NAVY HOSPITAL CORPSMAN ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPLETE MILITARY MEDICAL STUDY
GUIDE
●● Cockpit
Answer: 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...
Answer: 1775
●● Article 16 in RULES FOR THE REGULATION OF THE NAVY OF
THE UNITED COLONIES OF NORTH AMERICA stated:
Answer: "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
Answer: 2 or 3 men
,●● Ship's Surgeon
Answer: Trained physician
●● Surgeon's Mate
Answer: 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
Answer: 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".
Answer: 2 March 1799
●● Loblolly Boy was classified as an official rate in...
Answer: 1814
●● The duties of the Loblolly included:
, Answer: - 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.
Answer: 0900
●● Loblolly Boys served during...
Answer: The Quasi-War with France (1797-1800)
The first Barbary War (1801-1805).
●● The Navy's first Loblolly Boy
Answer: John Wall
●● The first Loblolly POW
Answer: John Domyn
●● The first African-American Loblolly
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPLETE MILITARY MEDICAL STUDY
GUIDE
●● Cockpit
Answer: 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...
Answer: 1775
●● Article 16 in RULES FOR THE REGULATION OF THE NAVY OF
THE UNITED COLONIES OF NORTH AMERICA stated:
Answer: "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
Answer: 2 or 3 men
,●● Ship's Surgeon
Answer: Trained physician
●● Surgeon's Mate
Answer: 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
Answer: 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".
Answer: 2 March 1799
●● Loblolly Boy was classified as an official rate in...
Answer: 1814
●● The duties of the Loblolly included:
, Answer: - 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.
Answer: 0900
●● Loblolly Boys served during...
Answer: The Quasi-War with France (1797-1800)
The first Barbary War (1801-1805).
●● The Navy's first Loblolly Boy
Answer: John Wall
●● The first Loblolly POW
Answer: John Domyn
●● The first African-American Loblolly
