TABLE I.

Medical Personnel aboard a U.S. Navy Nimitz-class CVN and Potential Roles in the Management of a Respiratory Virus Outbreak While at Sea

	CVN medical capabilities for a respiratory virus outbreak
	ICU	Triage	Nonvirus patients	Augmentation required
1 Senior medical officer	Xa	X	X
1 General surgeon	X			Xb
1 Nurse anesthetist	Xa
1 Family medicine physician	Xa	X	X
1 Psychologist		X	X
1 Medical administration officer		X	X
1 Radiation health officer		X	X
1 Physical therapist		X	X
1 Physician assistant	Xa	X	X
1 Nurse	Xa			X
3-5 Flight surgeons	Xa	X	X
1-2 Independent duty corpsmen		X	X
40-50 Hospital corpsmenc	Xa	X	X	Xd
Dental department		X	X

Abbreviations: CVN, aircraft carrier; ICU, intensive care unit.

^aICU experience varies widely.

^bAugmentation with ICU physician.

^cCorpsmen including lab techs, radiology techs, preventive medicine techs, surgery techs, and biomedical techs.

^dAdditional preventive medicine techs, lab techs, and respiratory therapists would be required.