Healer Training
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Fi~nally got around to working out the training schedule thingo for healers. I have done quite literally nothing on healer training. Not a single mini!fic, nothing. So here we go. Now that it's more set in stone, that should prompt me to write some stuff. I think that was what was keeping me from it before. I dunno.
Anyway. Completely opposite to the army guys, healers begin training on the day after Winter Solstice (the holiday that celebrates the goddesses), and usually there's only one new trainee a year, maybe two or three at the palace healing house. The head healer will accept or deny them based more on personality than any skills--she can teach them skills, but personality not so much.
Year One~
Winter~ Tending longer-term patients (feeding, checking temperature, making sure they're comfortable, etc)
Spring~ Cleaning minor wounds, bandaging
Summer~ Mixing burn salve
Autumn~ Treating burns
Year Two~
Winter~ Identifying oisonous plants/snakes/insects
Summer~ Stitching large wounds
Autumn~ Making slings and casts
Year Three~
Winter~ Setting broken bones
Year Four~
Winter~ Mixing antivenoms/medicines
Autumn~ Administering antivenoms/medicines
Year Five~
Winter~ Amputating
This program, unlike for the army, isn't exactly set in stone. Rather, the head healer will decide when the trainee's ready to move onto the next stage. This is just a basic guideline. For example, 'min wouldn't have started setting broken bones until well after year three, simply because a ten-year-old isn't strong enough to hold an adult's arm straight, particularly if they're in that much pain. On the other hand, she has a sharp mind and good memory, so she would have started mixing and administering antivenoms earlier than year four.
There's no set finishing time; again, it's whenever the head healer decides that the trainee's ready. All those in the healing house will lod a small ceremony, during which the head healer presents her with her gold healers band.
Anyway. Completely opposite to the army guys, healers begin training on the day after Winter Solstice (the holiday that celebrates the goddesses), and usually there's only one new trainee a year, maybe two or three at the palace healing house. The head healer will accept or deny them based more on personality than any skills--she can teach them skills, but personality not so much.
Year One~
Winter~ Tending longer-term patients (feeding, checking temperature, making sure they're comfortable, etc)
Spring~ Cleaning minor wounds, bandaging
Summer~ Mixing burn salve
Autumn~ Treating burns
Year Two~
Winter~ Identifying oisonous plants/snakes/insects
Summer~ Stitching large wounds
Autumn~ Making slings and casts
Year Three~
Winter~ Setting broken bones
Year Four~
Winter~ Mixing antivenoms/medicines
Autumn~ Administering antivenoms/medicines
Year Five~
Winter~ Amputating
This program, unlike for the army, isn't exactly set in stone. Rather, the head healer will decide when the trainee's ready to move onto the next stage. This is just a basic guideline. For example, 'min wouldn't have started setting broken bones until well after year three, simply because a ten-year-old isn't strong enough to hold an adult's arm straight, particularly if they're in that much pain. On the other hand, she has a sharp mind and good memory, so she would have started mixing and administering antivenoms earlier than year four.
There's no set finishing time; again, it's whenever the head healer decides that the trainee's ready. All those in the healing house will lod a small ceremony, during which the head healer presents her with her gold healers band.