Essex (LHD 2) - Naval Cruise Book

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, 3 MEDICAL 1 LT L. COLVERT DEPARTMENT HEAD Medical care with pride The USS ESSEX Medical Department is the largest medical department on any combatant ship in the world. Its officer staff is composed of a Senior Medical Officer, a General Medical Officer, and a Medical Service Corps Officer. The enlisted medical staff includes a Leading Chief Petty Officer! Independant Duty Corpsman, a Biomedical Repair Technician, a Medical Administrative Technician, a Pharmacy Technician, a Laboratory Technician, a Preventitive Medicine Technician, two Operating Room Technicians, and several general duty Corpsman. The ESSEX medical facilities include two fixed x-ray units, three mobile X-ray units, pharmacy, laboratory, a 600 unit frozen blood bank, six operating rooms, a 17 bed intensive care unit, a 47 bed ward, and a 500 bed overflow ward. During Westpac '96-'97, the Medical Department saw 3,402 patients, took 1,390 x-rays, filled 11,233 prescriptions, performed 9,113 lab tests, conducted 241 physicals, and completed 329 casualty drills. Standing by, ready to assist: ESSEX Physicians, Healthcare Administrators, and Hospital Corpsmen comprise one of the finest, most highly skilled medical teams on any combatant vessel. PHOTO: PH2 Le

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