Nurses in Vietnam by https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl Kylee Holler & Kaira Langston en-us 2018-12-03 15:31:08 UTC 2026-02-24 17:05:36 UTC hello@padlet.com kaira_langston19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/310463103  June 11, 1970, Anna Mae V. Hays was an American military officer who served as the 13th chief of the U.S. She became the first female general officer in U.S. history, she was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General.]]> 2018-12-03 15:33:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/310463103 kaira_langston19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/310463385 2018-12-03 15:33:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/310463385 kaira_langston19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/311391810 Anna Mae V. Hays, Chief, Army Nurse Corps]]> 2018-12-05 15:06:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/311391810 kaira_langston19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/311393413 While nurses were predominantly female, 21% were male, and the Vietnam War was the first war in which male nurses served as officers in the Army Nurse Corps. Over 11 years from March, 1962 to March,1973 more than 5,000 Army nurses served in the Vietnam War.Young nurses ages approximately at 23.6 years of age were still new to nursing only 35% had more than 2 years of nursing experience. ]]> 2018-12-05 15:09:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/311393413 kaira_langston19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/311395382 Combat nurses worked 12 hour shifts, 6 days a week. When major incidents occurred those 12 hour shifts could easily turn into 24 hours to 36 hour shifts. ]]> 2018-12-05 15:12:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/311395382 kaira_langston19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/311401890 2018-12-05 15:22:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/311401890 kaira_langston19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/311402558 The history of the Army Nurse Corps (ANC)
in Vietnam began in April, 1956 when three
Army nurses arrived in Saigon, Republic of
Vietnam.]]> 2018-12-05 15:23:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/311402558 kaira_langston19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/311403502 Army Nurse Corps badge]]> 2018-12-05 15:24:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/311403502 kaira_langston19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/312251504 In 1966 the 45th surgical hospital became the first operational MUST (Medical Unit, Self-Contained, Transportal) hospital. MUST hospitals had inflatable rubber shelters with electrical power, air conditioning, heating, hot and cold water, and waste disposal facilities. They were very mobile and could be transported by truck, helicopter or cargo aircraft.]]> 2018-12-07 14:55:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/312251504 kaira_langston19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/312251812 2018-12-07 14:55:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/312251812 kaira_langston19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/312966842 2018-12-10 15:20:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/312966842 kaira_langston19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/312972969 2018-12-10 15:29:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/312972969 kaira_langston19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313003525 2018-12-10 16:13:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313003525 kaira_langston19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313003793 Helicopters were first used during the Vietnam War to transport wounded quickly to medical facilities. ]]> 2018-12-10 16:13:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313003793 kaira_langston19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313007041 Medical Unit, Self-Contained, Transportal (MUST)]]> 2018-12-10 16:18:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313007041 kaira_langston19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313008537 Vietnam nurse helicopter ]]> 2018-12-10 16:20:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313008537 kaira_langston19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313011262 Time was volunteered by the nurses by going to communities around them such as going to local orphanages or hospitals. They would offer their medical services or to even teach classes on basic hygiene, first aid, or sometimes English.]]> 2018-12-10 16:24:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313011262 kaira_langston19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313012643 2018-12-10 16:26:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313012643 kaira_langston19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313192785 Female Vietnam Nurses]]> 2018-12-10 22:06:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313192785 kylee_holler19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313209396 2018-12-10 23:35:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313209396 kylee_holler19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313209676 Around 6,250 nurses served in Vietnam, a lot of which said they wanted a chance to travel and chance to adventure.]]> 2018-12-10 23:37:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313209676 kylee_holler19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313210013 2018-12-10 23:40:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313210013 kylee_holler19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313210205 Stress impacted their lives because of the amount of patients they had to serve or anger at seeing young men wounded terribly and feeling guilty for not being able to save all of them.]]> 2018-12-10 23:41:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313210205 kylee_holler19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313210272 Nurses trying to save a patient]]> 2018-12-10 23:42:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313210272 kylee_holler19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313210439 Group of Vietnam Nurses]]> 2018-12-10 23:43:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313210439 kylee_holler19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313210672 2018-12-10 23:45:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313210672 kylee_holler19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313210721 Nurses with supplies]]> 2018-12-10 23:45:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313210721 kaira_langston19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313210796 Between January 1965 and December 1970, medical treatment facilities admitted 133,447 wounded, 97,659 of whom required hospitalization.
The frequently treated illnesses included malaria, viral hepatitis, diarrheal diseases, skin diseases, venereal diseases, and fevers of unknown origins.
]]> 2018-12-10 23:46:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313210796 kylee_holler19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313210813 Rapid aerial evacuation, readily available whole blood, well established forward hospitals, and advanced surgical techniques were all needed to smoothly run the hospitals in Vietnam.]]> 2018-12-10 23:46:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313210813 kylee_holler19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313211131 2018-12-10 23:49:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313211131 kylee_holler19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313211256 Nursing Tent]]> 2018-12-10 23:50:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313211256 kylee_holler19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313211300 Many of the nurses lived in in tents. Until after 1967 most all lived in tropical buildings, many of the Quonset hut variety, and a few stayed in air conditioned trailers. Most had small individual rooms, others shared an open bay. ]]> 2018-12-10 23:50:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313211300 kaira_langston19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313212696 Nurses volunteering in a village]]> 2018-12-11 00:01:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313212696 kaira_langston19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313214224 Nurses with wounded American soldiers as they prepare to depart from Vietnam.]]> 2018-12-11 00:10:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313214224 kylee_holler19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313214593 2018-12-11 00:13:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313214593 kaira_langston19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313215158 These nurses practiced all specialties of nursing. The most common includes, surgical intensive care, recovery room, emergency room, and medical-surgical care. “X” was the most popular formation for hospitals which allowed a view of all the patients from the central core where the nurses station was located.]]> 2018-12-11 00:16:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313215158 kylee_holler19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313215643 In this video the women explains how when she was growing up there were two different career options for women, either being a teacher or being a nurse. She says how the decision came easily to her and then decided to enlist.]]> 2018-12-11 00:20:12 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313215643 kylee_holler19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313216006 Vietnam War Nurse speaking about her job as a nurse in the war.]]> 2018-12-11 00:22:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313216006 kaira_langston19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313216117 2018-12-11 00:23:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313216117 kylee_holler19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313216771 There were three different hospitals where nurses wore the white duty uniform, these were the 3rd, 8th, and 17th field hospitals. The remainder of the nurses wore a lightweight olive drab fatigue made of cotton poplin. It was hard for nurses to keep their uniforms clean, especially the ones with white uniforms considering that laundry was a vexing problem.]]> 2018-12-11 00:27:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313216771 kaira_langston19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313216914 Nurses everywhere in the hospital working on their patients ]]> 2018-12-11 00:28:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313216914 kylee_holler19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313217468 2018-12-11 00:32:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313217468 kylee_holler19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313217631 Nurses in Uniform]]> 2018-12-11 00:33:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313217631 kaira_langston19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313217885 The last of the army nurses left the republic of Vietnam on March 29th, 1973, 2 months after the cease fire. The experiences in Vietnam had long lasting impacts on their lives emotionally and spiritually. ]]> 2018-12-11 00:35:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313217885 kaira_langston19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313219085 Vietnam nurse talking about her experience through it all ]]> 2018-12-11 00:43:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313219085 kylee_holler19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313220046 The Vietnam war was known as a "dirty" war so there were things like assault rifles, rocket propelled grades, and booby traps. This obviously made for some pretty traumatic injuries and these nurses had to be ready for anything.]]> 2018-12-11 00:50:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313220046 kylee_holler19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313221321 2018-12-11 00:58:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313221321 kylee_holler19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313221475 Soldier with injuries on the field]]> 2018-12-11 00:59:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313221475 kaira_langston19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313221480 2018-12-11 01:00:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313221480 kaira_langston19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313221891 Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a disorder in which a person has difficulty recovering after experiencing or witnessing a terrifying event. This often happened to the Vietnam soldiers. ]]> 2018-12-11 01:02:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313221891 kylee_holler19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313234231 While about 58,000 people died in the Vietnam war only 8 were women who were all nurses. These women died from things such as shrapnel wounds, helicopter crashes, or illnesses. ]]> 2018-12-11 02:15:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313234231 kylee_holler19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313234654 2018-12-11 02:18:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313234654 kylee_holler19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313234988 Vietnam Nurses]]> 2018-12-11 02:21:12 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313234988 kylee_holler19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313237850 Nurses had many responsibilities, one which included checking the body bags and try to figure out the soldiers cause of death and write it down. Some said that helicopters would fly in and bring anywhere for 20-25 bags and there would be so many different injuries and even maggots most of the time. ]]> 2018-12-11 02:37:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313237850 kylee_holler19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313238582 2018-12-11 02:42:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313238582 kylee_holler19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313238678 Soldiers next to a helicopter]]> 2018-12-11 02:43:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313238678 kylee_holler19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313239046 Most nurses were used to smaller hospitals and maybe one or two trauma patients at a time, but in Vietnam they would be getting anywhere from 50-60 patients and it was so much at a time it could become overwhelming.]]> 2018-12-11 02:46:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313239046 kylee_holler19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313239328 2018-12-11 02:48:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313239328 kylee_holler19 https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313239491 Hospitals with many injured soldiers]]> 2018-12-11 02:48:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kaira_langston19/h4xxioqbjlbl/wish/313239491