APPENDIX II QUALIFICATIONS FOR ADVANCEMENT IN RATING HOSPITAL CORPSMEN (HM) RATING CODE NO. 8000 General Service Rating Scope Hospital corpsmen perform numerous types of medical and clerical duties in the Hospital Corps such as nursing, first aid, ward, and operating room duties. In addition to performing the usual duties of rendering first aid to injured persons, and other medical services, many hospital corpsmen are technicians in specialized fields such as X-ray, clinical laboratory, pharmacy, environmental sanitation, and embalming. May serve independently on small ships, treating all injuries and sicknesses, exclusive of major surgery. May serve as assistants to medical officers in preventing and/or treating atomic, biological, and chemical warfare injuries and in giving preenlistment physical examinations. Emergency Service Rating Same as General Service Rating. Navy Enlisted Classification Codes For specific Navy enlisted classification codes included within this rating, see Manual of Navy Enlisted Classifications, Nav Pers 15105 (Revised), codes HM-8400 to HM-8499. NOTE. All personnel who have been designated in Medical Department technical specialties will be given examinations and marks in such specialties in accordance with current instructions contained in the Manual of the Medical Department. Qualifications for Advancement in Rating 100 102 Applicable Qualifications for Advancement in Rating HM PRACTICAL FACTORS OPERATIONAL 1. Apply various types of bandages, splints, and 2. Give artificial respiration by using back-pressure 3 3 3. Administer first-aid treatment to the injured and 3 4. Transport wounded without litter by approved 3 5. Administer medicine by mouth, by inunction, by 6. Keep medical and surgical wards and medical 7. Sterilize and prepare complete tray for minor 8. Suture minor wound; catheterize; treat abscess__ 10. Prepare simple pharmaceutical preparations such 12. Prepare and serve nonspecific special diets for 13. Prepare compound pharmaceutical preparations 3 22 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 14. Prepare and serve specific diets for patients_ 16. Demonstrate ability to perform independent duty MAINTENANCE AND/OR REPAIR (No minimum qualifications.) 1 103 Qualifications for Advancement in Rating ADMINISTRATIVE AND/OR CLERICAL 1. Supervise cleaning and sterilization of ward mess gear... 2. Supervise lower-rated men in performance of clinic 3. Prepare official correspondence. 4. Collect data for and prepare routine official reports 5. Prepare and deliver lectures on venereal disease 6. Inspect all types of fresh and staple foodstuffs to 7. Supervise a medical department storeroom or 8. Supervise procurement of provisions and prepara- Applicable HM 200 201 C 10. Give instruction to individuals and groups in the C C corpsmen 11. Supervise the medical records office of a ship or EXAMINATION SUBJECTS OPERATIONAL 1. Cell and tissue structure_ _ 2. Osteology: nomenclature, location, and function 3. Myology: nomenclature, location, and function 4. Elementary description and function of the a. Circulatory system---- b. Respiratory system__ c. Digestive system. d. Genito-urinary system- e. Glandular system--- f. Nervous system. - g. Special sense organs.. 3 3 3 3 Qualifications for Advancement in Rating 5. Definitions and rules for first aid to the injured... surgical treatment of shock; of burns, hemorrhage, 7. Types and uses of bandages; dressings for battle 8. Types and uses of splints, splinting, and other 9. First aid governing removal of foreign bodies from 12. Principles of nursing. 13. Clinical recording and collection of specimens.--. 15. Operating room and surgical techniques__ 17. Methods and materials used in keeping medical 18. Young's rule for calculating dosage.... 20. Toxicology: classification, description, symptoma- 21. Relation of personal hygiene and proper clothing 22. Contagious and communicable diseases: sources 23. Types and methods of immunization.___ 24. Water: source, purification, and storage in the field. 3 |