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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

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101

102

Applicable
Rates

Qualifications for Advancement in Rating

HM

PRACTICAL FACTORS

OPERATIONAL

1. Apply various types of bandages, splints, and
dressings

2. Give artificial respiration by using back-pressure
arm-lift method___

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3. Administer first-aid treatment to the injured and
sick..

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4. Transport wounded without litter by approved
hand or back carry methods.

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5. Administer medicine by mouth, by inunction, by
inhalation, by rectum, intramuscularly, and sub-
cutaneously

6. Keep medical and surgical wards and medical
department equipment and storage spaces in clean
and sanitary condition___.

7. Sterilize and prepare complete tray for minor
surgical operation__

8. Suture minor wound; catheterize; treat abscess__
9. Typewrite for 5 minutes at 20 words a minute.
(NOTE.-Touch typing is not required for HM
rating. See Aerographer's Mates Qualifications
400 Performance Test Instructions.) _ _

10. Prepare simple pharmaceutical preparations such
as ointments, mixtures, solutions, and powders _ _|
11. Perform elementary laboratory procedures such
as urinalyses and blood counts..

12. Prepare and serve nonspecific special diets for
patients

13. Prepare compound pharmaceutical preparations
such as elixirs, tinctures, and emulsions.

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14. Prepare and serve specific diets for patients_
15. Use Navy portable resuscitator..

16. Demonstrate ability to perform independent duty
satisfactorily on small ship in absence of a medical
officer...

MAINTENANCE AND/OR REPAIR

(No minimum qualifications.)

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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
or ward duties.

3. Prepare official correspondence.

4. Collect data for and prepare routine official reports
such as Morbidity Report and Morning Report of
Sick

5. Prepare and deliver lectures on venereal disease
preventive measures and first aid__

6. Inspect all types of fresh and staple foodstuffs to
determine fitness for human consumption _ _ _ _

7. Supervise a medical department storeroom or
office section____

8. Supervise procurement of provisions and prepara-
tion and serving of regular and special diets. -
9. Assemble statistical data and prepare complicated
official reports such as the Annual Preventive
Medicine Report; make entries in the Journal of
Receipts and Expenditures.

Applicable
Rates

HM

200

201

C

10. Give instruction to individuals and groups in the
various subjects and duties required of hospital

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corpsmen

11. Supervise the medical records office of a ship or
station, excluding naval hospitals _ _.

EXAMINATION SUBJECTS

OPERATIONAL

1. Cell and tissue structure_ _

2. Osteology: nomenclature, location, and function
of bones--

3. Myology: nomenclature, location, and function
of major muscles___

4. Elementary description and function of the
following:

a. Circulatory system----

b. Respiratory system__

c. Digestive system.

d. Genito-urinary system-

e. Glandular system---

f. Nervous system. -

g. Special sense organs..

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Qualifications for Advancement in Rating

5. Definitions and rules for first aid to the injured...
6. Symptomatology and diagnoses, first aid, and minor

surgical treatment of shock; of burns, hemorrhage,
sprains, dislocations, wounds, fractures, asphyxia,
unconsciousness, heat exhaustion and sunstroke;
of freezing, abscesses, bites, and inflammation;
and of acute thoracic, abdominal, genito-urinary,
and dental conditions___

7. Types and uses of bandages; dressings for battle
wounds.

8. Types and uses of splints, splinting, and other
immobilization measures for first-aid care of
fractures and dislocations _ _ _

9. First aid governing removal of foreign bodies from
eyes, ears, nose, and throat, and superficial tissues.
10. Types of first-aid supplies and equipment - - - -
11. Radiological safety: self-help, care of injured per-
sonnel, and decontamination of personnel

12. Principles of nursing.

13. Clinical recording and collection of specimens.--.
14. General ward nursing procedures, methods, and
care of patients, including surgical and contagious
disease nursing....

15. Operating room and surgical techniques__
16. Methods and materials used in disinfecting..

17. Methods and materials used in keeping medical
department spaces in clean and sanitary condition_

18. Young's rule for calculating dosage....
19. Classification, description, action, and therapeutic
uses of drugs and medicinal preparations, includ-
ing administration of medicines.

20. Toxicology: classification, description, symptoma-
tology, antidotes, and emergency treatment of
poisoning

21. Relation of personal hygiene and proper clothing
in the preservation of good health__

22. Contagious and communicable diseases: sources
of infection, modes of transmission, and methods
for control..

23. Types and methods of immunization.___

24. Water: source, purification, and storage in the

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