Medical at Boot Camp

maggio1994 · 01-23-2013, 09:46 PM

From what I remember medical consists of:

- Shots
- Blood Tests
- Hearing
- Vision
- General questions about your medical history

- Dental
- Xrays
- Maybe a teeth cleaning
- Maybe wisdom teeth removal
- Maybe root canal
- Maybe cavity filling

If you fail your depth perception test I think it'll just effect what jobs you can get

culp7 · 01-23-2013, 10:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by maggio1994

From what I remember medical consists of:

- Shots
- Hearing
- Vision
- General questions about your medical history

- Dental
- Xrays
- Maybe a teeth cleaning
- Maybe wisdom teeth removal
- Maybe root canal
- Maybe cavity filling

If you fail your depth perception test I think it'll just effect what jobs you can get

Nice! Thanks for the clarification, this is what I remember hearing about it.

Malarkey · 01-24-2013, 12:00 AM

Attention shipmates: Boot camp medical is A HUNDRED TIMES more thorough then MEPS. Period.

sweetmtn · 01-24-2013, 04:42 PM

I am pretty sure they also do a TB tine test there as well...my son had one it came back positive but was a false positive proven by x-rays..but he was still put on pills to take for a year...

Malarkey · 01-24-2013, 04:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sweetmtn

I am pretty sure they also do a TB tine test there as well...my son had one it came back positive but was a false positive proven by x-rays..but he was still put on pills to take for a year...

Thought that was only for nukes?

maggio1994 · 01-25-2013, 08:42 AM

Oh yeah the TB test, everyone gets it.

A corpsman will inject something into your arm and it'll leave a little bubble, then a few days later another corpsman will check the injection spot to see if there was any type of reaction. If you have a reaction you'll have to get it looked at closer and you may have to take some antibiotic for 6 or 9 months.

FutureSailorNAD · 03-10-2013, 07:56 PM

What are the xrays about?

01-23-2013, 09:46 PM	#1
maggio1994 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois Posts: 110 Rep Power: 0	From what I remember medical consists of: - Shots - Blood Tests - Hearing - Vision - General questions about your medical history - Dental - Xrays - Maybe a teeth cleaning - Maybe wisdom teeth removal - Maybe root canal - Maybe cavity filling If you fail your depth perception test I think it'll just effect what jobs you can get Last edited by maggio1994; 01-24-2013 at 07:25 AM.

01-24-2013, 12:00 AM	#3
Malarkey Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 158 Rep Power: 0	Attention shipmates: Boot camp medical is A HUNDRED TIMES more thorough then MEPS. Period.

01-24-2013, 04:42 PM	#4
sweetmtn Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: N. CA Posts: 3,792 Rep Power: 0	I am pretty sure they also do a TB tine test there as well...my son had one it came back positive but was a false positive proven by x-rays..but he was still put on pills to take for a year...

01-25-2013, 08:42 AM	#6
maggio1994 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois Posts: 110 Rep Power: 0	Oh yeah the TB test, everyone gets it. A corpsman will inject something into your arm and it'll leave a little bubble, then a few days later another corpsman will check the injection spot to see if there was any type of reaction. If you have a reaction you'll have to get it looked at closer and you may have to take some antibiotic for 6 or 9 months.

03-10-2013, 07:56 PM	#7
FutureSailorNAD Newbie Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 0	What are the xrays about?