User:Piccione

Guide to medicine

On the Endeavour, there will be many, many things that want to make you and everyone you care about dead. Here, you'll learn about the secret art of helping people flip off the Grim Reaper.

Phase 1:Diagnostics

Before you can start healing people, you first need to know exactly what needs to be healed. Depending on your Job and Skills, there are various ways you can do this:

• Observing: You can examine people by either Shift+Clicking them, or right-clicking them and clicking "Examine". This will tell you if they're bleeding, if they have any open or non-bandaged wounds, and if they have burns that need to be salved. You can also look if they're Vomiting (Caused by Poisoning and Radiation), Balding/Sloughing off Skin (Radiation), or Gasping (Oxygen Loss, Pierced Lung.) Psionics with the Redaction Faculty can also use their Skinsight power by touching someone on help intent.
• Grab-Examining: You can grab someone using the Grab Intent, and then use the Grab on them on Help Intent to examine the limb you grabbed closely. This will tell you if they're suffering from Ailments, Arterial Bleeds, or Broken Bones. Doing this on the patient's head will also tell you if they have Cyrrosis (Caused by Liver Damage) or Blue Lips(Caused by Oxygen Loss).
• Health Analyzer:Just click on someone to use this. You need a Medicine Skill of Basic or higher to use it properly. (Insert image of scanner readout here.) You can also use it in-hand to read the last scan you made, and even print it. Let's break down the information the Health Analyzer gives you:
  • Brain Activity:The healthiness of the brain. It has 6 states:Normal, Minor Brain Damage, Weak, Extremely Weak, Fading, and Dead. Once it reaches Dead, the Brain (and by extension the person) is dead. Brain damage is caused by Oxygen Loss (Caused by Blood Loss,Pierced Lungs, or Lack of Breathable Oxygen) and Toxins.
  • Pulse Rate: The BPM of the Heart. Normal rate flucutates in the 60-80 range. Higher Heartrate can indicate Severe Pain, which can lead to cardiac arrest, or Heart Damage.
  • Blood Pressure and Oxygenation:Blood Pressure is a rough estimate of how much blood the heart is pumping around a person, with normal values fluctuating around 120/90, with lower values indicating Heart Damage, Blood Loss, and/or Cardiac Arrest. Blood Oxygenation gives you a percentage of oxygen the blood is transporting to the brain. If it reaches 85% or lower, the Brain starts dying, faster as it goes down. Low Blood Oxygenation is caused by Oxygen Loss and/or low Blood Pressure.
  • Body Temperature:The temperature of the body. Normal Temperature is at around 36.95 C per Humans (unless they wear prosthetic limbs, which raise the normal temperature by a few degrees), and at 20 C per Unathi. Higher Temperatures can indicate an Infection.
  • Radiation:How much Radiation Exposure a person has suffered.
  • Specific Limb Damage:Tells is you which limbs suffered Traumatic Injuries, Burns, or are Bleeding. It also tells you if a person has Broken Bones or Bleeding Arteries, but it doesn't specify where. If a person's limb has Irreparable Traumatic Injuries or Burns, it means that limb will always have Arterial Bleeding and will have to be Amputated.
  • Reagent Scan: What Chemicals a person has flowing through their Blood or in their Stomach.
• Body Scanner:These are stationary scanners that you can find in the Infirmary, in the Perseverance, and in the Spirit. You need a Medicine Skill of Experienced or Higher to use them correctly. They give you more info than the Health Analyzer.(Insert image of Body Scan here.). You can use the Push Scan to Display button to make the scan appear on a screen above the Operating Tables. Let's break down the extra information the Body Scanner gives you:
  • Blood Volume:How much blood is inside a person.
  • Oxygen Deprivation:The severity of a person's Oxygen Deprivation.
  • Genetic Tissue Damage:The severity of a person's Genetic Tissue Damage, which is caused by either Slimes or Radiation Exposure.
  • Antibody Levels:A person's immune system. Lower levels can be a sign of Infection.
  • Body Status:Location of Arterial Bleeds, Broken Bones, Extraneous Objects (such as Bullet Shrapnel), and Infections on Limbs, as well as the Health of Organs, and whethever they're Decaying or Necrotic. A Necrotic Organ will have to be replaced. Here's what each organ does:
    • Brain:What makes a person a person. If it dies, the person is dead.
    • Stomach:
    • Lungs:Allows a person to breathe oxygen. A damaged lung will cause Oxygen Deprivation.
    • Liver:Protects the person from Toxins. A sufficiently damaged liver will release Ammonia in the Bloodstream, damaging all other organs.
    • Kidneys:Helps a person process liquids. A person with damaged kidneys will have toxins in the bloodstream if they drink anything.
    • Heart:Pumps blood through the body. A person with a damaged Heart will have a lower Blood Pressure, and could even go in Cardiac Arrest.
    • Appendix:Serves no purpose. Sometimes it suffers appendicitis, and will have to be removed.
    • Eyeballs:Allows a person to see. A person with damaged eyeballs will have difficulty seeing, and will eventually go blind.