Medical care is best shown by pictures; see film MASH. However, the US Civil War medical treatment was extremely poor...nearly every bullet wound turned into an amputee case. Vietnam was state of the art in medical treatment; especially with the helicopter medivac, which allowed QUICK medical treatment for the men.
US Army: Tank, ACAV/APC, Artillerymen, were equipped with 1st Aid Kits. Common grunts (infantrymen) had a 1st aid gauze packet; just a white (sometimes OD colored) cloth & cotton item to stop bleeding. US Army Medics carried medical equipment, in their pouches (like a back-pack). Morphine was still administered for wounded GI's, to numb the pain. The US Marine Corps did NOT have medics. They had US Navy "Corpsman."
In the field, it was Army medics or Navy corpsmen.
Why Medics and Corpsmen Were Better Than Doctors Today
1. Medics/Corpsmen sincerely cared for you (today's medical people just want your insurance coverage). Notice that's the very first thing they do, before making you WAIT IN WAITING ROOM.
2. Medics/Corpsmen sincerely wanted you to recover (today's medical people want you to use as much medical costs as possible to consume as much insurance money as possible...job security).
3. Medics/Corpsmen (after one firefight/battle) were more qualified and experienced in dealing with life threatening wounds than most civilian doctors. One 19 year old Private (Medic or Corpsman-WITHOUT A COLLEGE EDUCATION) could remove a bullet from your body and stitch you up with no infection or negative after effects...FOR FREE! A civilian doctor, in most cases, would have no experience in such matters, might have to experiment with your treatment.
Medics or any GIs available evac'd WIAs via choppers or armored vehicles (tanks or ACAVs) to aid stations located on large bases such as Dong Ha (5th (M) ID), Quang Tri (5th (M) ID), Phu Bai (101st Abn), Camp Evans (101st Abn), Camp Eagle (101st Abn), Tay Tinh (25th ID), Bien Hoa, Tan An (9th ID), Chu Lai (Americal ID), Da Nang, etc. etc. Doctors were available at those places.
If the WIA didn't make it, then he was placed in an Aluminum coffin and shipped to Travis AFB in California; then dispersed from there.
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There are three primary traveling wall operations. One is maintained by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, headed by Jan Scruggs - the originator of the Vietnam Memorial. It is called "The Wall That Heals," and is based in Washington, D.C. "The Moving Wall" is operated by Vietnam Combat Veterans, Limited out of White Pine, Michigan. "The Traveling Memorial Wall" is based in Brevard County, Florida in an organization of the same name.
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After the Civil War the Freedman's' Bureau helped new freed blacks get good jobs, a education, and medical care.
The Medical Care Act of 1965 was to assist the aged and the poor with medical care.
It cost the U.S. billions / trillions. Vets that need medical care or attention . Vets that get addicted to drugs . \
Daniel E. Evans has written: 'Doc: Platoon medic' -- subject(s): Medical care, Vietnam War, 1961-1975
there was medical care but, it was rare
provided schools, food, and medical care for free African American slaves in 1865 in the south
Yes. All dogs have. That is, if you enroll them on the medical care.
Fresenius Medical Care's population is 2,010.
The population of Fresenius Medical Care is 73,450.
Yes, the Amish can and do get medical care for themselves and children.