@nicky.smith

[genova]

The hospitals are severely understaffed at the moment. Anyone who can lend a hand, with or without medical training, meet me.

[ attached: location ping to a hospital. ]

My medical training was decades old even before I woke up in the future. More up to date knowledge would be good, but I can put people to work saving lives regardless.

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@cal.amari

[kinkprofessor]

I have some medical training.
If nothing else, I've operated on a person once or twice in my time as a Xenobiologist.

I'll be there as soon as I can.

[genova]

Then I think you should be in charge of surgery until things return to normal.

[ nicky has absolutely no official authority to decide these matters, but does he care when there are lives to be saved? no.

until such time that someone more qualified comes to take over, he will make these calls. ]

@anonymous

[wrend]

i would help, buut i'm a little stuck

my first aid is pretty up to date tho, if you need any tips

[genova]

Stuck in the safehouse? Welcome, if so.

If I come across things I do not recognise, I will send you pictures.

[kinkprofessor]

[ Is it his birthday? Actual access to medical equipment here to perform surgeries? All the possibilities... ]

While I wouldn't go that far-
I'm not going to argue with you and will do what I can until someone hopefully more capable than me is able to take on the job.

[genova]

[ it's not anyone's birthday. or —it probably is in the literal sense, but not the metaphorical. nothing about this situation is good. ]

That is all I ask. I hope that surgeons and nurses and all will soon return. Until then, people still need help.

[kinkprofessor]

[ 'Good' is subjective anyway, isn't it? One man's misery is another man's joy- Something like that. Either way, he's just happy for the opportunity. ]

Of course, of course.
I'm glad to help but also to be able to put my skills to a bit more use.

@eugene.hicks

[preseance]

（ goddamn he ain't had enough coffee for this so just let him — ）

I'm a trained trauma surgeon, and @ julian.bashir, @ stephen.strange and @ clarke.griffin are all doctors of varying sorts. Let's maybe not be too hasty in letting a fella that's operated on someone in the name of xenobiology at the reins.

（ can nicky feel the thinly-veiled 'are you insane' energy in that statement? because it's. it's there. ）

I'm sure there are folks that will appreciate the help, but this is how we go about doing more harm than good at it. No offense to the helpful Doc in question.

@robert.plant

[righteously]

woah woah woah, let's not get hasty

this ain't a back alley facelift in Tijuana, somebody who doesn't know what they're doing's gonna do ten times more harm than good

hows bout we just prioritize our patients, use our actual docs & healers to keep them stable, reserve the actual surgeons for emergencies

plus, this is the future man. half the surgeries that happen now are done by freakin robots

let's not cut anybody open just yet

[wrend]

be nice if they'd fast track our ids for good behavior

@joe.jones

[malta]

A note, as Nicky is occupied with patients:

Despite Nicolò's modesty, he is not so inexperienced as to put an amateur in charge of operating theatres without thought. The theatres are shuttered right now except for medi-units which anyone can function. The surgeries at hand are non-emergent so they can wait, but someone still needs to be in charge of triaging urgent and non-urgent procedures as the hospital's staff returns.

This is what Nile calls crowdsourcing. When people actually arrive at the hospital to help, which you're all free to do, they will be given positions that befit their skills and abilities.

But please, do continue to tell my husband that his literal centuries of medical experience are not enough, especially if you are not at the hospital.

@robert.plant

[righteously]

The dude said "you're in charge of surgery" to the first rando who wandered in off the street, excuse us for pumping the breaks. Coming in out of the gate talking about how dated your medical training is doesn't exactly inspire a hell of a lot of confidence.

Sorry to piss on your hubby's ego, but nobody here knows his rep except you. Better safe than sorry.

@eugene.hicks

[preseance]

With all due respect, none of that information was presented in his initial post and his omissions — for modesty's sake, or whatever else have you — have not eased my mind on his ability to organize efficiently.

If he wants to take initiative and put himself in a position of assumed authority, it's best he tell folks why we ought to listen. That you have more knowledge and understanding of the situation is not the failing of anyone skeptical about someone we've never spoken to or observed as competent.

Lecture your fella about his approach, not us about our concern.

@nile.freeman

[riskless]

nicky's had plenty of doctor training too, if you woulda bothered to ask instead of just assuming otherwise

@eugene.hicks

[preseance]

I made no such assumption, kindly re-read what I said. I was referring to the doctor of Xenobiology.

[malta]

Hence my clarification on his behalf

[malta]

Hence my clarification on his behalf

[righteously]

alright
good to know, sounds like a swell guy
let's take a nice deep breath and not get our long johns twisted up over asking for a little caution & a rethink on his game plan. nobody's attacking him personally by throwing out alternatives

[preseance]

If you're going to the hospital, I'll see you there.

（ he was already intending to go, so this just accelerates his timetable some. he'll have to give maine a raincheck on that dinner. ）

@clarke.griffin

[strove]

I'm busy with things at Red Wings right now, and Stephen only just got back, but let me know if you need anything. Neither of us are practicing right now. I do have homework and textbooks from my courses because I'm doing a medical degree here, so I'm happy to send any and all of that over. Just say the word.

[Case in point of Clarke being calmer when she's not instigating or accidentally instigating an argument.]

@clarke.griffin | private

[strove]

Gene, during times like this, it's not really a good idea to get caught up in approaches.

[It's not the first time he's done this recently. But this is less personal. Noticing a trend means that she can call it out when it's less about her.]

He wants to help. He didn't make any antagonistic or boisterous claims. You have to keep that in mind.

∞ private

[preseance]

Think you can have arrange to have some food delivered to the hospital? Reckon we might be looking at a long night or two, folks are going to need hot meals.

[strove]

I'm thinking broth and things heavily loaded with herbs. I'll ask Ren to get to work.

[riskless]

i read all of it actually, even the stuff you brought up elsewhere. i do know how to read and i'm pretty good at picking up tone over text. [ hashtag millennial. ]

all i'm saying is your tone was maybe a little less helpful than you intended

@nile.freeman

[riskless]

i have basic first aid, but i dunno how helpful that'll be compared to the people who actually study this shit

probably better than nothing though