USS Rescue (MCS - 175)

The USS Rescue (MCS-175) is a Daedalus-class starship currently in service. She is one of the most celebrated Starfleet Medical Corps vessels of this current time period.

Early History
Rescue is this vessels first name, and despite the fact that Daedalus-class starships are no longer in production, this ship was assembled from the remains of prior ships of the same class with pertinent retrofitting to make up one complete vessel. The powerhouse that runs the Rescue is quite similar to that of the Constitution-class heavy cruiser, with various limitations in speed and weaponry.

Since Starfleet Medical Corps is “out of time” when it comes to what ship classes and ages of the Star Trek time-line a ship can choose, one could imagine that the Rescue was put together during the age of the Constitution-class and can serve along side that of a Galaxy''-class. With imagination, you'll get there.''

Hospital Ship
The Rescue is a hospital ship with extensive short-term and long-term facilities, including an Emergency Department suited to handle mass-casualty situations related to war, planetary emergencies, or to aid the medical department of another ship in times of serious need. She is designed to both go where needed for a time and then to her next port of call, or to be stationed in orbit around a planet in need for extended periods of time.

Sickbay
The Rescue's sickbay is much like any other starships sickbay facilities with the exception that it is larger. Even though she herself is a smaller vessel more of her space has been allocated to the medical facilities. For example, even though the USS Rescue could conduct a mission of exploration she is not best suited to do so. Some of the extensive labs for non medical related scientific study have been greatly downsized or even eliminated. Whereas the labs that specialize in the study of humanoid reaction, prevention and care of diseases have been expanded.

Primary Care Facility
The first deck of sickbay is designed to be the primary care center of the vessel. Crew members, visitors and patients from outside of the ship are cared for here in the same capacity as you would be cared for if you went to your doctor's officer Earth-side. A few examples are: Though usage is designed for primary care, this deck of sickbay can easily be adapted to emergency or long term care usage if so needed.
 * Physicals
 * Common illness
 * Injuries
 * Preventive medicine
 * Maturnity

Long-Term Care Facility
The second deck of sickbay is designed to be the long-term care center of the vessel. Crew members, visitors and patients from outside of the ship are cared for here in the same capacity as you would be cared for if you were admitted to a hospital for treatment beyond primary or emergency care. Examples might include: Though usage is designed for long-term care, this deck of sickbay can easily be adapted to emergency or short term care usage if needed. Exceptions would include sections allocated for sergury.
 * Extended or uncommon illnesses
 * Advanced injuries
 * Surgeries
 * Patients on long term surgical recovery or in-patient physical therapy

Emergency Department (ED)
The ED of the Rescue is much like a level one trauma center of a major metropolitan hospital. This department takes up a vast majority of the lower deck of the engineering hull. Designed to treat major illness/injury from planetary disasters and epidemics. It is the goal of the ED to get patients in, cared for, released or transferred to the long-term/primary care facilities of sickbay. The ED is also designed to be cut off environmentally from the rest of the ship.