Nassau (LHA 4) - Naval Cruise Book

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M6CliC2d Department HMCS Miller gives an innoculation to a less-than-enthusiastic HTFN Bradt. Corpsmen Keep Nassau Healthy And Fit H Division's main responsibility is to maintain the crew's health through treatment and prevention. The latter method includes daily sanitation inspections of messing facilities and water samples Cfor pollution and proper chemical balancejg running the hearing conservation and weight control programs, inspecting stores, checking sewage holding tanks where waste is treated before dumping, and running the heat stress program. In addition to their other duties, the corpsmen clean and maintain 82 spaces. Among those spaces are four operating rooms, a laboratory, a pharmacy, an x-ray room, blood bank, physiotherapy room, medical supply storerooms, and a 69-bed ward which includes full intensive care facilities. Nassau has the capability of being turned into a 300-bed hospital if necessary. Nassau has the distinction of having the largest medical facility afloat on a warship. HM1 Lorrain examines a culture in sickbay

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X-c Medical HN Wir1Sf0H Floyd HN Daniel Friedel HN Thomas Hozey HN Daniel Myer 'Ya if .,, ff! 1 Corpsmen take an injured sailor from a helicopter into flight deck triage. V W , , r..r.. I.. ,... ,.. -W f 4