Sickbay

The attending doctor in sickbay is Dr. Cottle, but there are lab coat-wearing specialists and medics who are sometimes present to render aid (Litmus).

Sickbay (The Captain's Hand).

The sickbay seems to have the equipment of a basic small hospital (beds, stretchers, IV's), but is relatively spartan otherwise. It is also equipped with a machine similar to a magnetic resonance imaging scanner.

According to Lee Adama, the sickbay is also designed as a disaster shelter in the event of a ship catastrophe (Valley of Darkness).

Galactica also possesses a morgue, which is located near Baltar's lab ("The Farm", "Sacrifice", "The Captain's Hand").

Major characters who have spent time in sickbay

• Cally -- gunshot wound in "Bastille Day", later beaten to the point of having her jaw broken by Galen Tyrol and needing it rewired.
• Laura Roslin -- breast exam and inquiry about available medication in "Act of Contrition", near-death from advanced breast cancer in "Epiphanies".
• Kara Thrace -- broken knee from "You Can't Go Home Again" to "Six Degrees of Separation".
• Sharon Valerii -- for gunshot wound in the cheek from "Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I"
• William Adama -- after the attempt on his life by Sharon Valerii from "Scattered" to "Resistance"
• Gaius Baltar -- Scan of his brain, to determine whether or not his internal Number Six is a chip in "Home, Part II"
• Lee Adama -- gunshot wound in "Sacrifice"
• Sharon Agathon -- near-miscarriage in "Final Cut", attempted rape resulting in a cracked rib treated in "Resurrection Ship, Part I", Caesarian-section birth in "Downloaded".
• Louanne Katraine -- dies from radiation sickness in "The Passage".
• Galen Tyrol -- recoers from explosive decompression in "A Day in the Life".
• Romo Lampkin -- survives an assassination attempt in "The Son Also Rises".

Re-imagined Series definition: initial skills training; can refer to basic military indoctrination, and arms and ground training ^{(TRS: "Fragged")}; and basic flight training ^{(TRS: "Miniseries")}

Original Series definition: interchangeable term for a computer monitor and television set (see: scanner)