"The Doc's take good care of you, that is what it comes down too ... and without them we would all be in a lot of trouble. As far away from the nearest Starbase as the Apache often is, without a sickbay and top flight physicians to man it, we would be in a world of hurt." "Now how about we see what the Engineers have cooking down in the bowels of the Apache. Next stop, Main Engineering, deck 13..." |
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Medical department onboard the USS Apache is charged with providing health care to the
ship's company and all attached personnel. The extended nature of many starship voyages as
well as the hazardous nature of Starfleet duty can make this a considerable challenge.
Additionally, the diverse range of lifeforms both in Starfleet as well as on various
destination planets dramatically increases the scope of the task.The Medical department, under the direction of the Chief Medical Officer, is principally located in two sickbay facilities on Deck 9. The primary facility, located on the port side of the ship, consists of two medical intensive-care wards, an attached laboratory, the CMO's office, and a small nursery. The second facility, located on the starboard side of Deck 9, is similar to the primary sickbay but features two dedicated surgery suites, a physical therapy facility, a nursery, and a null-grav therapy ward. Adjacent to the second facility is a dental care office and a full biohazard isolation unit.
In a large-scale medical emergency situation, all three shuttlebays can be converted to medium and intensive-care hospital facilities using quick-deploy emergency hospital modules. Additionally, lesser numbers of overflow patients can be handled by conversion of guest quarters on Decks 12 and 13 to medical intensive-care units. |
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"Thankfully
things in sickbay, on deck 9, are pretty quiet right now. Not my most favorite place
to be, but the Doc's do take good care of you. More than once, while I was serving
on Starships, I found myself in need of the services you can only get here."
These
facilities provide the medical staff with an impressive complement of tools with which to
handle an extraordinary range of medical problems for both known and presently unknown
species. Capabilities include a fully equipped medical laboratory with advanced bioassay
and lifeform analysis hardware. Also available are nanotherapy, genetic sequence, and
virotherapeutic equipment. Medical lab capabilities can be bolstered by employing the lab
services of one or more shipboard science departments.