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After the EMH Mark II supplanted the "inferior" Mark I, the only remaining versions to fulfill their original programming were aboard the USS Voyager and the USS Equinox, which were both stranded in the Delta Quadrant and had to implement the emergency holograms for extended periods of time. In 2376, the Equinox, along with its EMH, was destroyed leaving Voyager's program, "The Doctor", the only Mark I still operating as an EMH. | After the EMH Mark II supplanted the "inferior" Mark I, the only remaining versions to fulfill their original programming were aboard the USS Voyager and the USS Equinox, which were both stranded in the Delta Quadrant and had to implement the emergency holograms for extended periods of time. In 2376, the Equinox, along with its EMH, was destroyed leaving Voyager's program, "The Doctor", the only Mark I still operating as an EMH. | ||
'''Note:''' An EMH, although a computer-created hologram, cannot automatically access a ship's computer. That would require far more processing capacity than its holomatrix can support. Instead, it accesses the ship's computer like any normal crewmember. | |||
An EMH cannot feel pain, cry, or bleed. If grabbed, it can become insubstantial and slip from its captor's grasp. It does maintain the capacity to learn and adapt to new circumstances. It can provide routine and complex medical care, up to and including detailed surgery, in the event that a ship's doctor is incapacitated. | |||
An EMH system requires sophisticated holoemitters and sensors in the appropriate areas; Starfleet can install one only on ships with the most sophisticated medical facilities. In more modern vessels, holoemitters can be installed throughout the ship, enabling the EMH to go to the sick and injured, rather than requiring them to come to Sickbay. | |||
However, an EMH is for emergencies, as the name indicates, not for everyday use. Starfleet is an organization of sentient, living beings, not robots and holograms. Technology is just a tool, and Starfleet expects its personnel to do their jobs and do them well, even if the EMH outclasses them on medical knowledge. Only when the ship's medical personnel are incapacitated or in dire need of assistance should the EMH be activated. If a medical officer remains alive and able to do their job, they can, in their best medical judgment, overrule any attempt to use the EMH (even by the ship's commander) and shut it off, per Starfleet regulations - and most doctors won't hesitate to do so. | |||
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