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 Roles: Technician (Shirad) Surgeon  Doctor (Conrad ) Ambulance doctor Voice of Presentation(stays offscreen) (Jacob) Script Ambulance doctor: Gangway! (dashes in driving gourney w/man on top) Doctor: Oh shoot, this looks bad. Can’t exactly tell from out here, but it looks to me like he has a broken spine. Ambulance doctor: Yeah. He was exhibiting most of the symptoms of a near-the-neck total break-complete paralasis below the break, he couldn’t feel a poke, he had a few seizures on the way, he was panting, and he peed himself on the way. Voice of presentation: This is as opposed to an incomplete break, in which the symptoms are much less severe, and lower on the spine, in which the symptoms are only below the break. Doctor: We better get him into a MRI. *yelling* Tech! Technician: (wheels in MRI box) Got it right here. Put him in. //Person is put in MRI. Fake MRI image is displayed.// Voice of Presentation: An MRI is often the best way to show whether the nerves are broken. An X-ray will only show bones, while an MRI shows soft tissue. Ambulance doctor: Take that data to the main computer room. I’ll put in my medical report. //Fake MRI and fake medical report are stuck on wall near judges for them to study. Scene temporarily closes, and Voice of Presentation walks past with a sign saying Five Minutes Later... Scene reopens with Surgeons and Doctor standing around table with man on it. Scissors, tape, and fake spine are nearby. Surgeons and Doctor are wearing surgical dress. Technician is standing behind monitor, with screen hidden.// Doctor: Yeah, we’ve seen that he’s obviously got a broken spine-the MRI and symptoms are conclusive. We ready to install that new device? Surgeon 1: Yeah. Who knew a kid’s robotics team could come up with such a good idea? It needed a few refinements, but now, here it is! Voice of Presentation: The device they’re talking about is our innovative solution to the broken spine: A spinal brace, packed with stem cells, is placed between the breaks. Our expert, Christine Politis (a stem cell researcher) was a great help designing this. //Surgeons and Doctor go to work. Surgeon 1 cuts through the man’s back. Doctor holds back the clothing. Surgeon 2 puts LEGO brace into LEGO spine. Doctor releases clothing, and presses shut. Surgeon 2 puts on tape.// Doctor: Technician! Is he going to live? Technician:Hmmm...yeah! His heartbeat’s leveled out, and his spinal cord’s sending messages like it never was damaged! //Everyone in room high-fives. Stage closes. (bow)//