Emergency Medical Situations, Wednesday, Period 1

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Buckle up, kids. Dr. McCoy had a gross one today.

The Danger Shop was well-lit and had some flat surfaces. Inactive blank-eyed practice people sat at each one.
"Today's stitches. You'll be actually stitching up an arm wound, so the faint of heart beware. Though I don't think you'd still be in this class if you didn't have the stomach."

He used one of the practice people himself to demonstrate. They had a cut on the back of their arm. He showed the class how to clean it, and how to insert a needle into the subdermal layer, maneuvering it back out to the other side as a holding stitch. After going across the wound, he showed them how to create diagonal stitches zigzagging back across, and then how to tie it off.

"Cleaning it out is the most important part--use disinfectant, if available in a med kit, and never seal a foreign object under the skin. Partner up, give each other a hand. All your patients should be programmed to have similar wounds, so it will look a lot like what I just did. Steady hands are key."

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Bloodily.

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Cecil Gershwin Palmer

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Bay Madeline Kennish

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Cade

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Mercy Thompson

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Billy Kaplan

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Listen to the Lecture

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And watch the demonstration.

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Cecil watched with interest. He knew how to do the basics, of course, but it never hurt to learn a new technique.

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With the gash on her hand, Bay had gotten a nice personal education on this stuff in the last month. It was much easier to watch the demonstration now that she wasn't squeamish.

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This was nothing compared to what someone looked like after a werewolf attack. Even a planned one, like when people presented themselves for the attempt to become a werewolf.

Class Activity: Stitches

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Partner up and stitch up those cuts.

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Cecil perched on a table with a programmed person and waited for a partner.

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"Have you ever done this before?" Cade asked. "We don't normally use thread back home."

Kark, this planet was primitive.

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"Oh, yes." Cecil nodded. "I have my first-aid surgical scout's badge, even. It's important to be prepared! And it doesn't have to be thread. You can use plastic wire, or entrails, or all sorts of stuff. What do you use back home?"

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"Bacta," Cade said. "Um, think of it as magic blue stuff. It heals most wounds without major scarring if you get it seen to fast enough." He pointed to a scar on his arm. "Of course, if your employer's a cheap karking asshole, you get a scar."

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"Neat! And ugh. Employers, right?" Cecil rolled his eyes. "Mine are pretty hands - or whatever - off, but some people...

All told, Station Management wasn't that bad when they were staying in their office.

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"Exactly," Cade said, waving over one of their test subjects. "I'm looking for a different job when I go back home."

If you could really call "piracy" a job, Cade.

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"Medicine?" Cecil asked, getting a needle ready. "Or was this just to get tips if you're out of that bacta?"

Talk To Mercy

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If she's here.

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Mercy was here. Quiet and subdued (and late), but here.

Talk to McCoy

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Who will be available in case something starts bleeding even harder.

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"Um. Hi, Doctor McCoy." Cecil gave a little wave. He had to do that a lot this week. "I'd like to apologize for missing class the last few weeks. I was an adult, and didn't know I was supposed to come. Is there any sort of make-up work I need to do?"

OOC

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I have nothing clever or cute to contribute; here's a puppy.