Medical Screening in the Morrow Project

[Project_Sardonicus]

Originally Posted by mmartin798

With the exception of the nanotech-based universal antibody-antidote, TMP does not have that remarkable of medical technology. Sure the medbed is remarkable in that it can become a sterile surgical area, monitors life signs, administer medications and place someone into cryosleep, but all that is a far cry from miraculously curing diseases. The Trauma Treatment Unit, which is available from Delta Base, will save your life 40% of the time with significant scaring, 40% of the time with some significant loss of function, 10% by amputating extremities and leaving you crippled and 10% of the time is fails completely. There is no evidence in published material that TMP medical science is significantly more advanced than early 21st century medicine.

There's a universal nano tech antibody/antidobte that's standard issue, the med bed can seemingly perform most of the roles of a surgeon. What's more they're portable there's 2 on every science 1 vehicle. That's without mentioning being able to freeze and defrost a fully functional human being a 150 years later, completely automatically. That's pretty remarkable I'd say.

The future of the MP is bleak enough already without taking away the project's health care!

[mmartin798]

Originally Posted by Project_Sardonicus

There's a universal nano tech antibody/antidobte that's standard issue, the med bed can seemingly perform most of the roles of a surgeon. What's more they're portable there's 2 on every science 1 vehicle. That's without mentioning being able to freeze and defrost a fully functional human being a 150 years later, completely automatically. That's pretty remarkable I'd say.

The future of the MP is bleak enough already without taking away the project's health care!

The medbed does not automatically perform as a surgeon. It provides support for a surgeon and can even be used to put someone into cyrosleep if needed. But you still need a medic or doctor to take full advantage of the medbed.

[Project_Sardonicus]

Still pretty impressive and who knows what the project has frozen out there waiting to help rebuild society?

Certainly, the project would have some impressive medical procedures before the end of the world.

What the books cover is I guess just the cool stuff, to help the first contact/responder teams.