<USS Banshee> Another Day at the office
- From: EnsnSaraCrusher@xxxxxxx
- To: ussbanshee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 22:59:01 EDT
Another Day at the office
By Ensign Sara Crusher
Sara waited impatiently for Anthony to get to sick bay. She hoped that he
would get there before Josh did. She had already disobeyed orders once in the
past 10 minutes she didn’t want to push her luck. She breathed a great sigh
of relief when he walked in the door. "Josh is on his way. He has a third
degree burn on his arm with a plasma infection already starting to set in. I
began treatment and then he was called to the bridge and now he’s on his way
back and you HAVE to finish the treatment." It was all one breathlessly long
sentence. She didn’t give him time to do anything but nod his head. She
smiled at him, threw her arms around him in a grateful hug and the dashed
into the AMO officer, or as she had started calling it, home.
Sara sat behind the desk her head in her hands. "You were the only one here."
She said out loud. "It was a bad injury..... Your a doctor you can’t just sit
there and not do something." She stood up and started pacing the room, trying
to get a grip on all the emotions she was feeling. "She can’t honestly get
after me for this. It was a tough call and I made it and I‘ll stand by it.
Second guessing myself is not going to help anyone." Sara stopped in her
tracks as she realized she was talking to herself very loudly. She had
reported it to Andros. He said it was fine, but does he know about the
Captain's orders.
"You WILL NOT treat Asper in a private setting AGAIN. If he has a medical
problem, he can obtain the proper clearances to report to medical and ANY of
our fine staff can treat him there."
The words rang in Sara’s mind as clearly as if the Captain had just spoken
them. "It was an emergency and I WAS the ONLY doctor here." She told herself
as she sat back down in her chair. Sara finally took a deep breath.
"Computer open duty log." She called out as she leaned back in the chair.
"Log ready record when ready."
Assistant Medical Officer Doctor Sara Crusher’s Duty Log: Supplemental.
I reported on duty at 09:30 hours. Sick bay was empty except for the night
doctor and a few nurses. After reliving the night shift I preceded to
check on Lt. Dnalls. The locations of the rest of this shift staff is; Dr.
Anthony D’Vorak is currently over seeing the wounded and infected caravan
refugees in cargo bay 1. The location of the Chief Medical Officer is at this
time unknown.
Med Updates: Lt. Jg. Jvan Dnalls is recovering at a steady pace. He awoke
from the virus/cure induced sleep at 0953 hours. He is feeling weak and will
require a few days rest but he will make a full recovery from both his
injuries and the virus. I will monitor him here in sick bay for the rest of
the day and then release him to his quarters for a minimum of three days
off duty.
At 1012 hours Lt. Joshua Asper came into sick bay with a medical emergency. I
directed my nurse to treat his injuries since I am under orders not to
treat this officer myself. However, the severity of his wounds called for a
doctor’s evaluation. Under the circumstances I made the judgment call to
assess the Lt’s injuries. The Lt. suffered third degree burns to his left
fore arm. Tri-corder scans also read signs of plasma induced infection that
had started to settle into the wound. I gave the Lt. a hyperspray for the
infection and began to treat the burn with a dermal regenerator. I was
unable to complete the treatment because the Lt. was called to the Bridge by
Commander Andros. Asper was told to return to sick bay as soon as he could
so the treatment could be completed. I would like to add that Nurse Betty was
not only in the room, but never left my side during my treatment of Lt.
Asper.
Sara started to relax a bit as she listened to what she was saying and
realized she had to stop being so damn jumpy. "Computer end log and file it.
Also send a copy to the Captain."
Sara stood from the desk and walked back into sick bay. It was empty again
except for Anthony and Josh. She smiled at them as she walked over Dnalls
once again to check his vital signs. Over it her day was looking pretty
normal. She woke up in Scooby’s bed, was a half hour late for work, and
disobeyed an order. She sighed and smiled. "And it’s not even lunch time
yet."
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