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The department's Chest Pain Unit allows the staff to evaluate
suspected heart disease faster and more accurately in urgent
situations without transferring the patient from the Emergency
Department to other areas of the hospital.
Emergency Medical Services provides Basic Life Support
services and responds to all callers requesting an ambulance on
the Walter Reed installation. All staff members are nationally
registered emergency medical technicians and carry modern
equipment, including automatic external defibrillators, to treat
sudden cardiac death.
EMS provides inter-facility transfers from Walter Reed and
helps coordinate patient transport to Walter Reed, within Army
policy restrictions. EMS also coordinates patient care and
ambulance support for air evacuation missions. For more
information, phone (202) 782-1199 or 3928.
Sick Call
Walter Reed highly encourages servicemembers to make an
appointment with their primary-care provider or another provider
by calling Patient Appointments first at (202) 782-7761.
If an appointment is not available promptly, sick call for
active-duty servicemembers takes place in the General Internal
Medicine Clinic on the first floor of Heaton Pavilion Bldg. 2,
main hospital, Area 1-B, Monday through Friday from 6:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Servicemembers should bring their ID card
and medical records with them. Enlisted servicemembers in
the grade of E-6 and below should bring a sick slip from their
company headquarters or duty section except in emergencies.
Officers and noncommissioned officers in the grade of E-7 and
above should notify their supervisor before reporting to sick
call.
Patients who are assigned to Walter Reed and have chronic
or non-acute problems should make a non-urgent appointment
to be seen by their primary care manager in General Internal
Medicine by calling (202) 782-7761.
Emergencies will be seen in the Emergency Department at
any time. Phone (202) 782-1199.
Preventive Medicine Service
The Preventive Medicine Service consists of the
Community Health Nursing Section and the Occupational
Health Clinic and the Environmental Health and Health
Physics Sections.
The Environmental Health Section provides a variety of
services to prevent and control disease throughout the Military
District of Washington, including water quality surveillance;
food service and child care service sanitation inspections; pest
surveillance, and swimming pool sanitation inspections. The
section also monitors the heat stress index at the Walter Reed
installation and, on request, training for food sanitation, heat or
cold injury prevention, and field sanitation teams.
The Health Physics Section ensures that radiation doses are
maintained as low as reasonably achievable by monitoring
radioactive material inventories, transportation, administration
and disposal; monitoring employee radiation exposures; surveying
radioactive materials and radiation equipment; and providing
radiation safety training. The section also staffs the
Radiological Advisory Medical Team for the Department of
Defense.
The Industrial Hygiene Office provides services for the
National Capital Area to recommend controls for chemical,
physical, and biological hazards in the workplace; increase
productivity; reduce work related absenteeism; and promote a
healthier workplace.
Community Health Nursing
Army Community Health Nursing provides a wide range of
population-based programs and services that promote the
health and readiness of all beneficiaries. Major services
include communicable disease surveillance (control of tuberculosis,
sexually transmitted infections, HIV, and other communicable
diseases; disease reporting; contact investigation;
and epidemic control), community health consultation, maternal
and child health, and health promotion.
Community health nurses serve as the health consultant for
Child and Youth Services. Services include classes in communicable
diseases, SIDS, special health procedures, and administering
medications; evaluating children with special needs for
child care placement, and health inspections of CYDS facilities.
Maternal and child health programs include pregnancy fitness
and education, breast-feeding support, child safety education,
and new parent education. Limited home visits are available.
Community Health Nursing is a part of the Preventive
Medicine Service and is in Bldg. 1 (old hospital), Room B-301.
It's open Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Phone (202) 782-3964.
Occupational Health Clinic
The Occupational Health program promotes health and
reduces the risk of illness arising from the individual-job relationship.
This includes preventive medical surveillance for
both military and civilian staff members who are exposed to
toxic materials, infectious agents, noise or visual hazards, or
other harmful influences of the work environment.
Occupational Health Services also provides treatment of
occupational illness and injury, entry-on-duty examinations,
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