HCB Test 1 Questions and Answers 2024.

HCB Test 1 Questions and Answers 2024. TCRM (Time-Critical Risk Management 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) Degree of accuracy by which one's perception of the current environment mirrors reality SA Risk Color Guide 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 Making errors, poor communication, overloaded, fatigued, complacent, not following procedures Caduceus (kah-deuce) Rating insignia of Hospital Corps Sickbay/cockpit where sick and injured men were taken for care Surgeon Steward First enlisted rate requiring specific qualification Medal of Honor 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) Second highest military decoration (ARMY) awarded for extraordinary heroism Navy Cross Second highest military decoration (NAVY or MARINES) awarded for extraordinary heroism Silver Star Third highest military combat decoration (Armed Forces) awarded for gallantry in action Bronze Star Awarded to any person serving in the military after 6DEC1941 who distinguishes themselves by heroic or meritorious acheivement Purpose of Article 16 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 Trained physician Surgeon's mate Usually a physician but subordinate to surgeon (held warrant officer like status). Responsibilities more equivalent to modern senior HM Congress Mandate 2 March 1799 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 -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: (Quasi-War with France (first Barbary War) Loblolly Boys of Distinction John Wall (first one) John Domyn (first POW) Joseph Anderson (first African-American) Surgeon Steward -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 - -Applied to junior enlisted medical personnel -Served concurrently with Surgeon Steward Baymen -Early 1870s-1898 -replaced title of "nurse" -Defined as "one who manned the sickbay" Apothecary - -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 Cornelius O'Leary and Robert Stanley Bill signed by President McKinley, 17 June 1898 Called for dramatic improvements to armed forces in response to threat of war *led to United States Navy Hospital Corps *Established Hospital Steward (CPO) * Hospital Apprentice Third Class (PO3) *Hospital Apprentice *Pharmacists Pharmacist Establishment SECNAV appointed 25 senior apothecaries as pharmacists *Cornelius O'Leary had 38 years experience *Robert Stanley, first Hospital Corps MoH recipient WAVES = Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service *Commissioned during WWII Bethesda Naval Hospital Flagship of Navy Medicine since 11 November 1940 First Hospital Corps School