Medical/Dental Affairs

Section IX

A. The daily average number of patients seen in BAS was 12.4. Of these, 30 were admitted to the BAS ward for further treatment and/or observation. 43 were referred to B-Med; 28 of these being admitted for observation or further treatment. Dental referrals numbered 29.

B. Prevalent and significant diseases encountered, with the rate of incidence, are as follows:

1. bronchitis – 03

2. diarrhea, acute – 16

3. gonorrhea – 05

4. respiratory infection, acute – 05

5. urethritis, venereal – 01

6. urethritis, non-venereal – 01

C. Emergency situations encountered, and the treatment rendered are as follows:

1. Cpl Will J. Barren, 2010054, USMC, B Co., was brought to BAS via stretcher at approximately 2000 on 27 November 1965 with the chief symptoms of pain in the right lower quadrant and a temperature of 99 degrees. He was immediately transferred to B-Med where an emergency appendectomy was performed. He is still hospitalized, and his condition is listed as good.

2. PFC Harold J. Queen, 2035039, USMC, B Co., was brought to BAS via stretcher at approximately 1900 on 21 November 1965 and his condition was diagnosed as Renal Calculi. He was examined and transferred to B-Med on the same date. He was transferred to C Co., 3rd Medical Battalion on 23 November 1965 for further treatment.

D. The lack of a typewriter and a shortage of forms peculiar to Navy service records continues to hamper medical department administration. This problem is coped with by utilizing borrowed typewriters from various other departments on a when available basis. The medical department is completely depleted of suture material, necessitating the referral of patients to B-Med for all lacerations requiring suturing. This item had been on order since the arrival of the battalion in Viet Nam.

E. The total number of inoculations administered during the month of November was 37. Serum most commonly used were smallpox and Gamma Globulin.