Conference of Officers in Charge of Government Hospitals Serving Veterans of the World War
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Conference of Officers in Charge of Government Hospitals Serving Veterans of the World War
Medicine, Military; Military hospitals; World War, 1914-1918 -- Veterans -- Medical care -- United States
(e) Emphasize the value of hospital care for those who become sick from
other causes or whose pulmonary condition becomes active.
(f) Report promptly to the nearest medical officer beneficiaries whose
condition seems to indicate that hospitalization is necessary.
2. For Neuro-Psychiatric Claimants:
(a) Health instruction and definite advice with regard to home
conditions.
(b) Advice and supervision to prevent intemperance, excessive use of
tobacco, drugs, etc.
(c) Advice regarding habits, whether married or single.
(d) Note general behavior and mental state, such as stream of talk,
mental activity, characteristics of same, such as incoherence,
inattention, distractibility, etc.
(e) Note mood of beneficiaries, such as preoccupations, hallucinations,
illusions, etc.
(f) Endeavor to obtain insight as to how much the patient realizes the
nature of his present condition or of previous illnesses.
(g) Interpret claimant’s condition to his family and instruct them in
the necessity for tolerance of claimant’s peculiarities.
3. For Claimants with General Disabilities.
(a) Make visits to beneficiaries pending hospitalisation, or after being
discharged from hospital, while in training, particularly those said to
be absent from training on account of illness, reporting results of
investigations to the local medical officer. If an emergency arises the
claimant should be sent immediately to a designated physician, if too
ill to report to a physician, a physician in the employ of the Bureau
will be notified of the name and address of the patient and requested
call. A report on each case will be made to the nearest local office,
together with recommendations and a statement of any action that has
been taken. If Claimant’s absence from training was not due to illness
that fact will be communicated to the local Bureau authority.
(b) Report on every case assigned to her and render subsequent reports
on such cases as may be required from time to time; to make supplemental
reports from time to time as may be necessary. Such reports will be made
on Medical E, or other designated form, and will have for their object
the discovery of present results of service disabilities, intercurrent
ailments, or physical conditions which are preventing the physical
rehabilitation of the man. The attention of the District or local
medical officer will be called to any seemingly improper conditions, and
recommendations will be made looking to their correction. Subsequent
reports will show whether or not these conditions have been remedied.
For the purpose of reducing the number of visits that are required the
claimant will be induced to call at the office if practicable.
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