Posted by Crewman Octavia Raain (Medical Student) in First shift!

Posted by Lieutenant Alexis Bonner (Assistant Chief Medical Officer) in First shift!

Posted by Crewman Octavia Raain (Medical Student) in First shift!
Positively buzzing Octavia entered the secondary sickbay, she had arranged for herself to be put into the ships nurse rota even if it was just on a trial basis where she had to shadow the other doctors and nurses. She wasn’t going to be saving any lives today but it was a good start if any. She looked around for the Assistant Chief Medical officer who had agreed to have her as her shadow during a portion of her shift. When she couldn’t initially find the Lieutenant Octavia began to wonder, her short medical coat billowing behind her.

• Crewman Octavia Raain

Alexis was with a patient and saw Octavia wandering. She spoke softly to the woman, getting her permission. She approached, Octavia, ” Hello Octavia. You are just in time, come here.” She led her over to the woman, who was lying back on a biobed, looking exhausted, but happy. “NE Festan is pregnant and today she’s going to get her first real look at the baby. We’ve been taking scans all along of course, but the baby is old enough now to resemble more humanoid features. Have you ever done an imaging scan on a fetus?”
Lt. Bonner, AMO

The young Trill could feel the excitement well up for her and of course NE Festa, shaking her head to signal her answer she finally spoke, “No I have never done one before Lieutenant” She explained, “Its something I should be starting this term.” Most of first year was understanding medicine and its origins, she was just starting her more practical and hands on lessons now.” Octavia looked between Alxis and the woman laying down her bump was notable but not at fall size yet, that much she could tell.

• Crewman Octavia Raain, Med Student

Alexis nodded to NE Festa who pulled the privacy screen. “So 3 - 400 years ago on Earth, which would be roughly 1000 on Trill, but I’m guessing, but about then, fetal images were done with a lot of gooey gel spread on the abdomen, and then using a hand held wide wand type device they would run the wand all over.” Alexis mimiked the motion. “Sometimes having to press so hard it was painful. It didn’t damage anything but was messy and uncomfortable. The wand used ultrasound waves to bounce an image back. It was very grainy in quality and 2 dementional. Eventually 3D images were available based on a computer algorithm. Now we use a special fetal imager. The basic principle is the same. But now we get an image of the entire uterine space, and a 360° view on the x, y, and z axis. And instead of just the baby we can see the placenta, umbilical cord, and the uterine wall.” Alexis pulled a screen over so Elaine, the mother could see. “Elaine has agreed to let you try the scan first.”
Alexis handed over the scanner. “It operates just like the probe of a tricorder but hold it closer and go slowly.”
Lt Bonner, AMO