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MEDICA D Sick Bay ward. The others are divided, according to their nature, and placed in the compartments surrounding Sick Bay, which are used as wards, Ag soon as all the patients are treated and are made as comfortable as possible, another team is formed for identifying the dead. This team is usually made up of a dental officer, a corpsmen, and the Chaplain. The dead are identified and buried as soon as it is possible. Now that Sick Bay and its functioning have been described, let us consider the corpsmen, or Doc, as he is affectionately known to his shipmates. Contrary to the common belief that his is the best racket on the ship, he rnust fulfill severe qualifica- tions to become a PhM. 'lDoc must not only have a working knowledge of anatomy, physiology, first aid, minor surgery, and thirty or more other subjects, but he must also be a storekeeper, yeoman, ship- fitter, chaplain and deck ape all wrapped up in one package. Since the Medical Department is operated almost independently of the Supply Department, it is neces- sary for Doc to keep his own storerooms, books and ledgers, know his stock numbers, be able to figure stowage space, etc. lf it is essential that the Doctors Gffice be moved into the Clerical Office and vice versa, or that a bulkhead be torn down, and some more shelves be nstalled in the storeroorn, and if the I-lull Depart- .gient says that it is a Navy Yard job to do this and 'vonft take it on, why, of course Doc has to do it. lt seems that all the other departments on the ship have yeomen to take care of their clerical work, but :ict so in the Medical Department. Doc is the guy vvho makes all the entries in the health records, and V t keeps all other records. Why is it that Doc has to be Mr. Anthony for a large number of the crew? Though there are two perfectly capable chaplains aboard, Doc has to ex- plain the entire operation to the party concerned, and he seldom gets further than the beans in the 'ness line before he discovers that the mess cook's wife is going to have a baby, is there anything he can do? , But putting all this foolishness aside, it can justly be said that the Lady Lex may be proud Of her Medical Department. lt has functioned efficiently and smoothly from its beginning, it has seen her and hers through two catastrophes, it has earned HS place in her organization. EP RT W 1 , 4 f-c x in 'XL t an-4 I x. g v ,yd1 75 l
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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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