Q; Why isn't the Med. Tech familiar with the concept of the splint?
A; No reason why he should be, really. Try asking your local GP. for a poultice. It's easy to say, "Ah yes, but Picard knows how to make one, we've seen that" and indeed we have, but Picard, it should be noted, is a student of history.
Watch Picard as he beams off the Romulan ship. He speaks while he's being transported. Must be a final manifestation of those pesky ship-wide systems failures, I suppose . . .
The Child Where Silence Has Lease Elementary, My Dear Data The Outrageous Okona
Loud As a Whisper The Schizoid Man Unnatural Selection A Matter of Honour
The Measure of a Man The Dauphin Contagion The Royale Times Squared The
Icarus Factor Pen Pals Q Who Samaritan Snare Up The Long
Ladder Manhunt The Emissary
Peak Performance Shades of Grey