Coast Guard Shore-Based Medical
Services
 Coast Guard Health Services support staff is present
at 31 Coast Guard clinics, 44 Coast Guard Group offices and 70 floating
units. Attached to the Coast Guard are approximately:
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57 Physicians (Public Health Service officers)
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54 Dentists (Public Health Service officers)
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30 Physician Assistants
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630 Coast Guard Health Services Technicians (HS’s).
Coast Guard Health Services Clinics provide
outpatient services aimed at providing the care necessary to return
ambulatory active duty members to a Fit for Full Duty status.
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The CG does not have profiles.
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Staffing normally includes 1 to 4 medical
officers (physician, PA or NP) and Health Services Technicians (HS’s)
as support staff.
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Services available normally include out patient
ambulatory care for active duty (all services) and dependents
(retirees on a space available basis), a limited formulary pharmacy,
CLIA waived testing clinical laboratory services (on premises), basic
radiography, and health benefits information.
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Clinics all have dental officers assigned with
one or more dental technicians assisting them.
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The larger clinics have multiple dental officers.
Some clinics hire civilian contract dental hygienists.
Most Coast Guard Groups have one Health Services
Technician (IDT) assigned for the purpose of returning ambulatory active
duty members to a Fit For Full Duty status, performing health services
administration and record keeping, health services related training,
environmental health activities, provision of health benefits information
and liaison with supporting health services facilities to access and
arrange care for active duty members. A designated medical officer off
site supervises IDT’s.
Source: Operational Medicine 2001, Health
Care in Military Settings, NAVMED P-5139, May 1, 2001, Bureau
of Medicine and Surgery, Department of the Navy, 2300 E Street NW, Washington,
D.C., 20372-5300 |
