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NAVMED P-117
Manual of the Medical Department Ch. 19
Question | Answer |
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What does chapter 19 pertain to? | Fleet Marine Force |
Who is directly responsible to the SECNAV for all aspects of the marine corps? | The Commandant of the Marine Corps. |
Who else is the Commandant responsible to? | The Chief of Naval Operations |
Where is information about medical duties/facilities within the marine corps found? | MCWP 4-11.1 Health Service Support Operations |
Who acts as a liaison between the Commandant and Chief BUMED? | N093M Deputy for Marine Corps Medical Matters |
Who administers and coordinates all of the BUMED aspects of the fleet and marine corps? | The Assistant Chief, Operational Medicine and Fleet Support (MED-02) |
What are the three responsibilities that medical support to the FMF must satisfy? | 1. Conserve power 2. Best possible care 3. Medical planning |
Dental support is provided to the FMF by whom? | Dental battalion assigned to the force service support group by Dental and Medical Service Corps officers |
What are the two chain of commands within the marine corps? | Service and Operational |
The marine corps is divided into what four broad categories? | Operating forces, Marine corps reserve, supporting establishment, Headquarters US Marine Corps |
What is the marine corps principle organization of all missions? | MAGTF (Marine Air-Ground Task Force) |
What are the four core elements of each MAGTF? | Command element (CE), Ground combat element(GCE), Aviation Combat Element (ACE), Combat service support(CSS) element (CSSE) |
Who advises the marine force commander on all medical matters? | The Force Surgeon |
Who acts as a special staff officer under the Assistant Chief of Staff for Logistics? | The Division Surgeon and the Group Surgeon |
What is contained within each marine battalion? | Battalion Aid Station(BAS) |
BAS' are comprised of? | Two medical officers (battalion surgeon) and up to 65 hospital corpsmen |
Each flying squadron's medical section consists of what? | A flight surgeon and three to four corpsmen |
What is the medical battalion made up of? | A Headquarters and Service Company (H&S Co.) and three identical surgical companies |
What is contained within each surgical company? | 3 operating rooms and a 60 bed ward with supporting laboratory, x-ray, prev med, and pharmacy |
What is the smallest, most mobile medical support platoon? | Shock trauma platoon |
What level of care do dental battalions provide? | Level 4 comprehensive dental services |
Each level of the Health Service Support system is limited by four factors: | 1. Urgency of patient needs 2. Requirement for mobility of medical personnel/facilities 3. Capabilities 4. Workload |
What are the 5 levels of care? | 1. First Aid/Emergency Medical Care 2. Initial Resuscitative Care 3. Resusucitative Care 4. Definitive Care 5. Convalescent, restorative and, rehavilitative care |