EMERGENCY MEDICAL OPERATIONS

Pursuant to Starfleet General Policy and Starfleet Medical Emergency Operations, at least 40% of the officers and crew of the Saber class starship are cross-trained to serve as Emergency Medical Technicians/Medics, triage specialists, and other emergency medical functionaries along with non-medical emergency operations in engineering or tactical departments. This set of policies was established due to the wide variety of emergencies, both medical and otherwise, that a Federation Starship could respond to on any given mission.

The lounge on deck 5 can serve as a treatment ward while the VIP/guest quarters on deck 2 can serve as emergency intensive care wards, with an estimated online activation time of 30 minutes with maximum engineering support. Further, Shuttle bay 1 has a mobile hospital that can be deployed either on the flight deck, or transported to the Cargo Bay to act as a emergency overflow triage center. The Cargo Bay also provides for the emergency atmosphere recalibration to type H,K, or L environments, intended for non-humanoid casualties. All facilities are equipped with full Biohazard suites, to minimize and prevent crew exposure to potentially deadly diseases.

11.2 LIFEBOATS

Ever present is the possibility that a ship will become disabled or otherwise damaged to such extent that it can no longer support life. In such situations the crew has to option of abandoning ship by using the Escape Pod system. There are 56 5-person Escape Pods on a Saber class starship. Each pod has a life support for 90 days in space, and has a maximum speed of 4,200 m/sec. Subspace radio and beacon are permanently activated once the pod is ejected from the ship, to aid in locating the pod. Escaped pods have atmospheric entry and landing capability.

There are no escape pods connected to the bridge. Pods are located on all decks below Deck two. Two pods are reserved for the top four officers in the chain of command, because they are the last four to leave the ship. As the number of experienced Captains dwindles in Starfleet, the notion of a Captain going down with his ship has been abolished. If the ship is abandoned, the top four officers in the chain of command will wait until everyone else is off the ship, opt to arm the auto-Destruct (not always necessary, but there if needed), and then leave in the two escape pods.

11.3 RESCUE AND EVACUATION OPERATIONS

Rescue and Evacuation Operations for a Saber class starship will fall into one of two categories - abandoning the starship, or rescue and evacuation from a planetary body or another starship.

Rescue Scenarios

Resources are available for rescue and evacuation to a Saber class starship include:

• The ability to transport 300 persons per hour to the ship via personnel and cargo transporters.
• The availability of the 2 Type 6 shuttlecraft to be on hot-standby for immediate launch, with all additional shuttlecraft available for launch in an hours notice. Total transport capabilities of these craft vary due to differing classifications but an average load of 100 persons can be offloaded per hour from an M-Class planetary surface to a standard orbit.
• Capacity to support up to 500 evacuees with conversion of the Flight Decks and Cargo Bay to emergency living quarters.
• Ability to convert the Cargo bay, the Lounge and the VIP quarters to emergency triage and medical centers.
• Ability to temporarily convert the Cargo Bay to type H,K, or L environments, intended for non-humanoid casualties.

Date: 2015-12-11; view: 835