ASSIGNMENT NO. 26 1. confinement; commanding 13. 2 officer

14. 3 2. minority

15. 1 3. own misconduct

16. False 4. appellate

17. True 5. honorable

18. True 6. Federal

19. False 7. temporary

20. False 8. six

21. False 9. three

22. True 10. honorary

23. True 11. 4

24. False 12. 3

25. True

APPENDIX 11

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

Applicable

Rates

Qualifications for Advancement in Rating

HM

3

3

3

3

3

2
2

100 PRACTICAL FACTORS
101 OPERATIONAL

1. Apply various types of bandages, splints, and

dressings--
2. Give artificial respiration by using back-pressure

arm-lift method...
3. Administer first-aid treatment to the injured and

sick..
4. Transport wounded without litter by approved

hand or back carry methods. -
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..
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...
102 MAINTENANCE AND/OR REPAIR

(No minimum qualifications.)

2

2

2

2

1
1
1

1

Applicable

Rates

Qualifications for Advancement in Rating

HM

103

3

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

2
2

Sick.---

1

1

1

1

1

C

C

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..
10. Give instruction to individuals and groups in the

various subjects and duties required of hospital

corpsmen.
11. Supervise the medical records office of a ship or

station, excluding naval hospitals - -
200 EXAMINATION SUBJECTS
201 OPERATIONAL

1. Cell and tissue structure-
2. Osteology: nomenclature, location, and function

of bones..
3. Myology: nomenclature, location, and function

С

3

3

Applicable

Rates

Qualifications for Advancement in Rating

HM

3

3

3

3
3

3
3
3

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

3
3

3
3

3

3
3

3