a couple of my guys got injured, but for some reason my lazy ass doctors are not doing anything. i have like 5, i also built a hospital and theres a guy there who wants to be tied down or something like that. i have a traction bench but still nothing. i also have a chief medical dwarf but again the lazy ass doesnt seem to want to do anything.
Health care, simplified version: dig out a room. Mark it as a hospital zone using (i). Build beds in it. Build a couple coffers to store things. Dwarves will store cloth, thread, soap, splints, etc. there.
Enlist some dwarf as your chief medical dwarf. I don't know what that position actually means or does, other than enabling the Health menu on the (z) screen, but that's certainly nice to have.
Make sure at least one dwarf has the Diagnosis labor enabled. And at least one dwarf should have each of the other healthcare labors enabled, too, if those will be required for your patients.
When the wounded dwarves are Resting in bed, (v)iew them and check their health status (v -> z -> h). This gives you the most details. Arrow left and right through the screens. If the dwarf hasn't been looked at by the diagnostician yet, it'll say "waiting for diagnosis" or something like that on one of them. If the dwarf
has been looked at, that screen will tell you what procedures need to be performed.
If your dwarf needs traction, make sure the traction bench is built right next to his bed. (If necessary, remove and re-build the bench closer to the bed.) This gives you the best chance of getting the dwarf to the traction bench without him waking up and aborting the job. You may also want to perform the traction in a locked room, so no meddling dwarves will think he's out of his bed and needs help getting back into it.
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