Division/Analysis Essay

Naval Hospital Emergency Room Staff The call comes in, there is a 23 year old who was in a motor vehicle versus pedestrian accident in route. He has a laceration to the head, c-spine precautions have been implemented and vital signs are stable. Estimated time of arrival by ambulance is in eight minutes. Any Emergency Room(ER) can be a very chaotic environment, but with the help of three distinctive job titles, a Naval Hospital ER runs smoothly but not effortlessly. A successful Naval Hospital ER has Hospital Corpsmen (Corpsmen), Nurse Corps Officers (Nurses), and Medical Corps Officers (Doctors). All three have very unique but essential functions. The Corpsman at this point, would begin to prepare an intravenous kit to include catheters, blood tubes, normal saline solution, and any other items that potentially may be requisitioned. When the patient arrives, the Corpsman will complete a thorough turn-over with the Emergency Medical Technician’s assuring that the call was accurate and fills out all proper documents to have patient registered. After further assessment from the Doctor, the Corpsman would start an IV if necessary, collect lab specimens, accompany patient to Radiology, give sutures or tend to wound care, and complete all documentation regarding patient discharge. Upon patient arrival, the Nurse immediately acts as a liaison between the patient and Doctor, completing an immediate triage (French word meaning “to sort”), a brief medical history, cranial nerve exam, and musculoskeletal assessment. Once the annotated results are reviewed by the Doctor, the Nurse will administer all oral and intravenous medications as ordered. The Nurse then completes sporadic re-assessments of patient condition based off of treatment rendered. As the “floor manager” as I put it, Nurses are also the voice of the Medical Officer when speaking to family members, Provost Marshalls Officers (military police), and chain of command (superiors or peers of hospitalized