fandomhigh | Hero Management- Monday- Period 3- Class #6

Once again class was held in the Danger Shop today, which looked a bit like the clinic. Not exactly like it, but it had the same clinc-y feel to it. There were also supplies set out, so the students could probably figure out what they were doing today.

"We've gone over how to prepare, how to try and talk the hero out of doing something stupid or at least pointing out flaws in their plan, and it's always possible that despite your best efforts, something will go wrong. Most commonly, these things will be injuries. Hopefully it's nothing more than simple scrapes and bruises, but broken bones might happen, or a person might be knocked unconscious, and someone has to know what to do in a case like that," said Hermione, who began passing out a series of handouts. "Conditions might not always be ordeal, so you might not have proper supplies or time to treat something properly, in which case you may have to improvise. And for today's class, let's ignore that you might be able to heal something with powers, or with spells or potions. What I'm giving you now is just basic information, and I'm not a professional. If you can take a first aid class, I recommend it. There's no such thing as being too prepared. I also want to state that if an injury does occur, as soon as you can get proper medical attention, do so. Don't try to hide any injuries because you might get into trouble. Better punished than sorry.

"If someone is injured, stay calm. It might be difficult, especially if there's blood involved, or if the injury is otherwise... unpleasant somehow," she said carefully. "Check for responsiveness, and make sure you're treating the right thing. If someone is still breathing, there's no need to try CPR on them, for instance, not even if you saw them do it that way on television. Now, I want you to go over the information you've been given, and then I'm going to have you pair up to practice making a splint. You have the handout and can use the available supplies, and I'm here if you have any questions."

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"I have paid attention in case such a time does come, though it is not likely," Raven said. The times she had been unable to heal someone, a split would not have been helpful. And despite her past failures, she still had her Pride.

"Oh, you've seen this done before," Scully said, carefully placing Raven's arm on the splint stick, and reaching for bandages to tightly wrap around her forearm. A little more subdued, she said, "It's good to know what you can do, just in case."

"We have studied first aid at the Magic Reserves," Raven said with a nod. "And I have seen some of the skills demonstrated in real-life situations." Not that she'd been paying a lot of attention in Agio, though.

Scully taped the bandages down, then sat back to inspect her work a moment, eyes going back up to Raven. "If I can ask a personal question-- are you going to go to medical school, or get further training for your gifts?"

"I had not considered such a thing as medical school," Raven said. "Would it not be considered cheating to use my skills to pass tests? I have sought to increase my skills in many other areas, but since Azar's death, there has been no one to teach me more of healing."

Scully held out her hand to be splinted, thinking. "No, I don't think so. For one thing, you'd be able to use your gifts more efficiently, if you knew more of the details about how the body heals itself. What order things are healed in. You could also help more people-- maybe not healing them all the way, but helping those most in need, or who would otherwise need excessive pain management, for instance. It would mean a great deal of studying."

Raven gently placed the split stick against Dana's arm. "But it is simpler and faster for me to heal the sick or injured with my gifts," she said. "It is rare that there is something I cannot heal. Why should I allow someone to suffer when I can take their pain away?"

"More as a questions of quantity, vs. quality, really." Scully paused. "Could you heal 200 people in a day, without becoming exhausted, for instance? And if you did, how much attention would that draw to you?"

"I can be overwhelmed," Raven said reluctantly. She'd pushed herself too hard in Agio and almost paid the price there. "But such situations are very rare."

"Granted," Scully said, watching her hand instead of Raven's face. "But... I didn't like watching you hurt yourself for Triela. Or Karla doing the same thing. I think knowing more would help." She added, "But it is a huge commitment. And I don't know how much you like school in the first place."

"I will have a year between when I graduate and when Karla does," Raven said as she wrapped the bandages around Dana's arm. "That is not much time to learn the ways of medicine. And the pain I feel when I heal, it is a price I am willing to pay, I have told you that. I accept it."

"No, it isn't," Scully had to admit, then said, curious, "You're going to Karla's world when she graduates? I don't think I knew that."

"She asked me to be her Court Healer some time ago," Raven said as she finished the splint. She was having some doubts about that path now, given what she'd seen of the future. And there was Jono to consider as well, though teleporting made that such a huge issue.

Scully nodded slowly, thinking. "They can probably train you in their traditions there, anyway. It's not all about the physical healing." She suddenly smiled wryly. "Or I would be working in a hospital somewhere, not doing research on causes of death."

"That is an unpleasant thing to study," Raven said, unable to hide a frown.

"It is, but it's fascinating, too," Scully said, unfazed. "And necessary. Both for stopping the spread of disease, and catching criminals. It's more impersonal, but... I'm good at science."

"Catching criminals?" Raven said, suppressing a shudder at the thought of examining a dead body. "You mean by determining how someone died?"

"And when, and where, if the body was moved, who might have touched it-- there's many many factors," Scully said, gesturing with her splinted fingers, then blinking at them.

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