Positions Guide

This guide includes information for the positions of Chief Medical Officer and Xenobiologist.

Chief Medical Officer

Simming

This is a guide on how to successfully sim the position of CMO on a Federation Starship.

The Chief Medical Officer is the person responsible for all things medical that goes on aboard a starship during missions. This could be a large role in missions that involves natural disasters, battles, and any other scenario in which people on your ship or aliens get wounded. The Federation is a system of many different worlds. This means that medical officers frequently well versed in other cultures because they are used to dealing with patients of other species.

In these situations you will mostly be located in your sickbay but you can also provide medical care on the battlefield, on alien worlds or on other locations on your vessel. You do not need to know correct medical terms although knowing what you talk about in some degree is helpful. Simming however involves your imagination and that goes for medical roles too. Invent medicines or tools as you need them and especially with aliens you can't go wrong with physiology because you can make it up as you go. Medical Tricorders can be used to diagnose problems. Surgery is designed to be as non-invasive. Most minor (non-life threatening) conditions can be fixed by accelerating the healing process and most illnesses can be handled by medication that is injected with hyposprays.

A CMO will always make his patients a top priority and this gives you opportunity to make for interesting story lines. You could treat an enemy even if your crew objects or are hesitant to take an alien aboard, you can keep crew in sickbay for medical reasons even if they don't want to etc. Be careful though not to abuse this, keeping the CEO in sickbay while your captain desperately needs him might cause friction, and keeping someone in sickbay too long will make that characters simming dull. Always check with either another player and/or your captain as to how far you can go.

A log or record of your crew's medical history can be helpful in determining future treatment. These logs may include out of Sim treatments and experiments, as well as supporting information of in Sim occurrences.

A CMO will often be the person who stresses morality and ethics in staff meetings, pointing out if actions go against humanitarian concerns.

Now, there may also be missions in which there are no scores of wounded people, like in a diplomatic mission or during quiet times before and after missions. This doesn't mean that your character cannot post anymore. You can post about your other duties in sickbay, do research or treat a non-role-playing character (that is someone not played by another player but rather a character you make up and use until you don't need them anymore). you can also treat one of the regular player's characters for minor things like a cut or a broken bone but you might want to inform with that player first. Remember never to kill a player's character, or have them too severely wounded, without that player's permission. NPC characters however can be killed on your operating table at will.

There is one final peculiarity with the role of CMO and that is the fact that you outrank even your captain on medical issues. If your captain is unfit to carry out his duties for medical reasons you have the power to relieve him of command. This could make for very interesting story lines but again, be sure to discuss it with your captain first as he may not want to go in that direction. If he agrees however, you could collaborate with your captain to make an interesting plot.

Having said all that and there still isn't a medical thing you can post about for whatever reason, remember that even the ship's doctor is a person, meaning you can post about anything that happens to you outside your duties. You can post about spending time in the holodeck doing whatever recreation your character likes, you can interact socially with other characters outside your duties as CMO or you can post about your personal live, a past experience you dream about, dealing with a friend or relative. Being a doctor does not limit you to medical posts, but these are your priorities should the story line require it. You can't be on the holodeck for instance while your shipmates are rescuing scores of people hurt in an earthquake on some alien world.

Have fun with your character and don't hesitate to move the story along.

Xenobiologist

Xenobiology is the study of alien biology. A good Medical officer should be ready to handle injuries of non-human or even non-humanoid races at any time. The best Xenobiologists will be experts in foreign culture as well as their medical requirements. They might also be required to do research to help solve medical or other problems that might be occuring. They can also be a good candidate for away missions in places where the culture is unknown since they might be expected to understand it slightly better than other officers without their background

Equipment

ALPHA-WAVE INDUCER: Induces sleep by increasing the alpha wave frequency to the brain.

AUTOSUTURE: Closes open wounds via a dermal stitching process.

BARISTATIC FILTER: Purifies planetary atmosphere by removing toxins and pollutants.

BIO-BED: A medical intensive care unit that consists of an orthopedically designed bed, gas and liquid connect points, and an overhead medical sensor cluster.

BIOGENERATIVE FIELD: Accelerates the dermal cell growth, increasing the rate of healing to a wound. Utilized after a wound is closed.

BIOPLAST SHEETING: Outer covering of an android, similar to the epidermal layer of a humanoid.

CARDIOSTIMULATOR: Used to resuscitate a patient suffering from cardiac arrest.

CELLULAR SUTURES: Repairs internal organs at the cellular level.

COAGULATION ACTIVATOR: Promotes the coagulation of blood to a wound.

CORTICAL STIMULATOR: Stimulates the synaptic pathways, reviving a patient with neural trauma.

DERMAL REGENERATOR: Hand held device that utilizes a Biogenerative field to accelerate tissue growth.

DETRONAL SCANNER: Reads and encodes DNA patterns from organic tissue.

ELECTROPHORETIC DIFFUSER: Purges tetryon isotopes.

EXOSCALPEL: Surgical device that incises the dermal layers via a highly focused plasma beam.

HYPERENCEPHALOGRAM: Measures and records brain wave activity.

HYPOSPRAY: Administers medications via a high velocity/low volume stream forced through the dermal layers. Inter-changeable vials allow for easy and quick changes of medications.

INHIBITOR FIELD: Slows the metabolic functions down, effectively slowing the effects of various diseases.

ISOBORAMINE: A neurotransmitter that mediates the synaptic functions between host and symbiont. If levels drop below 40 percent the symbiont must be transferred to another host. Decreased synaptic functions between host and symbiont could lead to hallucinations.

MEDICAL QUARANTINE FIELD: Force field that isolates potentially hazardous biological specimens.

MEDICAL TRICORDER: A medical specific sensor and analysis device, set up as a standard tricorder with an additional medical peripheral device (MP) to monitor biofunctions. The design allows for easy integration and data swapping capabilities between the Tricorder, the MP, and a Star Fleet Computer System.

MEDICAL OFFICER FIELD KIT: Small carrying case that includes:

Medical Tricorder
Hypospray w/ Vials
Dermal Regenerator
Cardio stimulator
Trauma Bandages
Selected Medications

MICROTOME: Slices thin sections or organic tissue for analysis.

MOTOR ASSIST BANDS: Straps that supply electrical stimulation to the neurological and muscular systems, allowing for the 'retraining' of damaged muscles.

NEO-ANALYPTIC TRANSMITTERS: Devices to apply neuromuscular adaptation.

NEURAL CORTICAL PROBE: Stimulates the growth of neural synapses.

NEURAL MODULATOR: Remodulates faulty neural impulses that cause "kinked" nerves.

NEURAL IMAGING SCANNER: Scans the acuity of the brain, neural and synaptic pathways, and the visual cortex, creating a diagnostic display for evaluation.

NEURAL STIMULATOR: Increases neural activity to the central nervous system, basically 'zapping' the neural network.

NEURAL TRANSDUCER: Implanted bioelectric devices that receive neural impulses from he brain and transmit to non-receptive voluntary muscle groups.

NEURAL LINK: Emergency medical device allowing for the support of a failing nervous system from a healthy nervous system.

OSTEOGENIC STIMULATOR: Device to treat cranial trauma’s.

PHORETIC ANALYZER: Measures electric charges in a non-organic sample.

PHYSIOSTIMULATOR: Elevates the metabolic functions of an impaired patient.

PLASMA INFUSION UNIT: Dispenses additional plasma, as well as required fluid and electrolytes via the Surgical Support Frame.

POSOTRON EMMISION SENSOR: Detects positronic activity in the brain tissue.

PROTODYNOPLASER: Stabilizes the immune system.

PULMONARY SCANNER: Monitors blood viscosity, blood oxygen content, and various pulmonary readings.

PARTENOGENIC IMPLANT: Artificial device surgically implanted to take the place of a damaged organ.

PRESSER: Medical instrument used to stop blood flow.

SOMNETIC INDUCER: Similar to the ALPHA WAVE INDUCER

STASIS UNIT: Provides a state of suspended animation in the event proper care is unavailable.

SONIC SEPERATOR: Separates tissue into fine bundles.

SURGICAL SUPPORT FRAME: Creates a stable and sterile environment utilized for surgical procedures.

T-CELL STIMULATOR: Increases the production of T-Cells, enabling the body to naturally fight of disease and infection.

TISSUE MITIGATOR: Repairs less serious tissue injuries, such as scrapes, 1st degree burns, and bruises.

TRANSPORTER BIOFILTER: Sub system of the transporter that scans incoming transport patterns, detecting harmful organisms.

Medication

ACINOLYATHIN: Painkiller used for muscle spasms.

ACETYLCHOLINE: is a biochemical substance, a neurotransmitter that promotes the propagation of electrical impulses from one nerve cell to another in carbon-based life.

ANESTHEZINE: general anesthetic used successfully by security personnel to subdue intruders. Better anesthetics exist for surgical purposes, but it may be used in emergency cases.

BENJUSIDRINE: is a drug prescribed for Vulcans with heart conditions.

BENZOCYATZINE: medication to treat low isoboramine levels in Trills.

BIOMEMETIC GEL: Medical substance, sale is prohibited by Federation law. Attempting to obtain it is a felony (presumably unless one is a M.D.) Can be used to make biogenic weapons, to conduct illegal replication experiments, or to develop organic explosives.

CHLOROMYDRIDE: Cardio stimulatory drug used on unconscious or stunned patients.

CORDALINE: drug to revive a stunned or unconscious patient.

COROPHIZINE: is an antibiotic given to patience to prevent secondary infection from critical illnesses due to the APHASIA VIRUS

CORDRAZINE: Cordrazine is a powerful and addictive stimulant used to treat serious electrical burns, and also known to revive a stunned or unconscious patient.

Overdose Treatment: Kayolene can be administered to sedate the patient, till the overdose diffuses out of the bodies system naturally (6 hrs). Overdose can be diagnosed from episodes of delusional paranoia.

DELACTOVINE: Systemic stimulant drug, used to stimulate the nervous system of the patient.

DERMATIRAELIAN PLASTICINE: Medication used to maintain skin elasticity after cosmetic surgery.

DEXALIN: Medication used to treat oxygen deprivation.

DYLAMADON: Euthanasia Drug used by some humanoid patients. Deadly and painless

FORMAZINE: Stimulant drug similar to Delactovine

FELICIUM: Narcotic, once used to cure a lethal plague, but addictive side effects continue long afterwards.

HYRONALYN: Medication used for the treatment of radiation sickness. Can be administered ship wide, through the environmental control systems as an airborne solution.

HYTRITIUM: a highly unstable substance used to neutralize poisonous tricyanate: Pure hytritium is too unstable to convey by transporter.

IMMUNOSUPPRESSANT: Drugs used to suppress the immunity system in a subject, thus reducing organ rejection. Handy for that trill emergency operation.

INAPROVALINE: Cardio stimulatory drug used to stabilize a patient’s condition.

KAYOLENE: Medical drug used as a sedative.

KELOTANE: Medical drug used to treat radiation burns and sickness.

LEPORAZINE: general resuscitative drug.

LEXORIN: Medication used to counteract mental disorientation resulting as a side effect of carrying a Vulcan's katra, and other mind- meld conditions.

MAKARA HERBS: Bajoran herbs, used during pregnancy, maintain progesterone levels. Can be act as counteragent against sedatives.

MEDICILLAN: broad based antibiotic series.

MELORAZINE: Sedative. Causes 38 hours sleep

METRAZENE: Cardiac antiarrythmic medication

MORATHIAL SERIES: Group of resuscitative drugs used to resuscitate an unconscious patient

NEURAL PARALYZER: is medication that can cause a cessation of heartbeat and breathing in a humanoid patient, creating the appearance of death. If such a patient receives medical treatment in time, a full recovery is possible.

PHETETALIN: Strong antibiotic

POLYADRENALINE: Synthetic drug based on humanoid hormone epinephrine

RETNAX V: older medication prescribed to nearsighted patients.

REXALIN: Medical Drug used as sedative and pain reducer.

STOKALINE: Medication stimulant used to revive an unconscious or stunned patient. Extended use decreases its effectiveness.

TAKARIA HERBS: Bajoran herbal medication against swollen body parts.

TRICORDRAZINE: a powerful neuro stimulant drug-administered subcutaneously by hypospray. Used for treating neural injury.

TRI-OX COMPOUND: is medication used to help a patient breathe easier in a thin or oxygen-deprived atmosphere. This is administered by hypospray into the blood stream

TRYPTOPHAN LYSINE DISTILLATES (TLD Series): used as an antibiotic series

VASOKIN: An experimental drug used to increase blood flow to the organs. In 22 percent of all cases vital organs are irreversibly damaged after using this drug.

VERTAZINE: Medication used to combat the effects of vertigo

Surgical Aids and medical ails

ACCELERATED CRITICAL NEURAL PATHWAY FORMATION: Procedure involving increasing growth of the neural networks in the cerebral cortex.

BIOMOLECULAR REPLICATION: Replication of cells on the molecular level making complete new organs with it.

CPK ENZYMATIC THERAPY: treatment for limiting the extent of spinal injury

CARDIAC INDUCTION: Emergency medical resuscitative treatment for cardiac conditions.

CARDIAC REPLACEMENT: Surgical procedure where a diseased or damaged heart is replaced by an artificial heart.

CPK LEVELS: Medical test used to detect creatinine phosphokinase (CPK) which is an indicator of muscular damage, particularly in relation to diagnosing cardiac damage.

DIRECT RETICULAR STIMULATION: Medical treatment, whereby electrical energy is directly applied via a neural stimulator to the nervous system, in an attempt revive neural activity in a patient.

DNA REFERENCE SCAN: Medical test used to assess a patients identify, by matching DNA samples, from a previous sample.

DNA RESEQUENCING: a procedure in which a subject is genetically engineered for specific traits. It is illegal, except to correct severe birth defects.

ELECTROPHORETIC ANALYSIS: Standardized medical test used to analyze cellular components, to determine their origin.

ENDORPHINS: naturally occurring neuro chemical consisting of opiate peptides, similar to morphine that act upon the nervous system to affect feelings of pain and/or pleasure.

GLIAL CELLS: are more specifically known as NEUROGLIA; tissue that forms the supporting elements of the nervous systems which play an important role in reacting to injury or infection. One can use weak electrical charges as bio-coded messages, placed under the fingernails. If scratched onto another person, the bio-coded message would then be transferred to the victim’s neuroglia cells and straight to their brain, where this information can be stored. However, the side effects can become irritable.

HEXAGEN THERAPY: A treatment for Yarim-Fel syndrome.

HISTAMINE: Biochemical substance derived from the breakdown of naturally occurring substance histodine. It is responsible for a majority of humanoid allergic reactions, and has also been recognized as a symptom of Iresine Syndrome, when histamine levels are said to be depressed.

HYTRITIUM: a highly unstable substance used to neutralize poisonous tricyanate. Pure hytritium is too unstable to convey by transporter

METORAPAN TREATMENTS: Treatment that regenerates bone tissue in fracture patients.

MYOCARDIAL ENZYME BALANCE: Medical test used in surgical procedures to test cardiac enzyme levels.

NEURAL IMAGING SCAN: Medical scan to test a patient’s visual cortex.

NEURAL PATHWAY INDUCTION: Medical procedure to treat severe neural pathway damage.

NEURAL METAPHASIC SHOCK: Potentially fatal failure of the neuralogical system.

NEURAL POLARIC INDUCTION: Serious operation to repolarize neural sheaths. Depolarization will cause heightened neural activity, reported causing visions by patients. A patient has 50 percent chance to loss his vision.

NEUROMUSCULAR ADAPTATION: A biomedical treatment intended to help members of low-gravity species adapt to higher gravity.

REPLICATIVE FADING: Loss of genetic information occurring when an organism is repeatedly cloned.

RESONANCE TISSUE SCAN: Medical diagnostic scan used to screen for infection.

SERO-AMINO READOUT: A medical test to detect serotonin levels.

SEROTONIN: Enzyme that is a central neurotransmitter in humanoid nervous systems.

SYNAPTIC INDUCTION: Medical technique used for neurotherapy for patients suffering from traumatic memory loss.

TRICYANATE: is a purple crystalline substance that occurs naturally on some planets. Toxic to humans, can be found in water supplies as well.

TETRALUBISOL: is a highly volatile liquid lubricant used aboard starships. It can be a poison when ingested.

THALAMUS: is a portion of the humanoid brain, deep with the cerebral hemispheres. The thalamus relays bodily sensations to the cortex for interpretation.

TRIOLIC WAVES: are by-products of an energy source employed by some planets stratosphere (lower atmosphere). The energy source has deleterious effects on most living tissues, except for life-forms with microcentrum cell membranes.

HYPERONIC RADIATION: is a hazardous form of energy present in the atmospheres of some planets- fatal to humans.

DELTA RADIATION: is a form of hazardous energy, severe delta-rays emitted from a star, can interfere with ships sensors as well.

TRILITHIUM RESIN: is a highly toxic waste by-products created when the dilithium is exposed to intense matter/antimatter reactions in a starships warp engine core.

ACTINIDE: is a radioactive compound often found in uranium ore. Other forms of that are common will be plasma fires.

HYPERACCELERATION: is a biochemical condition that plagues people due to radiation permeating water supplies. Hyper-acceleration of biological processes caused an individual to experience one second as if it were an entire hour. Outsiders who were accelerated quickly burned out, dying in a very short period of time due to cell damage. To a normal, none accelerated person sounds very much like an insect.

BERTHOLD RAYS: are a deadly radiation that causes disintegration of carbon-based animal tissue, including humanoid tissue.

Illnesses

ALTARIAN ENCEPHALITIS: retrovirus that integrates itself into the hosts DNA, lying dormant for years and can activate at any time without warning. Symptoms include a pyrexic and comatose state, long term memory loss and a gradual synaptic degradation.

APHASIA: is a dysfunction of certain brain centers affecting the ability to communicate in a coherent manner. Different forms of aphasia exist.

APHASIA VIRUS: was created by Bajoran a scientist, intended to be used as a terrorist weapon against the Cardassians. The microbe would have been delivered through an aphasia device planted in a food replicator by the Bajoran underground. Once contracted, the virus would find its way to temporal lobes and disrupt normal communication processes, causing unusual disabilities that eventually will cause death.

ANDRONIAN ENCEPHALITIS: influenza like disease transmitted by airborne particles. Can be deadly if left uncontrolled.

BENDII SYNDROME: Rare illness that affects Vulcans over 200 yrs of age. Symptoms include gradual loss of emotional control, bursts of emotion and anger( which may be telepathically transferred to others). Diagnosis is achieved by taking a tissue sample of the hypothalamus.

CARTALIAN FEVER: Deadly virus disease.

CORRELLIUM FEVER: is a disease that broke out on planet Nahmi IV (2366).

DOREK SYNDROME: A rare, incurable, fatal disease which strikes, one out of every five million Ferengi.

EOSINOPHILIA is an abnormally high count of cerium eosinophils, a type of white blood cell in humanoids.

IVERSON'S DISEASE: Chronic disease, causing fatal degradation of muscular functions in humans. No cure exists.

HOLODICTION: Psychological condition, recognized by the patient’s addiction to holodeck simulation.

NEURAL METAPHASIC SHOCK: in potentially fatal failure of the neurological system in humanoids.

RUGELAN FEVER: A disease which causes a deep coma in Trills.

SOMATOPHYSICAL FAILURE: in humanoid physiology, is the collapse of all bodily systems. I'm afraid, to my knowledge, there is little one can do besides Cordrazine and hope. In nearly all cases, the subject dies.

NEURAL DEPLETION: is complete loss of electrochemical energy of a human brain, resulting in the death of a victim. Some species actually derive this energy to digest.

PSI 2000 VIRUS: a water-based disease organism originally found on planet PSI 2000 in 2266. This virus affects people by causing suppression of their inhibitions, and ultimately their deaths.

IRESINE SYNDROME: is a very rare neurological disorder in humanoids characterized by a peculiar electropathic signature in the thalamus, and a severely decreased histamine count. Victims first disorder would fall suddenly into a coma for approx 72 hours. Diagnosis could be confused by the presence of any of 22 different substances that left electropathic residue resembling that of this disorder.

TAHITI SYNDROME: is a term for human longing for a peaceful, idyllic natural setting when suffering from the stresses of modern Starship life. This is common's experienced by Starship Captain, just send them into a holodeck occationally.

NITROGEN NARCOSIS: is a hazard of deep-sea diving. It is a cause of the replacement of oxygen in oxyhaemoglobin with nitrogen. The resultant anoxia produced disorientation, hallucination and lack of judgment in the victims. This phenomenon is similar to temporal narcosis.

BARCLAY'S PROTOMORPHIC SYNDROME: Resultant from the activation of dormant T-Cells upon the redundant DNA codes of every humanoid. As a result patients de-evolve, via a spread of the altered DNA through the immune system.

ORB SHADOW: Psychedelic reaction to a neuro peptide excess that may follow months to years after an Orb encounter. Associated with Bajoran theology of the Orbs.

ORKETT’S SYNDROME: Childhood hematopathogenic common throughout Bajoran refugee. Among the symptoms was an alteration of erythrocytic marker factors. Thousands of Bajoran children died. The preferred treatment often involved bone marrow transplantation procedures. The disease was common enough to be well-documented.

TUVAN SYNDROME: A degenerative, incurable neurological disease which affects mainly Vulcans, Romulans, and Riggelians. In the very early stages, the patient’s eyelids are slightly displaced, facial muscles are weakened, and respiration is irregular. Loss of motor skills occurs in 10-15 years; life expectancy is 20-25 years. In less then 5 percent of the cases, the disease can accelerate without warning.

YARIM-FEL SYNDROME: A terminal illness affecting Cardassians; it attacks the digestive tract, circulatory and respiratory systems, and cartilaginous tissues. It can be treated with hexagen therapy or neuro-regeneration procedures. There is no cure.

Major Alien physiological differences

Vulcans:

Humanoid race native to planet Vulcan. Because their planet has a higher gravity than Earth, and its atmosphere is thinner, Vulcans in an Earth-normal environment demonstrate greater physical strength and more acute hearing than humans. You will find their heart where your liver is. Plus, when pricked, expect green to come out and not red. The intensity of the Vulcan sun caused the Vulcans to evolve a secondary eyelid to protect retina. Though sometimes its best to stand back, when injured, Vulcans concentrate their strength, blood, and antibodies onto the injured organs in a type of self-induced hypnosis. Pon farr - Reoccurring Vulcan condition that naturally occurs every seven years of their adult life, resulting the need to return to their home planet to mate. Symptoms, include, not eating or sleeping, and sometimes violent sexual behavior and irrationality.

Klingons:

The Klingon body incorporates multiple redundancies for nearly all vital bodily functions. This characteristic, known as "brak'lul", gives Klingon warriors enormous resiliency in battle. There are a number of distinguishing features, however. The most notable is that Klingons have a large bony ridged patterned forehead, with a central ridge that begins at the tip if the nose and follows the centerline of the body over the top of the head, and down to the base of the spine.

Internally, there are a number of differences between Klingons and Humans, including a large number of secondary backups for biological systems. Even theneuronal sheathing of the Klingon has redundant layers, which make not only for faster reflexes and movements, but contribute to the resistance of the Klingon physique to beam stunners. They have a large, 8 chambered heart, two livers, 23 ribs, double lines neural pia matter, a backup synaptic system, and even a small, auxiliary brain at the base of their spinal column, protected by the pelvic girdle. Klingons have no tear ducts, and their blood is a lavender-colored fluid.

Ullians:

Humanoid race of telepaths, characterized by skin involutions in the temporal area of their skulls. Though Ullians are able to read the minds of many other species, they themselves are unreadable to certain other telepathic species, particularly Betazoids.

Trill:

A joined species comprised of a humanoid host and a small vermiform symbiont that resides in an internal abdominal pocket of the host body. Most of the personality and memories of the Trill reside in the symbionts, which are extremely long-lived, although the host also contributes personality traits to the joined life-form. Upon death of the host body, a Trill symbiont can be transplanted into another host. Once joined, the host and symbiant become biologically interdependent, and after 93 hours, neither can survive without the other. Trill hands are naturally cold.

Ferengi:

Careful where you look, you will find they have an unusual four-lobed brain. Betazoids cannot read Ferengi minds because of this.

Betazoid:

Race of humanoid telepaths from the planet Betazed. The normal gestation {carrying of young in the womb between conception and birth} of a betazoid is ten months.

Talarians:

Humanoid race characterized by a distinctive hairless enlargement of the coronal area of the skull. Talarian society was rigid patriarchal and encouraged warrior like customs. Careful how you treat them, it could be taken wrongly.

Bajoran:

Race of humanoids from the planet Bajor. The normal gestation {carrying of young in the womb between conception and birth} of a Bajoran is less than five months. They vascularize quickly, during pregnancy mother and baby are linked together by a complex network of blood vessels. One of the most common side effects of pregnancy is sneezing.