Corpsman Funds

Question 1

Define Caduceus

Answer 1

Short staff entwined by 2 serpents, sometimes surmounted by wings; rating Symbol of hm

Question 2

What year was the first direction given to the organization of navy medicine published?

Answer 2

1775

Question 3

When is the hospital corps birthday and who signed it into effect?

Answer 3

17, June 1898 and president William McKinley

Question 4

How many medal of honors were earned in Vietnam

Answer 4

4

Question 5

What is BUMED

Answer 5

The Head quarters of navy medicine

Question 6

What is MANMED

Answer 6

The Manual of the medical department

Question 7

What is the chain of command

Answer 7

• commanding officer
• executive officer
• command master chief
• director of nursing services
• head of inpatient nursing department

Question 8

What is a catastrophic event

Answer 8

And adverse event caused by:

• death/ major loss of function not related to natural course of patients illness or underlying condition
• suicide
• rape
• hemolytic transfusion reaction
• surgery of procedure on the wrong patient or body part
• infant abduction/ discharge to wrong family
• death/ major permanent loss of function that is direct result of unauthorized departure, or result of assault or other crime

Question 9

What is the navy safety program

Answer 9

• non-punitive approach to report events to identify trends needing improvement
• builds trust and communication
• means to report/identify actual/potential problems
• creates forum to implement remediation rather then punish
• promotes culture of safety
• focuses on improving systems and processes to overcome preventable errors

Question 10

What is a Code pink

Answer 10

Infant or child abduction

Question 11

What is a code green?

Answer 11

Internal or external mass casualty

Question 12

What is the health promotion and wellness program

Answer 12

Ensuring healthy living through various sources and education in providing tools to assist individuals in gathering helpful information

Question 13

Define Lethal agents

Answer 13

Agents that result in a ten percent of greater death rate among casualties

Question 14

Define nerve agents

Answer 14

Interfere with normal transmission of nerve impulses in the parasympathetic autonomic nervous system

Question 15

Nerve agents

G agents

Answer 15

Sarin (gb)

Tabun (ga)

Question 16

Nerve agents

V agents

Answer 16

VX most lethal nerve gas in history

Question 17

Nerve agents

Novichok agents

Answer 17

Soviet era nerve gas, alleged to be most lethal agent( not proven) and at least 5 times more lethal then vx

Question 18

What are blister agents

Answer 18

Causes large blisters, respiratory distress, severe vomiting, burns and temporary blindness

Question 19

Name blister agents

Answer 19

• sulfur mustards (hd)
• nitrogen mustards (hn)
• lewisite (l)
• phosgene oxime (cx)

Question 20

What is hydrogen cyanide

Answer 20

Colorless has or liquid almond odor

Question 21

What are chocking agent actions

Answer 21

• Laryngospasm/bronchospasam
• chest tightness and dysphasia
• tachypnea, dysnea, wheezing, pronounced expiratory noises
• pulmonary edema secondary to alveolar/capillary membrane injury
• causes damage to eyes and throat

Question 22

Name choking agents

Answer 22

• chlorine gas
• phosgene
• diphosgene
• chloropicrin

Question 23

What is phosgene(cg)

Answer 23

It was responsible for 85% of chemical deaths in WWI and it renders extensive injury to alveolar tissue

Question 24

What are the duties or a loblolly boy?

Answer 24

Maintaining cleanliness of cockpit

Provide water and containers to hold amputated limbs

Filled containers with coal to heat tar used in hemorrhage control

Filled buckets of sand for blood soaked floors

Question 25

What year was loblolly boy classified a rate

Answer 25

1814

Question 26

List 2 be if it's of being at surgeons steward

Answer 26

Paid 18$ a months plus one extra ration Not discharged without consent of officer above them

Question 27

Who was the fist corpsman to revive the Medal of Honor

Answer 27

Hospital apprentice Robert Stanley

Question 28

What is the name of the hm pictured in the flag raising on mount surinachi during the battle or Iwo Jima

Answer 28

Pharmacist mate john Bradley

Question 29

What year did congress establish the women accepted for volunteer services (waves)

Answer 29

12 Jan 1944

Question 30

Which famous marine leader said you guys are the Marines doctors there's no better in the business then a Navy corpsman

Answer 30

Lieutenant General Louis b chesty Puller

Question 31

How many chapters are in the manmed

Answer 31

23

Question 32

What is the insignia for the medical service corps

Answer 32

A gold Oakleaf with a branch at the base

Question 33

What is the insignia for the medical corps

Answer 33

A gold Oakleaf with a silver acorn in the center

Question 34

What is the insignia of the dental corps

Answer 34

A gold Oakleaf with two silver acorns at the base

Question 35

What is the insignia of the nurse corps

Answer 35

A gold Oakleaf

Question 36

What is bumed

Answer 36

The centralized administrative organization of navy medicine and guardian of healthcare for the department of the Navy

Question 37

When was bumed established

Answer 37

31 August 1842

Question 38

What is bumeds leadership

Answer 38

It's the Surgeon General which is a vice Admiral and a force master chief

Question 39

What is the nomenclature of manmed

Answer 39

Navmed p-117

Question 40

How long is this day for a major adverse event

Answer 40

More than three days

Question 41

How long is the stay for a moderate adverse event

Answer 41

Less then three days

Question 42

How long is the stay for a minor adverse event

Answer 42

No days

Question 43

What does MTF stand for

Answer 43

Military treatment facility

Question 44

What does PSC stand for

Answer 44

Patient safety center

Question 45

In what order do you report safety concerns

Answer 45

Chain of command, patient safety officer/representative, close call/near miss reporting forms, Hospital hotline

Question 46

Define tobacco cessation

Answer 46

Patient focused programs employing variety of proven self-help, behavioral, Psychological, And pharmacological approaches

Question 47

Define operational stress control

Answer 47

Program designed to help sailors, commands and families and recognizing stressors, reactions to stress and apply effective and appropriate intervention

Question 48

What does a unhealthy lifestyle cause

Answer 48

Social/ economic burden Degrade mission readiness Decrease deployability/performance levels

Question 49

Where is a fleet health promotional consultant

Answer 49

Ships only

Question 50

What is a sfo

Answer 50

Semper sit officer

Question 51

What are the benefits to navy's health promotional program

Answer 51

Improved command/ individual readiness Reduced health care costs/ lost man power A fitter war fighting force

Question 52

Define combatants

Answer 52

Anyone participating in military operations and activities

Question 53

Define lawful combatants

Answer 53

One authorized to take up arms in service or a sovereign state

Question 54

Define DD form 1394

Answer 54

Special Geneva convention identification issued to all us dod humanitarian personnel

Question 55

What are the purpose of the loac

Answer 55

Integrate humanity into war Preserve the fundamental rights of persons who fall into the hands of the enemy Assist in restoring peace

Question 56

What was the loac established through

Answer 56

Hauge convention-1893 Geneva convention 1949 -4 conventions 1864, 1906, 1929

Question 57

What are the 4 treaties of the Geneva convention

Answer 57

Wounded and sick in the field Wounded, sick and ship wrecked at sea POWs Civilians

Question 58

What happens to medical and chaplains if they are captured

Answer 58

They are considered neutral

Question 59

Can medical units be attacked

Answer 59

No because the are not hostile