04 March 2022 Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune earns reverification as a level III trauma center Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune has earned reverification as a Level III Trauma Center by the American College of Surgeons’ Committee on Trauma. This achievement recognizes NMCCL’s dedication to providing optimal care for injured patients.“Reverification as a trauma center means not only have we...
03 March 2022 NMFSC Commander Participates in UC22 JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO – LACKLAND, Texas – Rear Adm. Cynthia Kuehner, commander of Naval Medical Forces Support Command (NMFSC), and Command Master Chief Jason Reynolds served as representatives for Navy Medicine during the distinguished visitor day at U.S. Transportation Command’s (USTRANSCOM)...
02 March 2022 Sailors Meritoriously Advanced at NMRTC Bremerton By the time Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Kaleesha Ramos completed a phone call – during maternity leave - from Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton leadership, she had added another notable accomplishment to her burgeoning career.She became hospital corpsman first class.Ramos was...
02 March 2022 Operation PINC is Underway at Branch Health Clinic Capodichino NAPLES, Italy – U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH) Naples’ Branch Health Clinic (NBHC) Capodichino joins USNH Naples on Support Site in offering Process Improvement for Non-Delayed Contraception (PINC) Clinic to active-duty personnel every Friday, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.The PINC Clinic at the Capodichino...
01 March 2022 Healthy Habits Provide Healthy Hearts While the month of February is known as heart health month, the subject it highlights is a year round concern, particularly in the United States where it’s leading cause of death in men and women in America. Every year nearly 785,000 Americans have their first heart attack. Another 470,000 people...
26 February 2022 NMRTCs Ace CIPR Inspections PORTSMOUTH, Va.– Three Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Commands (NMRTC) earned perfect scores during the Career Information Program Review (CIPR) which took place the week of Feb. 7.The Career Information Program Review (CIPR) provides the command with a means to assess the effectiveness of...
25 February 2022 Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune's COVID/Acute Respiratory Clinic is closing After nearly two years, the COVID/Acute Respiratory Clinic at Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune closed its doors a final time the afternoon of February 25, 2022.Following the first positive case of COVID-19 in Eastern North Carolina, NMCCL personnel established the “ARC” to conduct COVID-19 tests...
24 February 2022 Keeping Oral Cancer from being a Mouthful at Naval Hospital Bremerton Through with the chew?The annual Great American Spitout, February 24, 2022, is an ideal reminder to help start the process.Ready to quit the spit?Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command (NMRTC) Bremerton’s Tobacco Cessation counselor, along with the Dental/Oral Surgery team are here to help.Had...
24 February 2022 Answering the Call - NHB physician recalls New Mexico deployment Navy Medicine’s recent deployment to the Four Corners region of the American Southwest didn’t rely on a sextant to navigate the course.It was care, compassion and concern for those in need which piloted Navy Medicine physicians, nurses and hospital corpsmen to help handle an surge of COVID-related...
24 February 2022 NSMRL’s LT Neal McNeal named Navy Medicine’s Research Psychologist of the Year GROTON, Conn. (NNS) Lt. Neal McNeal, a research psychologist at the Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory (NSMRL), is the 2021 Medical Service Corps Research Psychology Officer of the Year. This honor is awarded to junior officers “whose leadership, professional knowledge, and...