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Old 23rd August 2007 | 19:57
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akula
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Do the quacks not carry out a PULHEEMS assesment, it takes into account the following
The PULHEEMS qualities are P (PhysicalCapacity), U (Upper Limbs), L (Locomotion), H (Hearing), EE (Eyesight), M (Mental Capacity), andS (Stability, reflecting the member’s psychiatric stability in the military environment).6.8PULHEEMS medical assessment. The standard of medical fitness in each quality is recordedon a scale of degrees from 1 to 8, with the exception of ‘EE’, which includes a degree of 9. The medicalclassification of a member is represented by a PULHEEMS medical assessment or profile (eg 2222 1/01/0 22) that indicates a member’s degree of medical fitness under each of the PULHEEMS qualities
That seems to give a broad overall check on a servicemans health and appears somewhat better than a BMI check.

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