Healer Craft
Healers are the medical staff of Pern
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Basic Info on Healercraft
The Healercraft is one of the oldest crafts on Pern. Unlike all the crafts but the Beastcraft, it relies on hands-on training for its healers. A child who shows aptitude for the craft often apprentices under his local journeyman healer, training there up to senior apprentice before leaving to train under a Master for their Journeyman rank. Rank and specialist training is indicated in elaborate shoulder knots.
Minimum Age - Rank Earth Equivalent
- 12 - Jr Apprentice Nursing student
- 15 - Sr Apprentice Nurse (LPN - 2 year degree)
- 18 - Jr Journeyman Nurse (RN - 4 year degree)
- 21 - Sr Journeyman Doctor (Resident)
- 30+ - Master Doctor (Specialist)
After an apprentice achieves Journeyman rank, he chooses a specialty & begins to direct most of his studies as a journeyman towards that calling. Those who don't choose a specialty go on to become general healers who are assigned to more remote holds.
Specialties include:
- nursing
- diagnostics
- pediatrics
- geriatrics
- midwifery
- urology
- herbalology
- dentistry
- surgery
- mindhealing
- massage therapy
- respiratory ailments.
Every Weyr will have at least one urologist and one surgeon.
Healing on Pern is not extremely advanced. Surgery is rare, due to the Pernese aversion to it. Cesarean sections and repair surgery for 'Fall injuries and the like are the only surgeries commonly accepted due to the risk of infection and shock. Birth defects are virtually unknown, as the Pernese do not have the technology to sustain those born with them. Healers treat their patients in preventative manners for most common illnesses, prescribing tonics and teas that stave off illness.
Suicide holds no stigma on Pern, as a person's death is considered a private matter. Euthanasia is practiced when the healer, his patient, and his Master agree that the illness is terminal and cannot be healed. A dragonrider who loses his dragon tends to end his own life, and none see this as wrong.
Basic Healer FAQ
A quick guide to healing on Pern.
Apprentice Healer Guide
Information on duties and schedules of Apprentice Healers
Journeyman Healer Guide
Information on duties and schedules of Apprentice Healers
Pregnancy & Childbirth on Pern
Information on pregnancy on pern and our time-warped 6 month pregnancy.
Herbal Scrolls
Endless information on herbs and their many uses. **For roleplay purposes only**
Infectious Diseases
Information on the infectious diseases of Pern and their treatment methods.
Quick Guide to Treating Common Injuries
For roleplay purposes only
