Randolph (CVS 15) - Naval Cruise Book

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Medical Department ustly proud of the N'1Vys Medical motto: lo keep 'ts many men on 'ts many guns 'ts Department maint'1ins 1 regular hospit il andthe most modern facilities available aboard a vt tr- ship. Complete with X-ray facilities and '1 phar- macy CVS-15 s doctors and their staff must not only be prepared to care for ship s company and the Air Group aboard but also for the personnel of destroyers and submarines operating in the g' 'L in' Q - r 'us vt bien tiere is in '1- jured or ill shipmwte to be erred for. Prey enta- milit'try and inspections of safety hazards and sanitary facilities is 1 nex er-ending responsibility lfortun ttely most of the patients requiring treatment can be handled on an out-patient basis for their cuts minor burns, or occasional sea- sickness. XX hen an operation must be performed on an emergency basis houeyer, the challenge ' r f 3 J , ' J . ' ' . 'ob at .il t ies iotl t fl ' l 2 ir url q q L 1 L 1 A c ' Z ' 7 many days as possible. Rcrffzflohlzfst Medical tive medicine is of particular importance in the ' c c J Z f 1 v I l V r C va ' ' A E 7 1'-J 1 7 C 1 E -, ,a 1 7 r r r r 5 7 r 1 1 7 , J , 7 C K 5 Y Y r 7 Task Group. , Whenever the ship is scheduled to visit foreign ports, corpsmen earn an increased measure of popularity when the crew lines up for a series of immunization. Actually, the men ofthis Department are on the is competently met by these highly -trained medi- cal men in a skilled, professional manner. It is greatly reassuring for all hands to know that proper facilities and expert medical care are so close at hand in the event of sickness or serious injury. 'IT 'N-'v ,,,,,,,o,W ,, at r r

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The Dental Department is well-staffed and well-equipped with modern facilities and includes the best equipment that modern dentistry can provide. Ran- dolph's Dental Lab is even fulbf equip- ped to fabricate partial and full den- tures. T he health facilities aboard ship are among the best in the world staffed by hzghhz-trained experts. Dental Department One half of Randolbhis' highly respected health arm is the Dental Department, whose record for both proficiency and the great number of patients served in the course of a given year is truly remarkable. Technically, personnel of this Department can perform any function available in a shore-based facility. Modern equipment includes hi-speed lair drivej handpieces, oral evacuators, and X-ray machines. A complete prosthetic labora- tory is maintained, providing restorative appli- ances such as crowns, bridges, and dentures. Treatment of gingiva, tooth decay and related oral diseases is an equally important function of Dental's operationsg it recognizes the importance of an all-hands campaign for oral hygiene among the entire crew, and promotes such a program vigorously. As an added feature, placing CVS-15's facilities a step ahead of many otherwise comparable military and civilian installations, is the utiliza- tion of soothing tape-recorded music to relax the patients in each of four dental chairs. The chairs are being converted to the new contour type. In addition to treating ship's personnel. in- cluding the Air Group. the Dental Department is sometimes called upon to take care of men from smaller vessels traveling in company with the carrier, or even. when in foreign ports. personnel of other branches of U. S. or foreign military services, time permitting. During a busy year of shipis operations, this Department may be called upon to perform approximately 17.500 proce- dures - quite a record for any dental facility. 5