video: still not that kind of doctor

[zen_en_vert]

Tomorrow afternoon, we're hosting a class on the clinic on how to stabilize an injured person and then safely move the body, in an environment where the dead come back to life and where there's no serious expectation of sophisticated medical care.

It's going to be utilitarian and potentially grimly upsetting, but I suggest anyone with any kind of a stomach for it come to the clinic for noon. If you're conservative about touch, please bring a partner who you trust to manhandle you in body-lifting exercises. Of course you're welcome to opt out of that portion of the day, if need be.

Please bring donations of any medical supplies, if you can.

If you're new to Hadriel in the last couple of months, I'm Doctor Banner, I'm one of the clinic volunteers. I'm not technically a medical doctor, but since we lost Doctor Pierce, beggars can't be choosers. We've already covered wound care, risk of infection, and stitches and suturing. I'm happy to link you to that material, go over any of it in person, or continue stitching lessons for anyone who needs a refresher. If you'd like to see about volunteering in the clinic, please speak to me here, or get in contact with Kate- she's considerably more organized and better about the follow-through than I am.

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permavoice.

[torrefied]

What kind of doctor are you, then?

[zen_en_vert]

I'm a physicist, actually.

[torrefied]

That seems pretty far on the other side of science from medicine. What qualifies you to run a clinic?

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[closerift]

I think I ought to learn a few more skills in healing than I have, but you're a busy man. I wouldn't take any of your time for it.

[ ... ]

I will come to your lecture, though. It does sound like a good idea, considering.

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[zen_en_vert]

Cups of tea with quiet friends are what get us through times like these. Please come here as often as you like.

[He says, rather more sincerely than he means to, but after such a month, so many burn treatments-]

permavid

[inappropriatelaughter]

"The dead come back to life?" What, like, all of them?

[zen_en_vert]

No, not all of them. Some of us die permanently.

Some of us, on the other hand, are resurrected by the gods that brought us here.

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[thechoiceisyours]

[One one hand, the warnings Bruce has added onto this announcement are a little concerning, but on the other... It was only a few weeks ago that this would've been very practical, and as usual for Chris pragmatism outweighs apprehension.]

I'll see if I can find anything useful to bring, but I'll be there either way.

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[dedikated]

Burn ointment would be great. [ not for the course. Just in general. The fireflies have caused a massive depletion in the stash.

Or coffee u kno ]

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[zen_en_vert]

We are definitely low on burn ointment.

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[dedikated]

[ She's just going to sit out of shot and watch this post, k ]

That's my job. [ Someone has to keep this place running in the face of constant insanity. ]

[zen_en_vert]

To my unending relief.

[He agrees, glancing up from explaining death here, and smiling.]

This is grim- if we had a patient come in here tomorrow with a shattered leg- the kind of thing that'd mean surgeries, pins, x-rays, and months of suspension and then physio... I think I'd honestly just up their morphine dose to a humane point at let them come back through Hope.

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[unfollowing]

[It's probably a good idea to make peace with the med staff, so...]

i can serve coffee

i just want to watch, though. your lesson, i mean. gotta staff the coffee cart and all of that

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[zen_en_vert]

Sure, I'm sure people will appreciate it. Do you know where the clinic is?

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[dedikated]

Good. It's way better than the tea here.

[ Waterfalling anime tears would go here if it wasn't Kate. ]

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[strangelic]

[ What, you mean volunteer to heal the dying and help conserve medical supplies for when they're really needed?





Nope. ]

Sometimes it's simply better to let nature take its course. The maggots of some species of fly provide some protection against infection, as well as cleaning the wound. I could show you which ones to look for.

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[zen_en_vert]

[He has a few words for Kate about this person and their day to day in-touchness with reality, before he manages to reconnect the feed and answer politely;]

Our access to antibiotics isn't so limited that this is where I think we should turn, but I will keep it in mind if things get worse, thank you.

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[zen_en_vert]

Almost none, actually. People haven't come in with that- they usually die in the field. But I hear reports.

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[whichend]

You're holding an entire class to show people how to put an injured person on a horse?

[ Granted, sometimes the injured person falls off the horse, but honestly, that's their problem. ]

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[zen_en_vert]

There aren't any horses in Hadriel, young lady.

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[hotspurred]

Naturally, I will be there. I shall encourage the rest of the guard to attend too.

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[dedikated]

We'll see you there.

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[kickingand]

These're the kind of classes summer camp should actually be made of.

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[zen_en_vert]

This is like that, but with much more utilitarian and dubious ethical practices.