Department Standard Operating Procedure: Medical

These are In-Character Guidelines Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are general guidelines and may be used as justification for administrative action and/or IC punishments, such as being fired from your position. They are not meant to be followed to the letter, because circumstances and context may permit you to break SOP. However, the fact that SOP is malleable is not an excuse to ignore it entirely.

Chief Medical Officer

1. The Chief Medical Officer is permitted to carry a flash and telescopic baton.
2. The Chief Medical Officer is not permitted to allow the release of any virus without a full list of its symptoms, as well as the creation of a vaccine, to be kept in a secure location. The virus may not have any harmful symptoms whatsoever, though neutral/harmless symptoms are permitted. Contact and/or airborne viruses may only be released with Captain's approval.
3. The Chief Medical Officer must make sure that any cloneable or revivable corpses are, in fact, cloned or revived.
4. The use of syringe guns is to be used at the discretion, or with the permission, of the Chief Medical Officer.

Medical Doctor

1. Though not mandatory, it is recommended that Doctors wear Sterile Masks and latex gloves when handling patients. This Guideline becomes mandatory during Viral Outbreaks.
2. Medical Doctors must keep Medbay sterile. This includes, but is not limited to, cleaning organic residue, fluids and corpses.
3. Medical Doctors must place all corpses inside body bags. See the Corpse Disposal Procedures for further details.
4. Medical Doctors must ensure the Morgue does not contain cloneable or revivable corpses.
5. Medical Doctors must periodically check the crew monitoring console.
6. Medical Doctors may not refuse to treat any wounded crewmember who is requesting assistance.

Paramedic

2. Though not mandatory, it is recommended that Paramedics wear Sterile Masks and latex or nitrile gloves when handling patients. This Guideline becomes mandatory during Viral Outbreaks.
3. Paramedics must make reasonable efforts to recover any body with active tracking beacons that are in critical condition outside of Medbay.
4. Paramedics must frequently check their crew monitoring devices.
5. Any EVA equipment taken to retrieve a body must be returned to its suit storage unit after retrieval is complete.
6. Paramedics must make reasonable effort to assist any doctors to the best of their ability, so long as doing so would not endanger the life of another crewmember.

Chemist

1. The Chemist is not permitted to distribute explosive mixtures.
2. The Chemist is not permitted to distribute poisonous mixtures or narcotics.
3. The Chemist is not permitted to distribute alcoholic beverages.
4. The above Guidelines may be individually overridden with permission from the Chief Medical Officer.
5. The Chemist must accurately label all pills and bottles.

Geneticist

1. The Geneticist is permitted to test Genetic Powers on themselves. However, they are not to utilize these powers on any crewmembers, or abuse them to obtain items outside their access.
2. The Geneticist is permitted to grant Genetic Powers to Command Staff at their discretion, provided prior permission is requested and granted. All staff must be warned of the full effects of the SE Injector. The Geneticist is not, however, obligated to grant said powers, unless the Chief Medical Officer issues a direct order to do so.
3. The Geneticist is not permitted to grant Powers to non-Command crewmembers without express verbal consent from the Chief Medical Officer.
4. The Geneticist must place all discarded humanized animals in the Morgue.
5. The Geneticist is not permitted to use crewmembers as test subjects unless they have provided written permission and the testing is approved by the Chief Medical Officer.

Virologist

1. The Virologist must always wear adequate protection (such as a biosuit and internals for airborne viruses) when handling infected personnel and test animals.
2. The Virologist must only test viruses on the provided test animals. Said test animals are to be contained inside their pen, and disposed of via Virology's disposals chute if dead, to prevent possible contamination. In addition, the Virologist may not, under any circumstances whatsoever, leave Virology while infected by a viral pathogen that spreads by contact or airborne means, unless permitted by the Chief Medical Officer.
3. The Virologist may not, under any circumstance whatsoever, release an active virus without prior consent from Chief Medical Officer. Contact and/or airborne viruses may only be released with consent from the Chief Medical Officer and the Captain. In the event a contact and/or airborne virus is released, the crew must be informed, and vaccines must be provided for any crewmembers that choose to opt out of being infected.
4. The Virologist must ensure that all viral samples are kept on their person at all times, or in a secure location (such as the Virology fridge).
5. All visitors to Virology must be warned if there is an active airborne/contact virus being tested. This includes Medical personnel.

Surgical Procedures

1. Medical personnel must wear a sterile mask and latex gloves.
2. Medical personnel must keep the operating room sterile at all times to prevent infection.
3. Medical personnel must wash their hands before and after operating on each patient.
4. Medical personnel are to use either anesthetics or sedatives (for species that cannot breathe anesthetics) during surgical procedures. Exception is made if the patient requests otherwise.
5. Medical personnel are not to remove any legal implants (such as loyalty or tracking implants) from the patient, unless requested by Security.
6. Medical personnel may not remove surgical tools from the operating room.
7. Medical personnel must inform Security of any appearance-altering surgeries.

Viral Outbreak Procedures

1. The implementation of Viral Outbreak Procedures requires authorization from the Chief Medical Officer or the Captain.
2. Sterile masks/Internals and gloves are mandatory for medical personnel and recommended for crew.
3. The Chief Medical Officer has the authority to place sections of the station under quarantine during the outbreak, to be enforced by Security.
4. Crewmembers are to be informed of known symptoms, and directed to Medbay immediately if they are suffering from them.
5. All infected crewmembers are to be confined to either an isolated room or Virology.
6. A blood sample is to be taken from an infected crewmembers.
7. If any infected crewmember attempts to leave containment, Medbay quarantine is to be initiated immediately, and only lifted when more patients need to be admitted, or the viral outbreak is over.
8. Once antibodies are produced, they are to be replicated, then handed out to all infected crewmembers.
9. In case the viral pathogen leads to fluid leakage, cleaning these fluids is to be considered top priority.
10. Quarantine must be maintained until the outbreak is contained and resolved.
11. Once the viral outbreak is over, all crewmembers are to return to regular duties and all quarantines are lifted.

Corpse Disposal Procedures

1. For the sake of hygiene, Medical personnel should wear a sterile mask and latex gloves while handling corpses.
2. All corpses should have their suit sensors deactivated.
3. All corpses must be placed in bodybags.
4. A full evaluation must be performed on all uncloneable corpses. Security must be notified if any foul play is suspected.
5. Medical personnel must ensure that Security-based DNR notices (such as executed personnel, for instance) are respected.
6. Medical personnel must ensure that every ID from uncloneable bodies is delivered to either the relevant Head of Staff, or the Head of Personnel.
7. Medical personnel must attempt to clone or revive all corpses at least once before disposing of the corpse, unless in violation of Guideline 5.
8. Medical personnel may not take any items from cloneable corpses. However, if any contraband is discovered, Security must be notified.
9. Medical personnel must notify the cook Chaplain of any uncloneable corpses and provide said corpses as requested for funerals.
10. Medical personnel must dispose of corpses by placing them in the Morgue, cremating them, otherwise storing them, or spacing them. Placing them in the Morgue is the primary method. Do not use one of the other options unless the Morgue is full, unsafe, or nonexistent.