ESWS Board Flashcards
Secondary mission of USS Kearsarge is
Casualty receiving ship
How many operating rooms onboard?
How many ICU beds onboard?
How many Ward beds onboard?
How many beds can we extend out when utilizing Troops Berthing?
6 ORs
15 ICU beds
42 Ward beds
542 to Troops berthing
How many units of frozen blood do we carry?
What percentage of the ship consists of “walking blood bank”?
400 units
10% crew
What is Preventive Medicine in charge of?
Water
Habitability
Sanitation
Food handling inspections
Personnel medical readiness
Ship’s company personnel in Medical consists of:
Senior Medical Officer
Medical Admin Officer
General Medical Officer
Dental Officer
Independent Duty Corpsman (DLCPO)
2 Preventive Medicine Technicians
1 Laboratory/ Blood Bank Technician
1 X-Ray Technician
1 Biomedical Repair Technician
1 Pharmacy Technician
1 OR Tech
1 Aviation Medicine Technician
10 General Duty HM
1 Dental Hygienist
1 Advanced Dental Technician
2 Dental Assistants
FST crew consists of:
OIC (Medical Officer ARG Surgeon)
Medical Officer
Certified Nurse Anesthetist
Medical Admin Officer
Surgeon
Critical Care Nurse
OR Nurse
Psychiatrist
Senior HM
2 Laboratory Technicians
1 X-Ray Tech
2 OR Techs
1 Respiratory Technician
2 General Duty HMs
Where can we receive patients?
Flight deck & Well deck
Objectives of first aid
S P L
- Save lives
- Prevent further injury
- Limit infection
Priorities of first aid:
S
M
P
(1) Stop Bleeding
(2) Maintain breathing
(3) Prevent or Reduce Shock
8 General rules of first aid
1.Keep victims ___ down.
2.___ victims no more than absolutely necessary.
3. Keeps victims ___ & as _____ as possible.
4. Do not touch ___ wounds/burns with ___ or other objects.
5. Do not give unconscious patient any __/__ substance by ___.
6. If a bone is broken, do not ___ the victim until the limb has been ____.
7. Never ____ an impaled object, simply ___ the object in its current location.
8. Keep injured persons _____ warm.
- Keep victims lying down
- Move victims no more than absolutely necessary
- Keep victims reassure and as comfortable as possible.
- Do not touch open wounds/burns with finger or other objects ( this prevents infection)
- Do not give unconscious persons any solid/liquid substance by mouth.
- If a bone is broken, or you suspect it is broken, do not move the victim until the limb has been immobilized.
- Never remove an impaled object, simply secure the object in its current location.
- Keep injured persons comfortably warm.
Basic rules for treating wounds
- Control bleeding
- Maintain an open airway
- Maintain breathing
- Treat for shock (shock is a serious disturbance in the circulation of the blood)
- Prevent infection
Treatment of Shock
Elevate the feet 6-12”
Heat stroke
Skin is very hot & dry.
Temp is 105 or greater.
Pupils constricted & tachycardia.
Heat Exhaustion
Moist, clammy skin.
What 3 stretchers do we have onboard? And what are their purposes?
Army pole litter: Patient transport within medical.
Reeves Sleeve: For suspected neck/spinal fractures & vertical access.
Stokes Stretcher: Transport patients by high line.
How many mass casualty boxes onboard?
How many first aid boxes onboard?
9 mass casualty boxes
95 first aid boxes
Define EARL MARCH
(medical)
E - ensure scene safety
A - assess patient
R - report casualty to DCC
L - locate first aid box
M - Mass hemorrhage
A - Airway
R - Respiration
C - Circulation
H - Hypothermia
What does C5I stand for?
Command
Control
Communications
Computers
Combat
Information
Responsibility of PDWC
Point Defense Weapon’s Coordinator
Decides best choice of weapon system for incoming threats.
Define Detect To Engage
Tracking incoming ___, determining if ____ or ___, & engaging proper ___ ___.
Tracking incoming target, determining if friendly or enemy, & engaging proper weapon system.
List the possible threats
Anti-ship missiles/cruise missiles
Submarines
Torpedo
Aircraft
Unmanned aerial vehicle
Warships
Fast attack craft/fast inshore attack craft
Mine
Shore battery
Cyber attacks
Define:
Hangfire
Misfire
HERO
HERP
HERF
CSOSS: Guide for ___ ___ ___. Energize/de-energize __&__ to casualties.
-Hangfire: Delay in fire
-Misfire: Failure of round to ignite fire
-Hero: hazardous electromagnetic radiation to ordnance
-Herp: hazardous electromagnetic radiation to personnel
-Herf: hazardous electromagnetic radiation to fuel
-CSOSS: combat systems operational sequencing system. It’s a guide for combat systems equipment. Energize/de-energize gear & respond to casualties.
CSOSS watch stations
CSOOW
Area supervisor
4 types of RADAR (Radio Detection & Ranging)
F A N S
-Air search: searches air for targets
-Surface search: searches surface for targets
-Fire control: weapons systems to track & locate targets
-Navigation: provides feed & data for safe navigation
URN-25 TACAN (tactical air & navigation)
Navigation beacon that sends our ___ & ___ to aircraft to guide them to the ship.
Range:
-Navigation beacon that sends our range & bearing to aircraft to guide them to the ship.
Range = 50 NM
UPX-29 IFF ( identify friend or foe)
Used to determine is vessels are friendly or unidentifiable.
Range:
Range = 256NM
What is the primary air search radar.
How many dimensions?
Range:
-SPS-48G
-3 dimensions
-Range = 220 NM
What’s the secondary air search radar
How many dimensions?
Range:
-SPS-49
-2 dimensions
-Range = 256 NM
What’s the primary Surface Search radar
Range: . . .
SPS-67
Range = 110 NM
What’S the:
Primary navigation radar
Secondary Surface Search radar
Range:
SPS-73
Range = 96 NM
List the external communications & their frequencies.
HVUSE
-High: 3-30MHZ
-Very high: 30-300 MHZ
-Ultra high: 300 MHZ-3 GHZ
-Super high: 3 GHZ - 30 GHZ
-Extremely high: 30 GHZ - 300 GHZ
NSSMS (NATO Seasparrow Surface Missile System)
____ director for NATO
2 dimensions for continuous w____ tracking.
Max range: . .
Fire control director for NATO
2 dimensions for continuous wave tracking.
Max range = 50 NM
How many launchers onboard?
Each launcher holds how many missiles?
What type of missile?
Max range:
-2 launchers onboard
-Holds 8 missiles
-Missile: RIM-7P Sea Sparrow Missile
-Max range = 9 NM
What’s our last line of self-defense?
Fires how many rounds per minute?
Hot gun:
Cold gun:
Effective range:
4 types of rounds: C P P P S
-CIWS (close in weapons system)
-Fires 4500 rounds per minute
-Hot gun: 300 or more in 5 min
-Cold gun: 299 or less in 5 min
-Effective range: 1 NM
-Types of rounds: Sabot, projectile, pusher, case, primer
What’s the passive radar detection?
SLQ-32
What’s the primary fire control radar
Long range:
Normal range:
-TAS (target acquisition system)
-Long range: 110 NM
-Normal range: 22.5 NM
What’s the primary anti-ship missile defense?
How many missiles for each launcher?
Type of missile?
What do the different colors mean?
Range:
-RAM (rolling airframe missile)
-Holds 21 missiles
-Missile: RIM 116A BLK 1A
-Brown = live motor rocket, Yellow = –High explosive warhead, Blue = training
-Range = 3.25 NM
ACDS (advanced combat direction system)
Uses feeds from the ___ & ___ to develop a live radar picture used by CIC watch standers to make engagement decisions.
SPS-48 & SPS-49
Internal communications
Vital repeater: Fed from _.
Non vital repeater: __ to __ __ __(SSA)
-Vital repeater: Fed from gyro
-Non vital repeater: Gyro to Synchro Signal Amplifier (SSA)
What are the tv circuits onboard?
-6TV: Ship’s camera
-23TV: Secure television (JIC, bridge, CIC, & SSES)
-27TV: Basic cable & movies
Circuit Y
DEML (digital electro-magnetic log)
Reads ships’s ____ through water & ____ traveled.
What 4 modes of operation does it use?
D R U M
-Ships speed thru water & distance traveled.
-Modes of operation: Underwater, remote dummy, manual
Ship’s gyro
Known as:
Provides: P R L L
Location:
-Known as WSN-7
-Provides heading, pitch, roll, latitude, & longitude
-Located in FWD & AFT IC
What’s the primary mission of the Kearsarge?
Load, transport, and land troops and their equipment in support of amphibious operations.
What’s Kearsarge named after?
What type of ship is the Kearsarge?
-Kearsarge Mountain in New Hampshire
-Wasp-class Amphibious Assault Ship (Landing Helicopter Dock)