'A scalpel cuts to break you; to heal you.'
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Info
SCP-*8292: A Cure for Stress
Author:Detective_O 1
Content Warning: Vomiting, medical instruments, blood, body horror
Item #: SCP-8292
Object Class: Keter
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-8292 is currently uncontained. At least one field agent must be stationed in understaffed or underfunded medical facilities in case of an SCP-8292 event.
Mandatory questionnaires are to be administered at these facilities to identify overworked medical staff.
Description: SCP-8292 is a phenomenon affecting medical professionals.
When a subject becomes affected by SCP-8292, they will undergo an SCP-8292 event and vomit medical instruments. Notably, some instruments will become lodged inside the subject's throat.
Regardless of the physical trauma received, the subject retains their composure and can survive for longer durations despite wounds sustained. They will attempt to 'stop' SCP-8292 by performing self-mutilation. When questioned, affected subjects respond with a desire to fix SCP-8292.
The average duration of an SCP-8292 event is unknown; current estimates range from 5 minutes to 2 hours.
To date, no subjects have survived an SCP-8292 event. Notably, SCP-8292 mainly occurs in hospitals that are over capacity or otherwise struggling. Furthermore, SCP-8292 is more likely to occur to medical staff who are overworked or stressed.
Addendum 8292-A: The following is a record of SCP-8292 events:
| Subjects affected by an SCP-8292 event. | Subject's job. | Material recovered from subject's body. | Wounds. |
| Cortes Lupo. | Assistant Director of Medicine, Site-44. | 2 scalpels. | Subject failed to make any significant wounds to his body. |
| Alexander Goodsmith. | Emergency Medical Dispatcher, Queensland Ambulance Service. | 4 thermometers. | Subject opened his chest and exposed his lungs. He made 4 shallow lacerations to the costal tissue with scissors. |
| Agatha Long. | Midwife, self-employed1. | 6 test tubes. | Subject opened her chest and exposed her heart. She made 8 small punctures to the right ventricle with a needle. |
| Sally Newman. | Paramedic, Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital. | 8 tweezers. | Subject opened her uterus, making 8 medium lacerations to it and her cervix with a pair of scissors. She tried to extract the organ but failed. |
| Kofi Achebe. | Intensivist, Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital. | 8 rubber gloves. | Subject first ripped off parts of his left ear with a scalpel before ceasing the effort. He then drilled into his right ear with a surgical drill, causing ruptures to the right eardrum. |
| Richard Goldheart. | Neurosurgeon, Mayo Clinic - Rochester. | 10 surgical drills. | Subject opened his stomach to reveal his liver before extracting it. He proceeded to open the organ and blindly inserted his right hand to search for his 'problem'. |
| Prisha Kumari. | EMS Helicopter Pilot, University Hospital of Wales. | 12 torches. | Subject used a cast saw to open her skull. Once opened, she began to scoop out the grey and white matter. |
Addendum 8292-B: The following is a coroner's report of what is presumed to be the first SCP-8292 event.
Autopsy report
Deceased: Akaji Star.
Sex: Female.
Age: 38.
Job Title: The Chief Executive Officer of Hereford Hospital.
Date and hour of death: 24/3/2015, 1:16pm.
Date and hour of autopsy: 25/3/2015, 3:56pm.
Pathologist: Daniel Green and Robert Brown.Summary of event:
The patient was a 38-year-old female of African descent. On EMS arrival, the patient continually expelled a mixture of medical waste and blood. EMS administered a blood transfusion to control the internal bleeding, but could not control the expulsion of instruments. The patient was pronounced dead at 13:16.
External examination:
The body of an older woman of an average build, weighs 85.8kg and measures 164.5cm in length. Rigor mortis was present. Hypostasis of purple colour stains the back of the body.
Injuries were present in the following situation:Neck:
- Minor and major lacerations, 2-9cm long.
- A 50cm hole in the center of the voice box.
- Swelling.
Internal examination:
Head:
- Mouth: Contains natural teeth in fair condition in each jaw. The tonsils were stuffed with fragmented pill bottles. Measures 6.0cm in length, 5.5cm in width and 5.8cm in thickness.
- Tongue and Throat: The tongue was wrapped with a dental brace. Small lacerations, 1.2cm, covered the surface.
Neck and Chest:
- Larynx: 1.4cm scalpels burst out of its walls. Movements were found.
- Trachea and Main Bronchi: The trachea was filled with 10cm-wide compression badges, causing a 7 inch bulge around the throat. Main Bronchi had instruments stuck inside its wall. Removing instruments resulted in parts of the Main Bronchi being removed.
- Esophagus: Traces of vomit. 1.2cm fragments of test tubes lodged inside its walls.
Abdomen:
- Stomach: 1.4cm lacerations on the gastric walls. Major movements were found. Opening gastric walls revealed half-formed medical instruments growing inside.
Cause of death: Multiple self-inflicted wounds, internal bleeding and severe trauma.
