US Naval Hospital Corps School - Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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SICK OFFICER QUARTER 2 i I s I .QAPTAIN FRANCIS G. SOULE, JR., MC, USN SOQ SECRETARY: Nixie S. Kern Officer in Charge SOQ CONSULTATION: Roy G. Brown, Comdr., Lieut., MC. RETIRED SECTION. Eleanor Stem, fj.g.J, NC: Miss Sullivan, Lieut. Evans. 52 MCS Erwin L- Burke, SICK CALL: Irene Sullivan, Lieut., NC: Eldon Evans, Lieut., MC: .lohn Country, Comdr., MC. Nw Lieut. CHART STUDY: Patricia A. Smith, Lieut. fj.g.J, NC: Therese M. Kelly, Lieut. fj.g.J, NC. NURSES STATION: Frank More- house, HN, Anna C. Olund, Lieut., NC: Miss Sullivan.

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MEDICAL ER ICE The Department of Medicine is divided into the following divisions: General Medicine Cnine wardsl, Sick Officers' Quarters fMedicinelg Cardio-Vascular Service fHeart Sta- tion and Cardio-Pulmonary Function Laboratorylg Allergy Service, and Radioactive Isotope Laboratory. I The Medical Service is composed of wards and clinics in which patients with general medical diseases are cared for. These diseases, broadly speaking, are those in which no sur- gical treatment is indicated. lncluded are pneumonia, the contagious diseases, leukemias, kidney diseases, ulcers, heart disease, hypertension, and diabetes. There is one ward set aside for the care of women with these diseases. Approxi- mately 25 per cent of the patients hospitalized are cared for by this service. Among the specialized branches of the Medical Service are the Cardio-Vascular Service and the Allergy Service. Under Cardio-Vascular is the Heart Station located on the 4th deck of Building 9. Here, all outpatients and inpatients with cardiac disease or hypertension are studied. Diagnosis is established and recommendations as to treatment made, to be carried out by the referring physician, or by the members of the Heart Station itself. lt is in this station that the electro- cardiograms for the entire hospital are performed. At the present time, approximately 1700 electrocardiograms are per- formed by the Heart Station per month. The Cardio-Pulmonary Function Laboratory is equipped to measure the breathing function of patients referred for such examination. In addition, this laboratory performs the cardiac catheterizations for the entire hospital. At the pres- CAPTAIN JOHN E. GORMAN, MC, USN Chief Medical Service ent time, one to two cardiac catheterizations are performed each week. It is by means of these catheterizations that diag- nostic studies are performed to allow diagnosis of various cardiac disabilities, and determinations made as to the ad- visability of surgery in these cardiac cases. The Allergy Service sees approximately 765 patients each month. The Service performs tests for the diagnosis of vari- ous allergies, and upon the establishment of the diagnosis as to the causative agents of various allergic diseases, manu- factures extracts and administers them to patients. The Endocrinology and Radioactive Isotope Laboratory supervises the treatment of patients with diseases of the en- docrine glands. This includes patients with thyroid disease, disorders of the adrenal glands, and patients with pituitary abnormalities. In addition to the care of these patients, this Laboratory supervises the administration of radioactive iso- topes for the diagnosis and treatment of various disorders. The chief radioactive isotopes in use at the present time are. Iodine 131, Phosphorus CP-321, Gold QAU-1981, Iron fFe- 59J, Radium fRa-2261, Chromium fCr-513, Yettrium KY-901, Cobalt CCO-605.

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HEART TATIO . W' Q If , Q 5 f. QT, 'W' do 5 ww W . A CAPTAIN LOUIS R. GENS. MC, USN HEART STATION: Willis S. Myers, Lieut. Comdr., MC. K. K Vtki .... . 5 Ii , ff? 3 CARDIOGRAPHZ J. L. Edwards, HN, R. C. Stonge, HMI, Barbara EXAMINATION! J- W- Rffid, HN: BTUCP B- Bafnhilli C0U1dT-, MC? J. Vilt, HM1. C. A. Gilliam, HN. ,Jam AM E ri 2 I HEART CHECK: L. A. Robinson, HA, Edmonslon F. Coil, Lieut., NURSES STATION: M. C. Ullf-ry, HN, L. A. Robinson, HA, Bar- MCg Patient R. E. Uptain, EMI. bara R. Matuszewski, Ensign, NC.