Hospitalization function Flashcards
Essential care
Includes first responder care, initial resuscitation and stabilization as well as treatment and hospitalization in order to either return the patient to duty within the theater evacuation policy, or to begin initial treatment required for optimization of outcome.
Triage and emergency care
Provides for the receiving of incoming patients to assess their medical condition, provide emergency medical treatment, and transfer them to the appropriate functional area within the hospital
Outpatient services
Provides patient care and family medicine consultation services, evaluation and treatment of dermatological and gynecological diseases, injuries, disorders, orthopedic and physical therapy services; sick call operations and comprehensive routine medical care to include electrocardiographs in the medical services clinic.
Inpatient care
Provides nursing and medical services in intermediate and intensive care wards in order to prepare patients for surgery, manage postoperative recovery, monitor patients, and prepare them for further evacuation
Clinical Laboratory and blood banking
Performs analytical procedures in hematology, urinalysis, chemistry, blood banking, and microbiology screening. Includes all routine blood grouping and typing, abbreviated cross-matching procedures, emergency blood collection, and storage/issuing liquid blood components and fresh frozen plasma.
Radiology
Provides radiological services to all areas of the hospital and operates on a 24-hour basis to include computed tomography in the newly designed field hospitals
Physical therapy
Provides a physical-occupational clinic to evaluate and treat neuromusculoskeletal injuries, minor soft tissue wounds to include burn wound treatment, behavioral health, injury prevention, and human performance optimization.
Medical logistics
Provides Class VIII management, requisitioning, and resupply as well as maintenance on medical equipment. Coordinates with supporting medical logistics company and medical detachment (blood support) for required external medical logistics support
Emergency and essential dental care
Provides emergency and essential dental services and consultation for patients and staff in order treat urgent dental cases or prevent dental emergencies.
General and specialty surgery
Perform initial surgery for battle and nonbattle injuries and follow-on surgery for patients received from other medical treatment facilities to include general, orthopedic, and obstetrics-gynecological surgical services in order to return patients to duty or stabilize them for further evacuation
Anesthesia service
Provides anesthesia and respiratory services for the hospital that includes respiratory therapy by specifically trained technicians and the ability to provide mechanical respiratory assistance in intensive care units and the operating rooms.
Pharmacy
Operates a fully functioning pharmacy and exercises appropriate control, accountability, and distribution of medications and controlled substances to both inpatients and outpatients as prescribed by medical staff
Nutrition care
Provides food service management, meal preparation, modified diet food preparation, and distribution of foods to patients and staff
Behavioral health
Provides outpatient psychiatry and inpatient neuropsychiatric consultation and education services.
Patient administration services
Admission and disposition of patients, maintaining patient records, security of patient valuables, statistical reporting, patient privacy policies, and coordination for patient evacuation out of theater
