Hospital corpsman
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A hospital corpsman or corpsman is an enlisted medical specialist of the United States Navy, who may also serve in a U.S. Marine Corps unit. The corresponding rating within the United States Coast Gua
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A corpsman aboard an aircraft carrier in 1999
A hospital corpsman draws blood from a patient as part of his duties as an independent duty corpsman
A corpsman takes a patient's temperature in 2006
Combat medic
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A combat medic is responsible for providing emergency medical treatment at a point of wounding in a combat or training environment, as well as primary care and health protection and evacuation from a
Hospital corpsman
…as clinical or specialty technicians, medical administrative personnel and health care providers at medical treatment facilities. They also serve as battlefield corpsmen with the Marine Corps, rendering emergency medical treatment to include initial treatment in a combat environment. Qualified hospital corpsmen may be…
A U.S. Army Medical Corps team at work during the Battle of Normandy
U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman providing treatment to a wounded Iraqi soldier during the invasion of Iraq.
Israel Defense Forces field doctors training in Israel
Capsarii depicted tending to injured soldiers on Trajan's Column