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Uniforms for the Medical staff on a HMS ship
Post by james5604   » Thu Jun 18, 2015 12:13 pm

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I am asking what color and or style of uniform would be aporpriate in the Honorverse for Medical personal.
Doctors, SBA ??
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Re: Uniforms for the Medical staff on a HMS ship
Post by crewdude48   » Thu Jun 18, 2015 12:32 pm

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james5604 wrote:I am asking what color and or style of uniform would be aporpriate in the Honorverse for Medical personal.
Doctors, SBA ??


They are identical to every other Navy uniform shown in House of Steel, just with the Medical Branch emblem or SBA rate patch.
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Re: Uniforms for the Medical staff on a HMS ship
Post by munroburton   » Thu Jun 18, 2015 1:04 pm

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crewdude48 wrote:
james5604 wrote:I am asking what color and or style of uniform would be aporpriate in the Honorverse for Medical personal.
Doctors, SBA ??


They are identical to every other Navy uniform shown in House of Steel, just with the Medical Branch emblem or SBA rate patch.


I think he's asking about 'battle dress' for RMN medics. I'm curious myself - do they wear skinsuits, for instance, when operating on wounded personnel? Or more appropriate hospital gear, whatever that is 2000 years from now?
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Re: Uniforms for the Medical staff on a HMS ship
Post by SWM   » Thu Jun 18, 2015 1:25 pm

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Military doctors wear the same as any other military. But I assumed the original poster was talking about civilian doctors.
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Re: Uniforms for the Medical staff on a HMS ship
Post by Kizarvexis   » Thu Jun 18, 2015 2:24 pm

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munroburton wrote:
crewdude48 wrote:
They are identical to every other Navy uniform shown in House of Steel, just with the Medical Branch emblem or SBA rate patch.


I think he's asking about 'battle dress' for RMN medics. I'm curious myself - do they wear skinsuits, for instance, when operating on wounded personnel? Or more appropriate hospital gear, whatever that is 2000 years from now?


I would expect everyone on ship would have skinsuits on as combat damage can cause loss of pressure in various areas of the ship. Even the personnel in he brig are issues prison skinnies during combat.
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Re: Uniforms for the Medical staff on a HMS ship
Post by HB of CJ   » Thu Jun 18, 2015 2:27 pm

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Blood red head to toe. Gonna get that color sooner or later anyhow. Like painting the gun decks the same colour in years past. It also tending to prepare, (maybe) how things were going to be very quickly ... sooner or later. HB ex PM, RN, now just ex. :)
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Re: Uniforms for the Medical staff on a HMS ship
Post by Weird Harold   » Thu Jun 18, 2015 2:35 pm

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james5604 wrote:I am asking what color and or style of uniform would be appropriate in the Honorverse for Medical personal.
Doctors, SBA ??


If real life military and VA personnel are any guide, they wear standard uniform when not in a work (hospital) environment and white coats or "scrubs" when in a work environment. During combat or exercise conditions, they would wear protective gear (skin suits, haxmay suits, etc) with appropriate modifications to allow fine manipulations during treatment/surgery.
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Re: Uniforms for the Medical staff on a HMS ship
Post by SWM   » Thu Jun 18, 2015 3:59 pm

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All of the answers so far are about military doctors. What about civilians?
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Re: Uniforms for the Medical staff on a HMS ship
Post by John Prigent   » Thu Jun 18, 2015 4:53 pm

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Are there any civilian medicos on a Manticoran military ship?
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SWM wrote:All of the answers so far are about military doctors. What about civilians?
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Re: Uniforms for the Medical staff on a HMS ship
Post by Jonathan_S   » Thu Jun 18, 2015 5:15 pm

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Weird Harold wrote:
james5604 wrote:I am asking what color and or style of uniform would be appropriate in the Honorverse for Medical personal.
Doctors, SBA ??


If real life military and VA personnel are any guide, they wear standard uniform when not in a work (hospital) environment and white coats or "scrubs" when in a work environment. During combat or exercise conditions, they would wear protective gear (skin suits, haxmay suits, etc) with appropriate modifications to allow fine manipulations during treatment/surgery.

I wonder how much of a hindrance a skinsuit would be when attempting to provide emergency aid, or even surgery. I assume there as to be some loss of dexterity compared to just surgical gloves (or bare hands)

When manning the aid station in preparation for battle do you prioritize the lives of the medical staff, by putting them in skinsuits like the rest of the crew; or do you prioritize aid to the injured having them in scrubs so their hands aren't even slightly encumbered in their medical work?
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