Hospital Corpsman Basic Main Flashcards ionicons-v5-c

TCRM

Time Critical Risk Management is using risk management concepts when time and resources are limited.

ABCD

A- Asses the SituationB- Balance Resources C- Communicate to otherD- Do and debrief

The ABCD model & icons can?

Save your life, Make you a expertImprove teamwork

Situational Awareness(SA) (A)

The degree of accuracy by which ones perception of the current environment mirrors reality.

Risk Color Green

Little chance of serious error

Risk Color Yellow

Higher chance of serious error.

Risk Color Red

Very high chance of serious error.

Individual Risk

You know what's right but you take a short cut. Could lead to something worse. Ex. Not wearing a seatbelt. Not using turning signals. Shipmates could be in yellow or red if they're making errors, overloaded, fatigued. Etc.

Balance resources

Make the correct decisions to mitigate risks. Prior planning. Discuss resources available.

Communicate

Who needs to know? Who can help? Ensure everyone knows their part and let people know when things change.

Do and Debrief

Do the mission and use the appropriate resources to mitigate risk.

Caduceus

Rating insignia for the Hospital Corps

Sickbay

Where sick and injured men were taken for care

Cockpit

Another name for sickbay

Surgeon Steward

First enlisted rate requiring specific qualification

Medal of Honor

The highest military decoration that may be awarded by the US Government.

Distinguished Service Cross

2nd highest military decoration (US Army)

The second highest military decoration that may be awarded to a member of the US Navy, US Marine Corps and to members of the Coast Guard when working under Navy authority. For extraordinary heroism.

Silver Star

Third highest military combat decoration. For gallantry in Action.

Article 16

First direction given to Navy medicine in 1775.Convenient place set apart for sick and injured men.

Surgeon Steward

First seen in navy pay charts in 1841

Apothecary

pharmacist

Apothecaries of distinction

Cornelius O'Leary and Robert Stanley

Birth of the US Hospital Corpsman

17 June 1898 signed by President William McKinley

How many apothecaries are concidered the charter members of the hospital corps?

The secretary of the navy appointed 25 senior apothecaries.

WAVES

Women Appointed for Volunteer Emergency Service in the Navy during WWII. Commissioned at the US Naval Hospital Bethesda Maryland

How long has Bethesda Naval Hospital been the flagship of Navy medicine?

Since November 11, 1940. Converted into a joint medical center marking the end of an era.

First Corpsman school

Portsmouth, VA. Dec 15 1902, graduated first 29 Hospital apprentices.

First corps school for WAVES

Commissioned at the US Naval Hospital NNMC Bethesda, Maryland on Jan 12 1944.

Rank Structure

1916-1948Chief pharmacist matePharmacist mate 1,2,3Hospital apprentice 1,2

Pharmacist Mate John Bradley

Participated in the raising of the American Flag on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima.

James Forrestal

First Secretary of Defense for the United States. Paid Honor to Hospital Corpsman for all wounded or killed during battle of Iwo Jima.

USNS Mercy & USNS comfort. Since 1990 thousands of Corpsman have deployed.

How many Bronze Stars have been awarded to corpsman?

There has 1582 Bronze stars awarded to corpsman.

Client

Service which requires some degree of confidentiality.

Bareavement

State of having suffered a loss by death.

Coping

Adjusting or solving challenges

empathy

the ability to understand and share the feelings of another

grief

The sorrow caused by the loss of a loved one

Hospice

Philosophy of care for the dying and their families.

Mourning

the expression of deep sorrow for someone who has died, typically involving following certain conventions such as wearing black clothes.

Mortality

death rate

Palliation

to relieve or lessen without curing

postmortem

after death

terminal illness

leading ultimately to death

Communication Process

sender, message, receiver, feedback

Barriers to effective communication

Physiological, physical, or psychosocial

physiological barriers

bodily conditions that prevent or constrain your ability to process information

physical barriers

sound, time, space

Psychosocial Barriers

Defense mechanism, education, culture, language.

Stages of coping with death

1. Denial2. Anger3. Bargaining4. Depression5. Acceptance

Moral

A practical lesson about right and wrong

Ethics

the principles of right and wrong that guide an individual in making decisions

The healthcare provider give the patient all the information necessary for a knowledgeable decision.

The patient must have made a knowledgeable decision with full awareness of the consequences.

incident report

An event occurs that harms the individual, could harm or evidences serious dissatisfaction by patients, visitors or staff.

Freedom of Information Act

A document that governs the disclosure of documents maintained by government agencies.

Protected Health Information (PHI)

Individually identifiable health information including demographics, in paper, electronic or oral form.

Competency

The ability to understand the nature and consequences of one's decisions

Consent for medical treatment should be obtained through an open discussion. Should be documented.

Any competent adult. It is a conflict of interest to have a staff member who is participating in the patient's procedure to act as a witness.

Valid as long as there has been no material change from consent to procedure.

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

a federal statute that requires public agencies to provide certain types of information requested by citizens.

Privacy Act of 1974

a law that gives citizens access to the government's files on them.

HIPPA Security Rule

Designed to provide protection for individually identifiable health information that is maintained, transmitted or received in electronic form.

Arises by reasonable inference from the conduct of the patient or the individual authorized to consent for the patient.

Clinical record

Legal document and is admissible as evidence in a court of law in claims of negligence and malpractice

Attitude

The tendency to move toward a situation or away from it.

Skill

the ability to do something well

contact point

The physical location to which a customer goes to obtain a service

Denial

Acts as though nothing has happened

Anger

Expresses resistance and sometimes feels intense anger at a religious deity other people or situation

Bargaining

Making promises to self, a religious deity or loved ones that they will live or believe differently if they can be spared the dreaded outcome.

Depression

Realizes the full impact of the loss. Some feel overwhelmingly sad, hopeless and lonely, withdrawing from relationships and life.

Acceptance

Incorporated the loss into life and finds ways to move forward.

HIPPA Privacy Rule

Business processes to protect the use and disclosure of protected health information(phi)

chronological

Arranging in time sequence.

Dental record

A file of continuous dental care and treatment given to active duty, reserve members and their families. It contains all documents of dental care provided during a members career.

Health record (HREC)

A file of continuous care given to an active duty member and documents all outpatient care provided during a member's career.

Inpatient Record (IREC)

A medical file that documents care provided to a patient assigned to a designated inpatient bed at a mtf or ship.

Outpatient record (OREC)

A file of continuous care which documents ambulatory treatment received by a person other than an active duty member.

Health information portability and accountability act (HIPPA)

Provide safeguards for protected health information (PHI) to ensure patient privacy is maintained.

Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS)

System that you must be enrolled in to be eligible for tricare.

Beneficiary

The members that are enrolled into deers

Sponsors

Active Duty, Retired and Guard/Reserve members

Family members

spouses and children who are registered in DEERS

Primary medical record

used for documentation of outpatient medical and dental care.

Health record

A file of continuous care given to an active duty member and documents all outpatient care provided during a member's career.

Outpatient Record

A file of continuous care which documents ambulatory treatment received by a person other than an active duty member

Dental records

A continuous care given to active duty and reserves members and their families.

Inpatient record

a medical file which documents care provided to a patient assigned to a designated inpatient bed in a medical treatment facility or ship. HREC: Acitive OREC: non active

Convenience records

Excerpts from a patients primary record and is kept within the mtf by a treating clinic, service, department or individual provider for increased access to the information.

Temporary records

most commonly established in OB/GYN for prenatal patient.

What must a temporary dental record contain ?

Privacy act statement DD 2005Dental health questionnaire Dental Treatment form

Ancillary record

Sensitive files only certain providers have access too.

Part one (inside front cover)

Enter following information in pencil ~ Date of arrival~ projected rotation date~ home address and phone number ~ command Uic & phone number

Part two (front of center page)

Imprint of dd form 2005 privacy act statement

Preparing part III (back of center page)

Disclosure accounting record

Preparing part IV (inside back cover)

Forensic examination form

HEALTH/OUTPATIENT RECORD FORMS

The below are titles for each part of this form:PART 1: Record of Preventive Medicine and Occupational HealthPART 2: Record of Medical Care and TreatmentPART 3: Physical QualificationsPART 4: Record of Ancillary studies, Inpatient Care and Misc. Forms

Adult Preventive and Chronic Care Flow Sheet dd2766

Summation of relevant problems and medications that significantly affect the patients health status.

The DD form 2766 is divided into 4 pages

Significant health problemsHospitalization/ surgeryMedical alerts/ medicationsHealth maintenance

SF 600

Chronological Record of Medical Care

Ab

Away from

Contra

against

GERD

gastroesophageal reflux disease

HEENT

head, eyes, ears, nose, throat

ROSC

Return of spontaneous circulation

CNS

central nervous system

GI

gastrointestinal

Coronal

front and back (anterior and posterior)

Sagittal plane

divides the body into a right and left side

Transverse

top and bottom (superior & inferior)

Midline

An imaginary line drawn down the center of the body, dividing it into right and left halves.

Medial and lateral are used to indicate what?

The position of structures relative to the median sagittal plane.

Medial

Closer to the midline

Lateral

Farther away from the midline

Superior

Lying towards the head end of the body

Inferior

Lying towards the foot end.

Supine

Face up

Prone

Face down

Six structural levels of the body

chemical, cell, tissue, organ, system, organism

chemical level

The beginning level of the organization of the body

cellular level

smallest unit of life

Tissue level

groups of similar cells that have a common function

organ level

structures that are composed of 2 or more different types of tissues, that have specific functions and usually have recognizable shapes(example: liver, stomach, heart, lungs, brain)

system level

consists of related organs with a common function

11 major systems

integumentary, skeletal, muscular, nervous, endocrine, cardiovascular, lymphatic, respiratory, digestive, urinary, reproductive

Four types of tissue

epithelial, connective, muscle, nervous

epithelial tissue

A body tissue that covers the surfaces of the body, inside and out

connective tissue

A body tissue that provides support for the body and connects all of its parts

muscular tissue

Contracts and moves the various parts of the body.

nervous tissue

A body tissue that carries electrical messages back and forth between the brain and every other part of the body.

Characteristics of living matter

digestion, metabolism, and homeostasis

Digestion

physical and chemical breakdown of food

Metabolism

The process by which the body breaks down substances and gets energy from food

Homeostasis

process by which organisms maintain a relatively stable internal environment

sympathetic nervous system

fight or flight