20 March 2024 The Day After, March 20, 1969 On the morning of March 20, in the year 1969, Hospital Corpsman Tommy Vickers, stationed in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam, was looking for his friend and fellow corpsman after Viet Cong had run over their positions at An Hoa.Vickers and others were had toiled through the previous long day and longer
19 March 2024 Innovation highlighted with CPI Fair at NMRTC Bremerton Inventive ingenuity was on display for staff, patient and visitor at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Bremerton.During the command-wide Continuous Process Improvement Fair held March 11-14, 2024, multiple departments came together to showcase their ideas to enhance the impact on quality
19 March 2024 Continuity of Care: Celebrating Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit FIVE’s 75th Anniversary March 10, 1949, marked a pivotal moment in Navy’s Medicine’s history when the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) orchestrated the consolidation of four World War II epidemiology teams into five dynamic Epidemic Disease Control Units, strategically positioned across the nation’s key locations in
18 March 2024 NMRTC GUAM participates in a Contaminated Injured Person drill NMRTC Guam participates in a Contaminated and Injured Person drill, part of a larger Radiological Emergency Response Office (RERO) exercise.Anytime that radioactive material is used, whether in medicine or for nuclear propulsion, there is a possibility that someone will become accidentally
18 March 2024 Republic of Korea nursing students visit U.S. Naval Hospital Guam Republic of Korea (ROK) nurses and nursing students visit U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH) Guam to exchange nursing practices, skills and expertise, Nov. 15.The ROK nursing students interacted with USNH Guam staff by participating in a walk-through of seven nursing skills stations. The nursing skills
18 March 2024 NMRLC Celebrates Women's History Month March is Women’s History Month and this year’s theme is, “Women Who Have Made Great Achievements." This is in recognition of the countless contributions women have made in creating a positive and brighter future. Women’s contributions are acknowledged throughout March, a time when we celebrate the
18 March 2024 The Bethesda Chronicles, Part 5: The Atomic Age Nexus Six feet beneath the bustling medical campus at the Walter Reed National Military Center in Bethesda, Maryland, lies a forgotten relic of the Cold War – a fallout shelter that once hosted a groundbreaking experiment. Built in January 1962, this shelter was designed not only to withstand a nuclear
15 March 2024 NMRTC San Diego DEFY team receives length of service award The Drug Education for Youth (DEFY) Team at Navy Readiness and Training Command San Diego was awarded a Length of Service award Jan. 25, 2024 during a Train the Trainer event in Millington, Tennessee, to highlight and acknowledge three years of continuously running a DEFY program.DEFY is a
15 March 2024 Prioritizing Hearing Health for Employees Prioritizing Hearing Health for EmployeesThis week, Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair, USN, Newport News Code 140 Environmental Safety & Health Office took a big step in protecting employee hearing with the arrival of the Mobile Hearing Conservation and Testing Van (MOHCAT).Austen
15 March 2024 A Slice of Support for Patient Safety Awareness Week at NHB It was a slice of support for this year’s Patient Safety Awareness Week.With the theme “Be a Patient Safety Hero: Anytime, Anywhere – Always,” Naval Hospital Bremerton reached out to staff to describe their commitment to patient safety by providing replies to the following questions:What does