CM-SS13 Medical 101

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[b][h2]Medical 101[/h2][/b]

Guidance for those fresh from medschool.
[i]Written by Alice Hekmatyar.[/i]

[h3]What this is?[/h3][/center]
[b]A lot of fresh doctors tend to make some mistakes. But while learning through mistakes is the essence of science, in the case of medical learning first is prefered.

As such, this is to help you perform your very best. It is based on the 10 most common mistakes I have observed doctors do. And I expect you to be aware of all of these things.[/b]

[h3]1. Thou shall not auto the autodoc.[/h3][small]
The autodoc is faster if manually confiqured. So DON'T use automatic. Not to mention that autodoc can enter an infinite loop when trying to heal brute damage before IB. Its AI is pretty stupid.
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[h3]2. Thou shall fix ruptured lungs properly.[/h3][small]
Patients with a lung rupture obviously can't breathe. So hooking them to the surgical table is not enough. Use anethetic injectors or administer soporific and/or oxycodone through a syringe until you have mended the lungs. Soporific is countered by dylovene, so oxycodone is needed if they have dylovene in them. Dylovene can also be used to wake the patient up faster.
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[h3]3. Thou shall triage properly.[/h3][small]
Whether it's red or orange is not for how hurt they are. It's for whether they should be taken into surgery sooner than others.

Red triage is for urgent patients, and should treated as soon as possible. Heavy organ damage, shrapnel, IB.

Orange triage is for patients that can wait, won't die untreated and can move around. It's best to treat the ones than can be done the fastest first, so that marines won't queue up as fast. Taking orange through autodoc when all rooms are in use is the best way to do this.

Always treat red triage before orange, unless in the case of section 4 or because it's a high ranked marine that needs to get be treated sooner.
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[h3]4. To autodoc or not to autodoc.[/h3][small]
The autodoc does some things faster than a surgeon, and some things slower. Generally, having the autodoc pump through orange triage helps clear the queue faster. Here's what should preferable be done in the autodoc:

[b]Autodoc:[/b]
[list][*]Organ damage or shrapnel and no broken bones. Autodoc does this faster because it does not have to open and mend the ribcage. Basically less steps.
[*]Five or more broken body parts. Unless you're an experienced surgeon that's good at performing multiple surgeries at the same time.
[*]Only one or two broken bones and nothing else.
[*]Extreme toxin damage. The autodoc has a function for removing toxin damage (Toxic damage chelation) which is the fastest way to remove toxin damage.

Don't forget to do a blood transfer first if the toxin damage is caused by extreme blood loss. And likewise if it's organ damage or necrosis.
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[b]Do not Autodoc:[/b]
[list][*]Missing limbs. Autodocs does not have a lot of metal in it. If you do this make sure the autodoc still has metal in it.
[*]If it's all in the same bodypart. Surgeons can do this faster in one sweep. Especially with the chest.
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[h3]5. Thou shall clear infections fast.[/h3][small]
The most secret trick in the book. Opening an incision (if not already open) and cauterizing will clear interior infections if they have yet to start necrosis. But if they have IB, clear that before cauterizing and clean the outside with a trauma kit or this will not work.

Exterior infections should still be treated with an advanced trauma kit.
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[h3]6. Thou shall not forget splints.[/h3][small]
While splints are removed during incisions, don't forget to remove the splints that's placed on undamaged bodyparts.
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[h3]7. Thou shall cryo unstable patients[/h3][small]
When heavy injured arrive, put them in cryocells before surgery. We don't want doctors to waste their time using defibrilators mid surgery. But remember that armor and heat absorbent coifs weaken the effect of cryo. But don't forget about the cryo'd patients.

Cryo is also very effective at removing toxin damage, which is the most common mid surgery death cause.
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[h3]8. Thou shall not use shutters[/h3][small]
I try to overwatch medbay as much as possible. So to keep an eye on the status of each surgery I want shutters to be open unless code red is active.
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[h3]9. Thou shall be sterile[/h3][small]
Make sure to put out any smokes the patient may be chewing on before surgery. Remember to clean the surgery room and yourself after surgery.
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[h3]10. Thou shall be prepared[/h3][small]
Brain and eye damage is very common, so always carry a bottle of Alkysine and Imidazoline on you. And I also recommend soporific and oxycodone or anethetic injectors as mentioned in sectioned 2.
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