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If l i EDICAL DEPART Q The Sick Bay on a large carrier of this class is located on the third deck aft. lt amounts to a compact hospital. lt has facilities to perform major cperations, routine lab work, X-ray, pharmaceutical procedures and dental treatments lt can comforta- bly accommodate about forty patients at one time, although in an emergency it can be geared up to an almost unlimited capacity. TlVhen we were hit b a kamikase, we took care of l5U patients, performed over twenty major operations successfully and numberless minor ones in a period of four days. The Surgical Dressing Room is undoubtedly the best known compartment in Sick Bay, since it is here that morning, noon and evening sick call is held. From fifty to lUU men report here daily for treat- ment and consultation. lt is capable of handling most minor operations, treatments and out-patients receiving daily treatment. Operations that cannot be performed here are referred to surgery. Surgery consists of two rooms. The smaller is a combination sterilizing, scrub and linen room. The other is the operating room proper. ln here is the operating table, shadowless lights, and a complete basic set of instruments for anything from complex brain surgery to simple suturing. About 250 opera- tions are performed aboard ship annually. Major small Y operations, where the patient requires a long re- covery period, are transferred to a base hospital or to a hospital ship. H Division Our forty-bunk ward is the largest compartment in Sick Bay. An average of fifteen patients are enrolled all the time for treatment. The four-bunk isolation ward and two surgical bed quiet rooms are also under the ward management, and a diet kitchen with electric range, oven and refrigerator is available for special diets and nourishment. The Pharmacy aboard this carrier carries a com- plete stock of drugs, from which can be compounded most common prescriptions. lt is complete in every detail, even to display bottles. Although small, the Bacteria Laboratory has the facilities to perform almost any test required, lt is staffed by one man, who is kept busy most of the day with complete blood counts, urinanalyses, cul- tures, kahns and a variety of other types of tests. Next to the lab is the X-Ray Dark Room. It is here that, the film from the portable X-ray machine is developed. One man is kept busy here most of the day taking pictures and developing them. Although small, the portable X-ray unit produces remarkable results. The Examining Room, although designed and equipped to conduct physical examinations for our pilots, also serves as our eye, ear, nose and throat clinic. lt boasts of a new modern treatment and diagnostic cabinet. Our two-unit Dental Office, capable of doing res- toration, extraction and X-ray work, is modern in fQQ. ff- N32 '-T ' NJ' xx .V 'Z NL 2f:'1i1 ,iiff 4 l. ,gl . K our 11 .. 5 1 ' ' ' , it V , Q w Q X i ., rw s - x h bg., 3 w .- k v 9 I N 4 I
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EDICAL DEPARTME i , A every respect, and is in very high esteem witii tire crew, to judge by the dental sick call line there every morning. The three dentists are kept bug' ,. from 7:00 o'clock in the morning until 9:00 o'clock in the evening. Last, but by no means least, the Clerical Qffice is probably the busiest place in Sick Bay. lt has a threefold purpose. Besides being the seat of the administrative procedures, it is the property and accounting office, and the record office. it is there that the health records of the entire crew are mains tained. ft is through here also that all the official correspondence between the ship and the Bureau of Medlcine and Surgery is transacted. lt is staffed with one Hospital Corps Officer and three Corpsmen. Throughout the ship there are eight battle dress- ing stations. Vfhen General Quarters is sounded, during battle conditions, the medical staff of three dental officers and four medical officers, and thirty- four corpsmen disperse themselves at various sta- tions. The battle dressing stations are equipped to function independently of Sick Bay if necessary. They all contain a portable operating table, sterile set of instruments, battle dressings, cmd other neces- sary medical supplies. There are, aside from the two storerooms fore and aft, fifteen battle chests and l3O first-aid boxes scate tered everywhere from the second platform Cseventh deckl to sky one and sky two in the island structure, so as to eliminate the possibility of losing all our supplies in a single hit. Even the instruments in the operating room are divided and distributed among the battle dressing stations. ln case Sick Bay is damaged the well supplied and equipped flight deck battle dressing station takes over. The Lex has originated a simple and efficient sys- tem for handling a large number of casualties. Each member of the Medical Department is assigned a specific step in the process. As soon as the casualty can be evacuated from the battle dressing station, he is brought to the after mess hall, where a medical officer and two corpsmen examine the patient and direct the stretcher bearers to the various wards designated to take care of the specific type of patient. Meanwhile the remainder of the medical staff have formed themselves in teams-four plasma teams, one surgery team, a minor surgery team, a dressing team, a transfusion team and the different ward crews. All the serious cases are taken to the
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