VIRIN: 210419-N-HU933-343 Geisler, assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Bremerton as the Laboratory leading petty officer, readily affirms that his lab is central to all health-care provided at the command. “As a laboratory professional we organically see almost every single patients either through getting their blood drawn or through their specimen(s) that are dropped off to the laboratory,” said Geisler, a Henderson, Nevada native. To describe what lab techs do, Geisler chose a famed fictional detective to illustrate their importance and provide context. “Laboratorians are the Sherlock Holms of the medical field. We help to identify cancers and disease through testing and have to ensure that the results that we put out are accurate. Providers depend heavily on the results that we give them so that they can better treat their patient,” Geisler said. “To put it simply, providers cannot function without us. Without laboratory results it makes it that much harder to pinpoint that disease or affliction that a patient may have. Yes they could treat the symptoms but without that result to re-enforce their diagnosis, the patient wouldn’t be able to get the right quality care that they need.”