Posted by Cadet Maximilian Woolley (Doctor) in Sickbay - First Day on the Job

Posted by Lieutenant Surra Almikaz (Chief Science Officer) in Sickbay - First Day on the Job

Posted by Cadet Maximilian Woolley (Doctor) in Sickbay - First Day on the Job
It was 0730 and Max had just donned his uniform in anticipation of his first shift aboard the Challenger. Excited, he couldn’t sleep in and found that he was ready far too early to report. For the past 20 minutes or so, he sat on the edge of his bed. Idly playing with his fossil cube.

=^= “Computer, what is the current time?”

“It is 0733,” came the reply.

Max sighed and set his cube back on the stand beside his bed. Thankfully his roommate was already at work, otherwise Max either would have driven him crazy with constant time checks or driven himself a bit nuts without the frequent time checks. Standing up he adjusted his uniform and grabbed the white lab coat that had been issued to him before arriving at the Challenger. He walked toward sickbay somewhat slowly, trying not to show up too early but unable to occupy himself any longer.

Upon his arrival, he paused to look through the windowed hatch.

“Well, this is it, Doctor,” he said out loud in a barely audible murmur. Entering, he paused somewhat expecting someone to ask him what his business was in sickbay. But they didn’t. He pulled on the white lab coat and glanced around again. Once again, nobody seemed to notice him. But why would they? He not only looked like he belonged there but, in fact, he did.

Max Woolley, Medical

Surra stomped into the sickbay obviously frustrated. She jumped up on one of the tables/beds, briefly looked at the doctor and said. “I am experiencing pain…in my head and I need you to make it go away.” She touched her forehead with her finger tips while she laid there. “

Almikaz

Max had been standing at the terminal completing some preliminary notes when he noticed the Lieutenant stomp past him, proclaim a headache and lie on the nearby biobed. He blinked for a moment as his brain caught up with the events. Then quickly removed his tricorder from the outer pocket of his labcoat.

“Of course, Lieutenant. How long have you been experiencing pain and what were you doing when it started?” he asked as he removed the probe with his free hand, quickly scanning her head, beginning where her fingertips rest and moving outward. Probably just a headache, he thought, but it would be a terrible shame if he missed something more serious.

All the while, he did his best to steady his hand and to project as confident a voice as possible. He was well aware of what needed to be done. Unlike in the classroom, or even his first year rounds, he no longer had the luxury of protracted pauses to contemplate answers.

Max Woolley, Medical

“I have never had pain in my head before.” She said as she considered his questions. “Well I has five cocktails at the lounge last night. I woke up with the pain. It feels like my head is going to explode.” She put the pillow over her face as she laid there. “Oh yeah. I threw up too.”

Almikaz- CSO

OOC: FYI.....In one episode of ST TNG. A crew member went to sickbay with a headache and the doctor, although he knew what it was, was still baffled because headaches at some point had been eradicated and were uncommon. This is why Surra is saying “pain in her head”. She hadn’t ever heard of a headache before.