Required medical

Posted on Saturday 9 October 2021 @ 13:09 by Lieutenant Nir’anyar

Mission: First Contact
Location: Sickbay
1404 words - 2.8 OF Standard Post Measure

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Walking along Deck 7, Jack was making his way towards sickbay while cradling his left forearm in his right hand. He’d given himself a rather nasty gash up his arm and needed to get it treated, so he’d done some basic first aid on himself by wrapping the cut using a old field dressing he’d kept from his days in the Marines, which he’d now need to replace.

Stepping through the doors into the Primary Sickbay, Jack looked around for someone who didn’t look busy.

"Chief" the blue skinned Benzite caught the man as he entered the medical facility, scowling at him intently. Anya was about to head off shift and she had finally gotten sickbay clear of the usual influx of minor ailments and injuries. Today had only highlighted the need to run a general medical surgery for the civilian population given the size of the Merlin. "How can I help you?"

"All I need is some alcohol, a needle and some thread and I'll be on my way" Jack said, holding up his injured forearm, "it's just a scratch"

"Of course you do Chief... Sit down on the biobed and let me forgo the leeches and blood letting and actually heal you!"
Anya was her usual prickly self, not willing to allow the upstart, by her own first impression, to dictate what he was going to do. The last thing she needed was someone self treating and then ending up back in sickbay with blood poisoning or some such.

She moved around the sickbay with a practiced hand now, gathering up a small tool tray and the equipment she would need.
"That is the joy of modern medical science Chief... We can bond the damaged flesh back together in an instant and disinfect to a degree that there would be no chance of you returning to sickbay with any kind of detrimental blood poisoning or deep tissue infection... So you will sit down, you will be treated or I will be having you removed from active duty and confined to the psychiatric ward for extended observation for a wilful disregard for your own safety!"

Bitting his lip to hold back a laugh, Jack did as he was told. he found the doctors stern attitude to be quite refreshing and in fact she reminded him of his old medical teacher who trained him to be a field medic. "and here I was looking forward to a good blood letting. They can be quite relaxing from what i've heard" he said before hopping up onto the indicated biobed and unwrapping his arm to reveal a long gash up his forearm, "well I've done well this time"

"Hmmm" was all she offered as she examined the wound in more detail. It was deep, it was still weeping blood but it was nothing that dermal regeneration could fix. She handed him the gauze from the nearest tool table before heading to the bench near the main entrance to sickbay. "Apply the gauze with pressure for a moment please!"

She started to rummage around in the drawers in search of a dermal regenerator but one was not forthcoming. There had to be one somewhere in sickbay but she knew the bulk of them were probably still being held in Cargobay three after the viral attack. Eventually she found one hidden away in the secret stash of medical equipment that Doctor Kyhl kept and started back over to the young man.

Mathias had left Caroline, and went back to sickbay, and not seeing anyone at the moment quietly went to where he had been laying. So far so good, he'd not been spotted-

"Tell me chief, I don't recognise your face... Are you new to the ship?"
The dermal regenerator popped to life in her hand and a soft purple light exuded from the barrel which she started to move across the wound in even strokes. "And don't think I haven't spotted you trying to sneak back in Mathias! I shall deal with you in a moment!"

Mathias froze, and looked towards Anya, a sheepish expression in his eyes. "Er hello I just had to use the er... bathroom?" he then looked at Jack, giving a nod. He would be meeting the man a bit more on an official business later, once he got out of sick bay. A lunch with the man.

"For an entire hour... Perhaps I should administer you some laxatives Lieutenant... Or perhaps speak to Lieutenant Morgan about having someone from Security ensure you remain in your hospital bed until you are given the all clear to leave..." she left the statement hanging between them, not once did she remove her eyes from the wound she had been treating on Chief MacGyvers arm. So, Chief, you were about to tell me if you were new here or not?"

Jack nodded, “new enough, i just transferred over from Utopia Planitia”

Mathias went back to his bed, then he stated. "Actually I lied, and I am sorry. Caroline is back on the ship." he laid back down on the bed. "She has returned." a brilliant smile is there.

"I am aware Lieutenant and I appreciate you wanting to see her however if you leave that biobed once more without my or Doctor Kyhl's approval you will be sedated, us being friends not withstanding... Do I make myself clear?"
She finally turned to look at Mathias giving a very passable impersonation of a librarian looking over the edge of her glasses.

Of course Anya would know about Caroline's returning, she and Caroline were really good friends and Friends would know about the return. He nodded, "I will stay right here then, Anya." giving another brief smile. He felt good, really good.

The Benzite turned her attention back to the Engineer that had now stopped bleeding and the wound had completely healed.
"There we go Chief. You are free to go and while you were here I have had the computer run a full scan of you to enter into the database which will stand as your medical evaluation which should have been run within a day at most of you arriving on board... You will not be late for your next physical Chief... you can take that as an order or a threat because it is completely open to interpretation and interchangeable... Lovely meeting you!"

“Come on Doc, can you blame me? I just had to get to work on the big girl as soon as I could. She just looked so beautiful from outside”

"You seem to think this is a debate Chief... It is not. This is the Chief Medical Officer laying out standard procedure for all transfers. I am going to believe for the time being that you were unaware as this is your first transfer to a new posting, and no I do not need to know if that is the case or not, now go while I see to my other patient!"
Her ire rising. She had breached standard procedure during the away mission and it had lead to disaster that was avoided only by a margin so fine it was almost unrecognisable. She was not going to allow anyone to breach procedure again.

Without another word, Jack rolled his sleeve down and quick marched out of sickbay. The last thing he expected today was a chief medical officer to act like a drill sergeant. As soon as he was out of the room, he took a deep breath to calm himself, “bloody hell, now that’s a strong woman. I think…..damn it, now I’ve gotta go research another species. Why are there so many species out here…” he said to himself before pausing and giving a big sigh, “damn it I don’t even know what species the doc is”

"Now, Lieutenant McPhee... Your turn!"
Anya started across sickbay to the biobed her friend was taking refugee and by the time she was finished with him he was going to wish he had not come back to sickbay!

END

●● Lieutenant Nir’anyar
Chief Medical Officer
USS Merlin


●● Lieutenant Mathias McPhee
Chief Operations Officer
USS Merlin


>>>* Chief Petty Officer Johnathan "Jack" MacGyver
Engineering Specialist
USS Merlin