Lexington (CVA 16) - Naval Cruise Book

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fitness The Navy takes care of its own is a proud phrase and aptly describes the aim and function of LEXlNGTON'S Medical and Dental Departments. Complete medical facilities are available to every man. A man cannot work efficiently when ill, and if too many men are ill or disabled the iob of this carrier could not be properly carried out. The greatest single project for the medics started at the begin- ning of the cruise and aFfected every man aboard. Overseas shots-seven innoculations against common communicable diseases more prevalent in the East. Coming at the same time as President Kennedy's Physical Fitness Program proved to be poor planning. Remember struggling through push-ups with sore arms? Dangers to men working on a ship, operating around aircraft, and flying aircraft are legion. Everything from cut fingers from slicing potatoes to smashed toes from dropping a bomb shape to serious injury to a ditched pilot. Emergency medical treatment is thorough, fast, round-the-clock. Between the extremes of innoculations and emergency treatments come the bulk of day-to-day operations for our corpsmen. These range from routine physical examination to more spectacular general surgery. Appendectomies, hernias, cyst removal and the like are easily handled. First aid training and sanitation round out Medicals' iobs. The basics of how to react in an emergency and what to do Hrst must be taught to every man. Accidents have a way of happening at the least opportune times and a mans' life can be lost if all the spectators do is wait for the doc. Complete facilities for insuring dental health is the complementary half that rounds out the medical services available to each Min- uteman. Three dentists working full time in three modern chairs backed up by a fine staff of technicians is provided to insure the oral health of Lex's crew. ln addition, the Dental Department maintains an X-ray diagnosis room and a prosthetics laboratory for fabricating dentures. lenberg after seven overseas shots some feel better than others. visiting hours in sick bay.

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minor surgery is often a daily routine. here a cyst is being removed. x-rays for diagnosis and trained technicians in prosthetics back up our statt of Four dental officers. tooth extraction keeps dentists entertained and busy. a cake was not cut on number i,OOO. a modern, well-stocked pharmacy is an indespensible part of proper medicallztreatment.