Medical Event Reports BUMEDINST 6220.12

Question 1

What does MER stand for?

Answer 1

Medical Event Report

Question 2

What is the instruction for the Medical Event Report?

Answer 2

BUMEDINST 6220.12A

Question 3

The Medical Event Report replaced a previous report? What report was that?

Answer 3

The Disease Alert Report

Question 4

What is the purpose of BUMEDINST 6220.12A?

Answer 4

To issue instructions for preparing and submitting Medical Event Reports (MER)

Question 5

True or False: Medical Event Reports apply to all ships, stations, and units of the Navy, Marine Corps, and Military Sealift Command (MSC) which are providing in/outpatient medical care.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

What is the primary purpose of the Medical Event Reporting System?

Answer 6

a. It ensures a timely and adequate response to medical events b. Take the average of all the reports and form an estimate of distribution, trends, and risks c. It’s also for the development and assessment of policy and resource allocation that will help control medical events

Question 7

Why is Medical Event Disease Surveillance so important in military populations?

Answer 7

Because medical events can have mission-degrading effects

Question 8

True or False: Medical Event Reports are reported when diseases, injuries, and outbreaks affect operational readiness, present hazards to the civilian or military community, and are internationally quarantinable.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

True or False: Commanders, Commanding Officers, Officers in Charge, or Masters of a MSC ship, shall maintain an ineffective medical event surveillance program.

Answer 9

False ANS: “Effective” (MER) Surveillance Program

Question 10

When you submit a Medical Event Report you should use what reporting system procedures?

Answer 10

Naval Disease Reporting System Procedures (NDRS)

Question 11

True or False: Use (MER’s) to report HIV.

Answer 11

False ANS: For HIV use CDC Form 50.42A to BUMED, Navy Medical HIV Program in Bethesda, MD

Question 12

What Report Control symbol is assigned to the Medical Event Report?

Answer 12

MED 6220-3

Question 13

True or False: Medical Event Reports are used when a medical event is unusual in presentation, clinical course, outbreak potential, or treatment.

Answer 13

True

Question 14

What is the preferred method of reporting Medical Events and name two other authorized methods.

Answer 14

Naval Disease Reporting System (NDRS) Software program is the preferred method, but a Naval Message or Standard Naval Correspondence via mail, email, or fax is authorized and in situations where timeliness is critical the telephone can be used as an accepted method of reporting as well

Question 15

Medical Event Reports are to be kept on file for how long?

Answer 15

Five Years

Question 16

If a unit has to send a MER by urgent message, what should the condition of the message be?

Answer 16

Unclassified

Question 17

Name two types of Medical Event Reports

Answer 17

Routine and Urgent

Question 18

Most reportable medical events are routine, at the latest, when must routine medical event reports be submitted to the Naval Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit (NAVENPVNTMEDU)?

Answer 18

No later than the 1st of each month

Question 19

At the latest, when must routine medical event reports be submitted to the Naval Environmental Health Center (NAVENVIRHLTHCEN)?

Answer 19

No later than the 15th of each month

Question 20

What is a communicable condition with a suspected common source, or occurs in one or more clusters among personnel in a particular location, work center, berthing compartment, day care, or involving more than an expected number of individuals?

Answer 20

Reportable Outbreak

Question 21

A suspected outbreak occurring among military personnel is considered what type of medical event?

Answer 21

Urgent