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(2) Curative Unit.
Each Curative Unit is composed of 5 doctors,
5 nurses, 5 dressers, and 5 non-medical staff. The senior surgeon
or physician is appointed as unit leader. The unit is divided into
six teams, whose duties are shown in the following table:
Curative Unit.
Team
1
Personnel
Senior Surgeon Senior Nurse* Senior Dresser
2 Surgeon
Nurse
Dresser
3 Doctor
Nurse
Dresser
4 Doctor
Nurse
Dresser
Duties Dressing and operating (*in charge of D. & E. supplies
ditto
Dressing and minor operating
ditto
LO
5
Senior physician
Senior Nurse** Dresser
6 Quartermaster Cook Orderly
Orderly Orderly
Medical; preven- tive; dressing (**in charge of C supplies)
Business,
accounts, quarters, baggage & transportation
The Curative Units are assigned to work in field or base hospitals. Each unit is capable of taking care (operation and all treatment) of 100 beds for severely wounded and 200 beds when assisted
by a Nursing Unit.
(3) Nursing Unit. Each Nursing Unit consists of 1 physician (if possible), 7-8 nurses, and 7 dressers and 5 non-medical staff, divided into 6 teams. The physician, or if there is no physician the senior nurse, is appointed the unit leader.
The Nursing Unit may serve either as a supplementary nursing staff of a hospital or receiving station, or may be detached for
preventive service. The unit may be divided into 5 teams of 3 each or 7 teams of 2 each, for dressing or preventive work.