Object

Pulaski's Old‑Fashioned Splint

A makeshift splint assembled from available materials: commonly two flat wooden or polymer slats (or alternatively 'sticks') lashed together with bandage material, cloth (smock), and tape to form a rigid support approximately the length of a forearm. Scuffed and utilitarian, the device is applied by caregivers under Pulaski's direction in Sickbay when automated medical devices fail, stabilizing a fractured limb and symbolizing a return to hands‑on care under duress.

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Purpose

To immobilize and stabilize a broken arm using simple, low‑tech materials until full medical systems or surgical care become available.

Significance

Functions as a concrete pivot from automated medicine to human triage: Pulaski's insistence on issuing and applying the splint dramatizes resource scarcity, personal responsibility, and the ship's shift to pragmatic care under crisis.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

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S2E11 · Contagion

Pulaski Reverts Sickbay to Low‑Tech Triage

Pulaski orders a traditional two‑piece splint and directs staff to construct and apply it, converting abstract instruction into immediate hands‑on treatment and symbolically restoring human skill as the primary therapeutic agent.

Before: Available as an emergency concept/kit item in Sickbay (not yet applied).

After: Rapidly assembled and applied to the broken‑arm patient to immobilize the limb during triage.

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