Medical Bay Department

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Medical Bay
Science Department

MISSION STATEMENT:
The purpose of Medbay is as diverse in work and function as the facility. The primary duties of staff is to maintain the physical health of the passengers (and crew). Staff may also participate in research into the biological and neurological underpinnings of life aboard the USC Tranquility. The Medbay staff coordinate with other departments and individuals as needed, such as supplying medical kits or training to other passengers or assisting with Xenobiology and Genetics research.

Physically, the bay enhouses the gravity couches that preserve all passengers (and other living creatures) through the Jump process, as well as surgical, prosthetic, life support, decontamination, quarantine, and research equipment. The full scope of its available technologies and resources is here. Nanotechnology extraction units and a nanotechnology management system were found during Jump 34 (OOC: August, 2014).



Protocols:
Though Medbay is chronically under-staffed and trends toward high turnover due to the unpredictable schedule of passenger acquisition and loss, it is largely able to carry out its duties thanks to a system of rotating shifts throughout 'daytime' hours, volunteers (i.e., during crisis), needs (i.e., surgeons are not necessarily always on hand), and automated technology. Medbay staff are generally expected to be on-call through comm devices and have access to any network messages keyed to Medbay filter.

Notably, the day-to-day traffic through the Medbay is fairly low thanks to the health maintenance functions of the nanites. Times of crisis see a spike in activity and volunteers. During such events, injuries present more often than disease. Hallucinations and psychological stress syndromes are common aboard the Tranquility and typically do not respond to any form of intervention.

Succession to Chief Medical Officer is largely informal and loosely based on seniority, familiarity with the facility, and other expertise. Nominations or hierarchy to be established.

MEMBERS:
The full roster of medical staff is here, but staff may optionally use the form below to expand their public profile. Surgeons, generalists, magical healers, EMTs and trainees are all welcome!

<b>NAME:</b> your name <b>SERIAL NO.:</b> your serial number, i.e, SCI » ### » ### (<a href="LINK YOUR YOUR IC CONTACT">ic contact</a>) <b>EXPERTISE:</b> a succinct summary on your focus and skillset, and feel free to list any other tasks you might carry out for the Medical department (human relations, filing clerk, etc.)

PROJECTS & CASE STUDIES:
The Medical department are tasked with the following projects. To submit a case file, please comment with the following form:

<b>CASE FILE TITLE:</b> if it is a phenomena, name it whatever best identifies it. if it is a person, list their name and serial no. <b>CASE LEAD(S):</b> your name, and others involved if applicable <b>DESCRIPTION:</b> the case being studied <b>STATUS:</b> please select <b><font color="green">OPEN</font></b> if this is new or currently being researched, or <b><font color="red">CLOSED</font></b> if this is complete <b>CLEARANCE LEVEL:</b> choose between 'Standard' or 'Classified', with 'Classified' implying that only case leads know of its existence, as well as heads of department. stricter classification may apply, and you are welcome to specify this. <b>NOTES:</b> free form. feel free to write observations, or link to relevant threads, or delete this section altogether if you're crazy that way.

OOC:Code credit to forgodssake/Charles Xavier and darkart/Severus Snape

Comments

MEMBERS

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[forsometimenow]

NAME: Dr. Jennifer Keller
SERIAL NO.: SCI » 033 » 081 (ic contact)
EXPERTISE: Neurosurgery, general practice, wound care, some experience with nanites and plague/disease outbreak control and treatment

[pompous_today]

NAME: Dr. Simon Tam
SERIAL NO.: SCI » 034 » 040 (ic contact)
EXPERTISE: Trauma surgeon by trade, extensive knowledge of various drugs and their effects, some experience with field medicine and wound care

[strayed]

NAME: Cora Hale
SERIAL NO.: SCI » 023 » 009 (ic contact)
EXPERTISE: Trainee.

Re: MEMBERS

[atent_dead]

NAME: Esemeralda Weatherwax (Granny)
SERIAL NO.: SCI » 021 » 066 (ic contact)
EXPERTISE: Potions, herbal remedies, low tech injury treatment, magical healing (but more likely to use the previous skills)

[fertilefeet]

NAME: Lúthien
SERIAL NO.: SCI » 027 » 001 (ic contact)
EXPERTISE: Lúthien is a special sparkle half-maia princess who can heal people using what would be considered magic by other races. So let's jsut call it that for the sake of ease. She can heal a great deal of injuries but nothing that is absolutely fatal and she often sings (as a sort of way to focus her powers) to do so. She can also work with herbs and grow some.

[inafadingcrown]

NAME: Galadriel
SERIAL NO.: SCI » 018 » 100 (ic contact)
EXPERTISE: Sparkly elf magic* aided by a power boost from a Ring of Power. And knowledge of herbs and general field medicine. She's probably seen and dealt with more battle related injuries than anything else; elves don't naturally get sick.

*If you ask her, she will say it's not magic, but it might as well be. Think of it as a form of Grace, really. It's more of a healing aid than an instant fix.

[longaevus]

NAME: Helen Magnus
SERIAL NO.: SCI » 036 » 157 (ic contact)
EXPERTISE: Trained at Oxford in 19C (human medicine) and now additionally specialises in xenobiology, cryptozoology and teratology. She has been shown conducting autopsies, delivering abnormals, conducting brain examinations, surgeries and genetic research etcetc

[goodgodman]

NAME: Leonard McCoy
SERIAL NO.: 044 » 181 (ic contact)
EXPERTISE: Physician and Surgeon with a focus in Anatomical & Forensic Pathology and Pediatrics. He has knowledge & practical experience in xenobiology as well. For a year he was CMO on a large exploratory spaceship with 400+ crew members.

[tadashiwashere]

NAME: Tadashi Hamada
SERIAL NO.: 043 » 144 (ic contact)
EXPERTISE: Vague familiarity with a number of medical procedures. Quick ability to learn when instructed. Major level of expertise lies in coding and maintaining robotics or other medical equipment.

CASE FILES

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CASE FILE TITLE: IMAGERY OF STANDARD PASSENGER-ISSUE NANITES (NANOTECH USC-TQ3864-211X)
CASE LEAD(S): William Tsang
DESCRIPTION: Nanites micrographed from multiply sourced blood samples. See attachment.
STATUS: CLOSED
CLEARANCE LEVEL: Standard
NOTES: During Cycle 34, the extraction unit output reported, the program parameters as 'IDENTIFICATION & ACCESS, IMMUNE SYSTEM SUPPORT, HEALTH MAINTENANCE: BASIC, TRANSLATION'

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CASE FILE TITLE: IMAGERY OF CYCLE 24 INVASIVE NANITES (NANOTECH USC-XX9000-091S)
CASE LEAD(S): William Tsang, Rex Salazar
DESCRIPTION: Nanites micrographed from multiply sourced blood samples. See attachment.
STATUS: CLOSED
CLEARANCE LEVEL: Standard
NOTES: Infection syndrome was associated with fever, aches, chills, and unusual appetite and cravings (Stage 1-2) and catastrophic organ failure offset by mutations, such as scales and new appendages (Stage 3). The extraction unit output reported, the program parameters as 'REPLICATION, IMMUNE SYSTEM SUPPORT, HEALTH MAINTENANCE (ADVANCEMENT, ADAPTATION)'

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CASE FILE TITLE: CYCLE 32 RECONNAISSANCE SYNDROME
CASE LEAD(S): William Tsang
DESCRIPTION: Medical investigations into the wide range of symptoms experienced by passengers who returned from Commander Lydia Shepard's reconnaissance mission. These syndromes are being explored with a variety of equipment (e.g., blood tests, neurological tests, of consenting individuals both at rest and also when their symptoms are triggered) in hopes there is a root physical explanation.
STATUS: OPEN
CLEARANCE LEVEL: STANDARD-- identifying information is CLASSIFIED
NOTES: While all reconnaissance volunteers experienced hallucinations of pre-Tranquility settings and persons very similar to the rescuers who ventured into the corridors after them, the volunteers also notably survived 'the white door.' Prior to the white door, all of the individuals sent out distress calls that shared key phrases, suggesting some form of assimilation. As of Jump 35, scanning has shown marked neurological differences within-individual between symptomatic and asymptomatic states, constituted specifically of:

• Increased limbic system activity, indicating emotional distress, which may or may not be incongruous with the individual's actual affect (i.e., they may claim to be happy)
  
• Increased brain system activity, suggesting differences in nervous including central nervous system functioning, etc.
  
• Notably, both areas are responsible for a wide range of functions and integration of function and the increased activity does not constitute a catastrophic (i.e., fatal) difference

To clarify: these changes remit completely during asymptomatic states.

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CASE FILE TITLE: NEUROTRIPTYLINE
CASE LEAD(S): Dr Gallo
DESCRIPTION: Neurotriptyline is a medication currently being taken by passenger --- » 035 » 002 (KIEREN WALKER) with a supply that will last roughly two months. Dr Gallo is working on synthesizing the drug on board.
STATUS: OPEN
CLEARANCE LEVEL: Standard.
NOTES: Designed to stimulate the neurogenesis of glial cells. Side-effects include insomnia, vivid dreaming, nausea, minor convulsions and involuntary recurrent memories. Medication treats a condition of unknown origin wherein individuals who died have been revived but are not physically alive. All known instances of this condition have occurred in individuals who died in the same calendar year, though I believe they are not the sum total of deaths that year.
Attachment: Initial observations, Dr M. Gallo.

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CASE FILE TITLE: RICK GRIMES, --- » 038 » 131
CASE LEAD(S): Dr Gallo.
DESCRIPTION: Ongoing monitoring of infection, investigation towards cure/vaccine.
STATUS: OPEN
CLEARANCE LEVEL: Classified. Heads of department have been informed only that an immuno-deficient patient requires ongoing monitoring under Dr Gallo.
NOTES:

• Rick Grimes goes into quarantine.
  
• Rick Grimes is released from quarantine.
  
• Initial conclusions: disease progression inhibited on board the Tranquility. Immunodeficiency likely a secondary symptom that will lessen as long as the disease remains dormant; monitoring to prove or disprove theory. Dormant state of disease renders infection noncommunicable, and inactive. Only way to be absolutely sure would be to kill patient and see what happens, but 99.9% confident in negligible risk of outbreak having released patient. Although no previous cases of dormant diseases becoming active or otherwise interfered with, cannot guarantee this will not happen and ongoing monitoring must continue in order to stay ahead of an artificially created outbreak.