HCB Test 1
TCRM (Time-Critical Risk Management - answersA) 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) - answersDegree of accuracy by which one's perception of
the current environment mirrors reality
SA Risk Color Guide - answersGreen - 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 - answersMaking errors, poor
communication, overloaded, fatigued, complacent, not following procedures
Caduceus (kah-deuce) - answersRating insignia of Hospital Corps
Sickbay/cockpit - answerswhere sick and injured men were taken for care
Surgeon Steward - answersFirst enlisted rate requiring specific qualification
Medal of Honor - answersHighest 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) - answersSecond highest military decoration
(ARMY) awarded for extraordinary heroism
Navy Cross - answersSecond highest military decoration (NAVY or MARINES) awarded
for extraordinary heroism
Silver Star - answersThird highest military combat decoration (Armed Forces) awarded
for gallantry in action
Bronze Star - answersAwarded to any person serving in the military after 6DEC1941
who distinguishes themselves by heroic or meritorious acheivement
Purpose of Article 16 - answersStates 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 - answersTrained physician
Surgeon's mate - answersUsually a physician but subordinate to surgeon (held warrant
officer like status). Responsibilities more equivalent to modern senior HM
Congress Mandate 2 March 1799 - answersAll newly commissioned sailing warships to
contain a "cockpit" for treatment of sick and injured
*unofficially re-established need for enlisted medical personnel
Loblolly Boys - answers-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: - answers1797-1800 (Quasi-War with France
1801-1805 (first Barbary War)
Loblolly Boys of Distinction - answersJohn Wall (first one)
John Domyn (first POW)
Joseph Anderson (first African-American)
Surgeon Steward - answers-title used 1820-1865 (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 - answers-1861-1873
-Applied to junior enlisted medical personnel
-Served concurrently with Surgeon Steward
Baymen - answers-Early 1870s-1898
-replaced title of "nurse"
-Defined as "one who manned the sickbay"
Apothecary - answers-1866-1898
-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 - answersCornelius O'Leary and Robert Stanley
TCRM (Time-Critical Risk Management - answersA) 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) - answersDegree of accuracy by which one's perception of
the current environment mirrors reality
SA Risk Color Guide - answersGreen - 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 - answersMaking errors, poor
communication, overloaded, fatigued, complacent, not following procedures
Caduceus (kah-deuce) - answersRating insignia of Hospital Corps
Sickbay/cockpit - answerswhere sick and injured men were taken for care
Surgeon Steward - answersFirst enlisted rate requiring specific qualification
Medal of Honor - answersHighest 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) - answersSecond highest military decoration
(ARMY) awarded for extraordinary heroism
Navy Cross - answersSecond highest military decoration (NAVY or MARINES) awarded
for extraordinary heroism
Silver Star - answersThird highest military combat decoration (Armed Forces) awarded
for gallantry in action
Bronze Star - answersAwarded to any person serving in the military after 6DEC1941
who distinguishes themselves by heroic or meritorious acheivement
Purpose of Article 16 - answersStates 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 - answersTrained physician
Surgeon's mate - answersUsually a physician but subordinate to surgeon (held warrant
officer like status). Responsibilities more equivalent to modern senior HM
Congress Mandate 2 March 1799 - answersAll newly commissioned sailing warships to
contain a "cockpit" for treatment of sick and injured
*unofficially re-established need for enlisted medical personnel
Loblolly Boys - answers-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: - answers1797-1800 (Quasi-War with France
1801-1805 (first Barbary War)
Loblolly Boys of Distinction - answersJohn Wall (first one)
John Domyn (first POW)
Joseph Anderson (first African-American)
Surgeon Steward - answers-title used 1820-1865 (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 - answers-1861-1873
-Applied to junior enlisted medical personnel
-Served concurrently with Surgeon Steward
Baymen - answers-Early 1870s-1898
-replaced title of "nurse"
-Defined as "one who manned the sickbay"
Apothecary - answers-1866-1898
-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 - answersCornelius O'Leary and Robert Stanley
