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Navy Hospital Corpsman, HCB Test 1 Exam With Complete Solutions Surgeon Steward - answerFirst enlisted rate requiring specific qualification Article 16 - answerA convenient place shall be set apart for sick or hurt men Ship's Surgeon - answertrained physician surgeon's mate - answerusually a physician but subordinate to surgeon March 2, 1799 - answerCongress mandated that newly commissioned sailing warships contain a 'cockpit' or sickbay Loblolly Boys - answerClassified as a rate 1814 m...

The Hospital Corps became an organized unit of the Navy Medical Department under the provisions of an act f congress approved on. - Correct Answer 17 June 1898 Micro-organism are classified into five categories which are - Correct Answer Bacteria, bacterial sopres, viruses protozoa, and fungi Deers stands for - Correct Answer Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System The three major categories of primary medical records are - Correct Answer Health Records, Outpatient Records, ...

Caduceus - Correct Answer rating insignia for the hospital corps sickbay - Correct Answer where sick and injured man were taken for care cockpit - Correct Answer another name for sickbay surgeon steward - Correct Answer first enlisted rate requiring specific qualification medal of honor - Correct Answer highest military decoration, distinguish themselves through risk of life above and beyond the call of duty distinguished service cross - Correct Answer second highest militar...

sometimes called cardiac compromise, is a blanket term that refers to any time the not getting enough oxygen - Correct Answer acute coronary syndrome (acs) a decrease in certain elements of the blood, especially red cells and hemoglobin - Correct Answer anemia pain in the chest occurring when blood supply to the heart is reduced and a portion of the heart is not receiving enough oxygen - Correct Answer angina pectoris a condition in which the heart ceased generating electrical impuls...

the passageway by which air enters and leaves the body - Correct Answer airway a prehospital assessment that is the first step in the total assessment of the patient - Correct Answer primary assessment a prehospital assessment that is a rapid assessment of the head, chest, abdomen, pelvis, extremities, and posterior of the body to detect signs and symptoms of an injury - Correct Answer rapid trauma assessment procedure for detecting changes in a patients condition - Correct Answer r...

no breathing - Correct Answer apnea bluish discoloration of the skin - Correct Answer cyanosis the process by which molecules move from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration - Correct Answer diffusion difficult and labored breathing; shortness of breath - Correct Answer dyspnea a deficiency of oxygen reaching the tissues of the body - Correct Answer hypoxia situated or extending between the ribs - Correct Answer intercostals increased work of b...

what relates to the chemical and molecular structure? it is important to pharm. chemist but rarely used bcuz of its complexity - Correct Answer chemical name any condition which makes a particular treatment or procedure inadvisable - Correct Answer contraindication any substance, other than food, used in the prevention, diagnosis, alleviation, tx, or cure of disease - Correct Answer drug often derived from the chemical name - Correct Answer generic name abnormal sensitivity, a co...

kidneys are said to be - Correct Answer retroperitoneal located between the levels of the last thoracic and third lumbar vertebral a position where they are partially protected by ribs 11 and 12 - Correct Answer kidneys what do the kidneys do? - Correct Answer filter blood excrete waste products maintain fluid balance an analysis of the vL and physical chemical and microscopic properties of urine - Correct Answer urinalysis how much urine can the bladder hold? - Correct Answer...

movement of the limbs towards the lateral plane or away from the axial line of a limb - Correct Answer abduction movement of the limbs toward the medial plane of the body or the axial line of a limb - Correct Answer adduction fracture in which the broken bone segments are at an angle to each other - Correct Answer angulated fracture where two bones meet - Correct Answer articulation wasting or decreases in size or physiological activity of a part of the body because of diseases o...

musculoskeletal system - Correct Answer the system of bones and skeletal muscles that support and protect the body and permit movement Abduction - Correct Answer Movement away from the midline of the body Adduction - Correct Answer Movement toward the midline of the body angulated fracture - Correct Answer fracture in which the broken bone segments are at an angle to each other Articulation - Correct Answer where two bones meet (joint) atrophy - Correct Answer decrease in si...

bony structures of the face - Correct Answer fused frontal, nasal, zygomatic, ethmoid, lacrimal, sphenoid, and maxillary bones and the movable mandible HEENT - Correct Answer head, eyes, ears, nose, throat Acute pharyngitis - Correct Answer infection of tonsils or posterior pharynx by microorganisms auricle - Correct Answer "pinna", the visible portion of the auditory system; make up of a cartilaginous framework.; it collects sound energy and directs it to the conducting system of...