17 March 2023 Cherry Point Sailors Refine Battlefield Medicine Skills Sailors in Eastern North Carolina refined their battlefield medicine skills through realistic, stressful training March 17, 2023 on Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point.Sailors assigned to Naval Medical Clinic Cherry Point conducted Tactical Combat Casualty Care; a program of instruction designed...
17 March 2023 U.S. Navy Corpsman Earns Challenging Expert Field Medical Badge, takes “Top Doc” Bethesda, Maryland (Mar. 17, 2023) – Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Weston Moore, assigned to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC), earned the U.S. Army Expert Field Medical Badge (EFMB) and earned “Top Doc” by finishing with the highest score.The EFMB is a special skill award that...
17 March 2023 Operation Iraqi Freedom – two decades after from Naval Hospital Bremerton They were there - slogged and sutured - at the very beginning.They were also there during the surgeries and surges in the battle-scarred years to follow.At the onset of Operation Iraqi Freedom, March 20, 2003, to the final days of Operation New Dawn in 2011, Naval Hospital Bremerton staff members...
16 March 2023 USS Boxer Hosts Integrated Medical Training Amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) hosted an integrated casualty receiving treatment ship (CRTS) exercise with medical personnel assigned to Boxer, Fleet Surgical Team (FST) 5 and Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command San Diego (NMRTCSD), March 8-10.The exercise simulated real-world...
16 March 2023 NMFP augments Casualty Receiving Treatment Ship, enhances capabilities Members of various commands and amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) medical department participated in a medical exercise implementing a Casualty Receiving Treatment Ship (CRTS) mission aboard Boxer at Naval Base San Diego, California, March 6-10...
16 March 2023 Independent Duty Corpsman: A Department of One PACIFIC OCEAN (March 14, 2023) – Assuming duties typically reserved for a chief petty officer and tending to a crew of more than 100 is an intimidating prospect to many Sailors. However, Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Seo Song does exactly that every day aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship...
15 March 2023 Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Pensacola Hosts a Change of Command Ceremony PENSACOLA, Fla. – Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Pensacola held a change of command ceremony at the National Naval Aviation Museum in Naval Air Station Pensacola, March 15.Capt. Scott D. Coon relieved Capt. Alan B. Christian as commanding officer of NMRTC Pensacola and director...
15 March 2023 Naval Health Research Center Scientist Wins Prestigious Research Award The Barbara Thompson Research Award, The Military Family Research Institute’s Excellence in Research on Military and Veteran Families Award, was established in 2015. The goals of the award include bringing visibility to issues of military and veteran families, increasing the impact of evidenced...
15 March 2023 Patient Safety Awareness Week Spurs Process Improvement at Naval Health Clinic Oak Harbor Some studies suggest that as many as 400,000 deaths occur in the United States each year as a result of errors or preventable harm. Not every case of harm results in death, yet they can cause long-term impact on the patient's physical health, emotional health, financial well-being, or family...
14 March 2023 It’s Go Time: Pre-Go-Live Events prepare End Users for MHS GENESIS (Mar. 1, 2023) With 10 days left before Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) transitions to MHS GENESIS, the Department of Defense’s (DOD) new electronic health record (EHR) system, providers and staff are participating in a series of MHS GENESIS Pre-Go-Live events.The Pre-Go-Live...