts in... - ✔✔1841
The first enlisted rating requiring specific qualifications was the... - ✔✔Surgeon Steward
, Requirements to be Surgeon's Steward included: - ✔✔1. Possessing knowledge of pharmacy
2. Demonstration of industrious and temprate behavior
3. Appointed to the position by the ship's surgeon
The benefits of being the Surgeon's Steward: - ✔✔1. Paid $18.00 per month and one extra ration, (could
be rum ration or food ration)
2. Were not discharged from the Navy without the consent of the officer apointing them or their
succesor. Exception: Courts martial (U.S. Navy Regulations, 1865)
Nurse (______-_______) - ✔✔1861-1873
What replaced the title of "Nurse" for junior medical enlisted? - ✔✔Bayman
Define Bayman: - ✔✔One who manned the sick bay
Bayman (Early _____-_____) - ✔✔Early 1870s-1898
What is the primary duty of the Bayman? - ✔✔To be a personal attendant of the sick.
Name other duties of the Bayman - ✔✔- Focusing on electric light on the incision site while the surgeon
performed shipboard surgery.
- Sterilizing surgical instruments and bandages
- Preparing sick bay for surgery, scrubbing, and washing the bags and hammocks of the sick
From a Greek word; 14th century term for "pharmacist" - ✔✔Apothecary
Apothecary was invaluable to... - ✔✔medical department for anesthesia, mixing/distributing
medications, correspondence, logistics, and training of Baymen.
Apothecaries of distinction: - ✔✔Cornelius O'Leary and Robert Stanley
