Medical Handbook

Following in a long line of healers and care-givers, Starfleet Medical is the group that ensures the health and well-being of Starfleet personnel. They are the doctors, nurses, technicians, and counselors charged with tending to all who need them. Whether you've stubbed your toe or suffer from post-traumatic stress, the folks in sickbay are well-prepared to assist you.

With skill-sets ranging from microsurgery to psychiatry, a Starfleet medical officer is prepared to offer the highest excellence in treatment. They are often trained in more than one branch of medical science, thanks to the many advances within the medical field. Working closely with the Science Department, medical personnel are also able to diagnose and treat previously undiscovered conditions.

General Duties

• Ensure the health and well-being of all personnel through preventative medicine and courses of treatment
• Diagnose and, if need be, classify new illnesses
• Create and implement health plans for all crew and visitors (including diet and exercise)
• Study, train, and utilize new medical techniques and procedures
• Work closely with Engineering and Communications to incorporate new technologies
• Work with Science to implement, test, and tailor treatments for patients with new needs or illnesses
• Custom-craft prosthetics and genetic treatments (in cooperation with Engineering and Science)
• Coordinate with Security to establish and enforce quarantine protocols
• Assist away teams with search and rescue operations and emergency medical response

Specializations

• Diagnostics (biostatistics, clinical chemistry, cytogenetics, cytometry, hematology, histology, immunohistrochemistry immunology, microbiology, nuerophysology, pathology, radiology, tomography, ultrasonography)
• Interdisciplinary (addiction, biochemistry, bioethics, biomechanics, biomedical engineering, biophysics, pharmacology, conservation medicine, dietetics, disaster medicine, hyperbaric, emporiatrics evolutionary, forensic, gender-based, laser, medical humanities, informatics, medical computer sciences, medical physics, medical sociology, nosology, nosokinetics, pain management, palliative, pharmacogenomics, rehabilitative, theraputics, veterinary)
• Specialist (aerospace medicine, cardiology, critical care, dental, endocrinology, ethnobiology, gastroenterology, genetics, geriatrics, gynecology, hematology, hepatology, homeopathic, infectious disease, nephrology, neurology, ophthalmology, oncology, obstetrics, pediatrics, pulmonologist, pneumology, preventative medicine, respirology, rheumatology, sleep medicine, trauma [emergency medicine], xenobiology)
• Surgeon (cardiovascular, colorectal, cosmetic, dermatological, exploratory, general, maxillofacial, micro, nano, orthopedic, otolaryngology, oncologic, ophthalmology, psychiatric, transplant, transporter, trauma, urological, vascular, pediatric
• Psychiatry (Addiction, Biological, Child or Adolescent, Community, Cross-Cultural, Emergency, Forensic, Geriatric, Liaison, Military, Nueropsyciatry, Social, Xenopsychiatry)

Notes

• In the absence of a dedicated counselor, responsibility for monitoring and maintaining crew mental health falls to the chief medical officer (or designated subordinate).
• Aboard smaller vessels where space and personnel are limited, medical officers may also be considered members of the Science Department, cross-trained to perform both practical and research duties.

Sources: Adapted from the “Medical Handbook” of the USS Farragut. Used with permission.

Updated: 06/16/2024