Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
December 1942
Medical
Division
Bulletin No. 6
D.
C.
This Bulletin outlines the program of the Medical Division of the United States
Office of Civilian Defense for nursing services which may be required in wartime to care
for civilians injured by enemy action or other hazards of war.
If they are to participate effectively in Emergency Medical Service, nurses must
be informed of the organization of the local Defense Council and the duties of other
branches of the United States Citizens Defense Corps. They should understand the
coordination of the Emergency Medical Service with other protective units of the
United States Citizens Defense Corps and be able to answer the questions of their
patients and the public concerning these activities. As disseminators of information
nurses share the responsibility for public morale.
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The Office of Civilian Defense. .......
II. The Nursing Section of the Medical
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2. Enrollment at Civilian De
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I. Home Water Supply Precautions
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NURSING
PARTICIPATION
MEDICAL
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EMERGENCY
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6. Assisting the Red Cross and hospitals V 3. In maintaining an active current iile (see
Appendix F) of all available nursing resources
in recruitment, training, and assignment to
in the community. This lile or a duplicate
duty of Volunteer Nurses Aides.
should be available to the local Chief of Emer
7. Compiling periodic reports summarizing
information from local Nurse Deputies in the
State concerning:
(a) Adequacy of nursing services in civilian
hospitals and in public health departments.
(b) Plans for correction of nursing dehcien
cies which may impede the war effort.
(c) Nurses and Nurses Aides available for
emergency duty with medical field units, in
Casualty Stations, and in Casualty Receiving
Hospitals.
(d) Nursing personnel available in various
parts of the State for nursing service in Emer
gency Base Hospitals.
B. Casualty Stations
ENGINEERING
The Sanitary Engineering Section of the
Medical Division is composed of officers of the
United States Public Health Service. Through
a field staff of Sanitary Engineers in the Re
gional Offices of the Office of Civilian Defense,
it assists States and local communities in plan
ning for the protection and maintenance of safe
and adequate supplies of water, milk, and food
in the event of enemy action. This Section also
gives consultation to State and local health
departments and municipal officials concerning
emergency measures for the maintenance of
sewer service and refuse collection and disposal.
All nurses, but especially those engaged in
public health nursing activities, should be
familiar with this problem. They must be ready
E. 0ther Volunteers
Volunteers who have learned to assist in the
care and other services required for the sick
and injured are of inestimable service to
cvcry community. Suggestions for the ways in Health, Medical Care and Nursing" pub
in which volunteer assistants may be trained lished by the United States 0Ece of Civilian
for service are given in the' bulletin "V01unteers Defense. (See also Appendix C.)
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cision to make and use them is left to local Nursing Auxi1ia1ies.The local Nurse
, Deputy should have access to a iile of the
option.
names of those in the community who are avail
The public health nurse may wear her regular
able to assist nurses in an emergency. The
uniform and uniform coat, adding a helmet
names in such a file would include those of
and arm band, if she is working as an enrolled
practical nurses, undergraduates who left the
member of a Medical Unit. Her regular indoor
uniform would be suitable for wear in a Cas
hospi.tal before completing nursing training,
ualty Station. If she is called into the hospital
to give emergency service, she may 'wear her
public health indoor uniform, if the hospital
approves. No arm band is necessary when
working in the hospital.
F. Personnel File for Emergency
Nursing Service
Personnel {iles should be arranged alpha
betically according to geographic subdivisions
of the city so that the names of those residing
in each section or neighborhood of a city or
rural area may be readily available. This is
essential to facilitate emergency assignment of
nursing personnel in their immediate or ad
jacent neighborhoods. In large cities, a dupli
cate sectional list should be kept at the district
control center or at a hospital, a health sta
tion, or other central place of registry for each
geographic division.
Graduate Nurses.The local Nurse Dep
uty should have the following information on
tile for every graduate nurse available for
emergency service:
1. Full name and year of graduation from
nursing schools
2. Home address and telephone number.
3. Business address and telephone number.
4. Name of agency where employed.
5. Type of present nursing work.
6. Speciiic assignment for emergency nursing
service.
7. Hours available for emergency service
(applies particularly to married nurses with
families).
8. Availability for nursing work away from
home community.
9. States in which registered as a registered
nurse.
10. Completion of First Aid Course.
11. Completion of other courses for emergency
service (specify).
12. Special experience, such as surgical or
operating room supervisor, anesthetist, Xray
assistant, maternity supervisor, hospital ad
ministrator, public health.
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J. Regional Gfiices
States in Each Region
Region 1-17 Court Street, Boston, Mass.:
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont.
Region IIChanin Building, 122 East 42d
Street, New York, N. Y.: Delaware, New
Jersey, New York.
Region IIIRoom 1554, Baltimore Trust
Building, Baltimore, Md.: District of Col
umbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia.
Region IVCandler Building, Atlanta, Gia.:
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee.
Rggion Vl530 Standard Building, Cleveland,
Ohio: Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, West
Virginia.
Region VI2620 Civic Opera Building, 20
North Wacker Drive, Chicago, Ill.: Illinois,
Michigan, Wisconsin.
Region VIICity National Bank Building,
Omaha, Nebr.: Colorado, Iowa. Kansas,
Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Da
kota, South Dakota, Wyoming.
Region VIIIMercantile National Bank
Building, Dallas, Tex.: Arkansas, Louisiana,
New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas.
Region IX1355 Market Street, San Fran
cisco, Calif.: Arizona, California, Idaho,
Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Wash
ington.
For nursing consultation by Federal Agency
Field Consultants, requests should be sent to
Regional Medical Officers. For nursing con
sultation by the State Nurse Deputy, requests
should be sent to the State Chief of Emergency
Medical Service.