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[sulfa]

This is Wade. Doc Hicks and I wanted to put the word out that anyone who needs medical attention now or in the future can find one of us - I'm in Room 310 and Gene's camped out by the bonfire. We're in the process of establishing a clinic in the chapel vestry for the sick and injured. If you have any information on new medical developments from your time or have any medications from the future, please share them.

And lastly: if you go out into the woods, bring one of us along. That's what we're here for.

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@washington

[hardwearing]

[ Wash wasn't going to respond, just file the information away, but after seeing Gene's addendum... ]

I'm out of meds and biofoam but I can do first aid. And even if I'm not great at it yet, I did learn a healing spell from a friend in the last place I was trapped. It's probably better for small stuff until I get more practice in.

[ Let's be real, there are going to be injuries to practice on. ]

@hicks;

[preseance]

If you think 'biofoam' would be useful to have, we can consider asking Rastus for it.

( he can sort of... infer what manner of medicine it's meant to be, but wash is military an' gene trusts to that. wound stabilization in the future is bound to be better than what they've got. )

Does your healing spell work on internal injuries (such as soft tissue injuries) or is it better suited to external injuries such as cuts and scrapes?

[hardwearing]

Biofoam is always useful, but it's temporary. It'll start to break down after a few hours so if you're not running a healing unit it's really just meant as a quick fix until you can get to a medic. Or stabilize someone really seriously injured to transport them.

I've only ever used the spell on injuries I could see -- bruises and cuts. One time I did it on a more serious wound and was only able to stop the bleeding, not close the skin myself, and the guy who finished the job said I just needed more practice. And a few days ago I tried it on a sprained ankle and it didn't completely fix it, but magic seems dampened here. I still thought it was worth mentioning.

[preseance]

It sounds like it'd be useful for stabilization if nothing else. I'll see about getting some in. Do you know the medical components in it? In case Rastus doesn't recognize its commercial name?

I see. Well, if you want the experience Wade and I can call you if we get something that seems to be within your skillset that won't be overwhelming.

( they won't always have the luxury, but. he knows just enough of wash to think that he's damn tired of the war an' the fightin', and gene doesn't want to put more on him than he can handle. lord, if the man were in his care gene would've insisted he take furlough by now. )

[hardwearing]

It's compressed polyethyltriphosphate. The commercial name is actually Optican, if that helps.

I feel like it goes without saying that I don't want anyone to get hurt in the first place, but also I do want to get better at it so... sure. Honestly, whatever you need help with is fine, I need more to do around here.

[ Wash doesn't know how to be idle. He just doesn't. A break from fighting is fine, but he needs to be occupied, please help him. ]

[preseance]

( lord, what a word. gene is grateful that the text-to-speech app seems to know how to pronounce it, because if he'd had to try and decipher that many letters on paper he'd go damn cross-eyed.

he says it to himself a couple times just so's it rolls off the tongue smooth. )

That's fair. How are your carpentry skills?

[hardwearing]

Nonexistent. I did help rebuild a clinic once but that was mostly carrying heavy things around for everyone else.
I follow instructions very well?
There just isn't really much made of wood in my time.

[preseance]

All right, then I might have a job for you. I've been putting together simple mattress frames for the clinic, the pews would work in a pinch but long-term treatment we'd have our hands full with pressure sores. Easier to maneuver a patient on a bed. Do you think you could help with that? I can show you how, I was a carpenter before the war.

[hardwearing]

I should be able to handle that. Where do you plan on getting mattresses, though? I haven't really seen enough materials around to make them from scratch.

[preseance]

Moss, pine-needles, leaves, anything we can scrape off the forest floor will work until we can get something more permanent. I just don't want to leave anything to chance.

( the silence an' calm should be an easy thing to bear, but. all he can think about is bein' shelled an' not having the bodies to treat the injured. )