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SPOILER!!: Heath
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Originally Posted by MadMadamMalfoy View Post
Heath already knew what a stethoscope, thermometer, and blood pressure cuff were, having visited a muggle doctor's office many times, but he paid careful attention nonetheless. Wait, what? There were briefcases under the desks? He looked down, and sure enough, there was a black case on the floor under his desk. Oh, cool! It looked a little like those old-fashioned doctor bags! How had he not noticed it there before? He supposed he’d been too distracted by the smell of cleaning supplies when he came in.

Heath wondered where Professor Schmoe was going with this, but his curiosity turned to anxiety at the word “partner”. He frowned. Seriously, what was it with all these professors and group work this term? He didn’t know which was scarier; having to ask someone he didn’t know very well to be his partner or having to practice on the professor! His dark eyes scanned the room, silently pleading for someone to ask him to pair up, but it looked like everyone else was taken. Schmoe it is, then.

Heath took a deep breath to calm his nerves. The only way he was going to get through this was if he acted the part! After taking a moment to get into character, he picked up his notebook and the briefcase under his desk and approached the professor. “Professor Schmoe?” he said, looking at his notebook as if it were a doctor’s chart. “Good afternoon, sir. I’m Dr. Jones. So you’re here for a routine check-up…?” He set his “chart” on the nearest desk and opened the briefcase. “I’ll need to take your temperature. Open your mouth please, sir.” He gave his “patient” time to comply before carefully inserting the metal end into his mouth.

Beep, beep, beep. The thermometer went off only seconds later. Heath checked the number readout and pretended to write something in his “chart”. “Your temperature’s normal… 37 C on the dot. Now I’m going to listen to your chest.” He put the thermometer back in the briefcase and picked up the stethoscope, sticking the plastic-tipped ends into his ears. “Deep breaths please.” He listened carefully as he put the other end of the stethoscope to the professor’s chest. Ba-boom, ba-boom. Ba-boom. It just sounded like a normal heartbeat to him, and normal breathing too. That was good, right? “Mmm-hmmm… sounds good.”

Heath removed the stethoscope from his ears. Now there was only one tool left to use: the blood pressure cuff. Gulping gargoyles, Heath hated those things! They were even worse than shots. At least with a shot, they only had to do it once, but whenever he went to the doctor, it never failed that they had to take his blood pressure several times. He felt a bit sorry that he had to do that to his head of house, but like a good doctor, he didn’t let on. “Now I’ll just check your blood pressure, and you’ll be good to go…”

Now how did he operate this thing? Heath tried to remember the directions. Wrap the band around the arm… check. Grab the end and pump… Heath had to admit, there was something oddly satisfying about squeezing the black bulb-like thing at the end of the tube. He kept a close eye on the cuff until it stopped inflating; then he put the stethoscope back in his ears and listened. Nothing, nothing, still nothing, and… Finally he heard something as the cuff began to deflate. He glanced at the number (110), committing it to memory, and kept listening until the ba-boom sound stopped. He checked the number again: 78. So… 110/78, right? Was that good? Heath had no idea, but being the good actor he was, he kept in character.

“Your blood pressure appears normal,” he said, picking up the “chart” “Congratulations, Professor Schmoe! You’re the picture of perfect health. Check back with us in a year, and if you experience any problems in the meantime, don’t hesitate to call the office. The receptionist will have your paperwork out front.”

Aaaaand… end scene! Heath gave a slight bow at the end of his performance, just in case it wasn’t obvious he was acting - he didn’t want Professor Schmoe worrying about his sanity! With that, he picked up his “props” and returned to his seat to await further instructions.

Finneas gave Heath an encouraging smile when he came up after Bernadette. He was a nervous patient, but to be fair he was a nervous human being. In general. It was just who he was as a person. AnYwAy. He was rather compliant as Heath began running through the tasks. And quiet too, didn't want to interrupt. Last time he did that he got yelled at. AHEM. "Thank you, Dr. Jones, excellent work, truly," he bobbed his head and gave Heath a big ol' thumbs up.

SPOILER!!: Bernadette
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Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl View Post
"You laugh like Santa," Bernadette informed her patient as she hit a bunch of buttons on her thermometer. Real quick, she had to push them all before she put it away in the suitcase. Had to make sure they worked. "What's a Kelvin?" she pushed a button and looked up at the professor. "It says you're 310.15 Kelvins. That's a LOT of people named Kelvin." She pushed another button. "Is it the same as 37 degrees Celsius???"

She waited for him to answer but stuffed the thermometer back in her suitcase anyway. IT WAS TIME TO LISTEN. Shhhshshhhh. Bernie adjusted the thingies in her ears and slid the round part around Schmoe's skeleton body. Why didn't she hear anything? "You can't TALK while I'm LISTENING, Professor SCHMOE." Duhhhh. Could he just breathe like his normal asthmatic self for a sec???

................. Uh. "Thanks," was?? it?? a compliment?? Because it didn't sound like one at all. Finneas simply had no idea how to respond, which was the case about 678.5% of the time when it came to this particular Gryffindor. Her next question was QUITE the question and if it weren't for the fact that he was a Professor, he would have chuckled. "A Kelvin is a unit of measurement..." And also a name, he supposed... He could see the logic. "Errr... yes."

O________O And then he was being yelled at. Man, oh, man. What a lesson this has been.


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But it WaSn'T oVeR yEt!!!!!!!!!

Once Bernadette and Heath had made it back to their seats, Finneas took center stage classroom once again. "Excellent work, everyone!" He could see them all out of his peripherals! And they had done FANTASTICALLY. "If you haven't finished, don't fret. There will be time in our next lesson to continue giving it all a try." But for now, there was still one more thing he wanted them to do!

"For the rest of class we will be doing some improve acting," here he would hold for applause. "Each person will be handed a errrrrrr card that says either Team Doctor OR Team Patient," which meant he was going to start handing the cards out right about NOW. Cool? Cool. "The patient cards will describe a reason as to why the person is at the hospital. If you have one of these cards, you must step out front and act out what is on your card without telling us what it is." Somewhat like charades, yes? Schmoe was not the best explainer, but..... he had thought about this plan for a good while.

"Then Team Doctor will send one individual from their team to treat the patient using any of the props from the supply box!" Which...... He was pulling out from under his desk.... Right........ Now.... ! "Be sure to use their hints and context clues in order to figure out which props you will need to treat your patient properly!"

.... And uh, "Let's begin!"

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Originally Posted by Team Patient Cards May Read:
Broken Arm
Sprained Ankle
Stomach Bug
Gashing Wound / Deep Cut
In Labor
Dehydration

ooc: this is just a starting point! feel free to make up your own as well
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Originally Posted by Props in Supply Box
Gauze
Crutches
Medicine Bottle
toy Needle and Thread
A Baby Doll
IV Bag and Tube

ooc: this is just a starting point! feel free to make up your own as well



OOC: hi we've made it to the final activity. This is how it'll go

1. Please label your post as either #TEAMPATIENT or #TEAMDOCTOR to make it easily distinguishable. It will work best if a #TeamPatient post is followed directly by a #TeamDoctor post
2. #TeamPatient: Choose one of the reasons why one would end up in the hospital and act it out for the class (examples have been provided above)
3. #TeamDoctor: Based upon how the patient is acting, come up with a way to help them using supplies from the prop box as needed (examples have been provided above)

You will have until Jan 25 11 PM EST for this activity ^^
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