Posted by Lieutenant Ben Hudson (Chief Medical Officer) in Main Sim: Sickbay - TAG Fitzgerald

Posted by Gamemaster Wookius Furrius (Senior Gamemaster) in Main Sim: Sickbay

Posted by Fleet Captain Alexander Cochrane (Commanding Officer) in Main Sim: Sickbay
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It was at that point that Anna entered the autopsy room, staying just clear of the forcefield. “I was on the Bridge dealing with someone’s minor injury when I heard there was a body being beamed to Sickbay, sir. Are you planning to do just scans, or a full physical autopsy? In the latter case, permission to observe? It’s been a while.”

~ Doctor Anna Fitzgerald

Ben flashed a quick grin at the Doctor. “Well, I was just going to do some preliminary scans, however I am curious as to why this human has ended up out here, so perhaps a full physical autopsy might yield something.” he said, as he picked up a laser scalpel from the medical tray nearby.

“And rather than observe, why don’t you have a go? I assume you remember your autopsy training from medical school?” he asked, keen for the Doctor to use this as an opportunity to get some experience, rather than just watch.

Lt. Hudson
Chief Medical Officer

She smiled. “I’m glad you asked, sir. I think I will. But like I said: it’s been a while, so, please, do stick around.”

Not that Anna didn’t remember Stevie. That’s what she’d nicknamed ‘her’ corpse during the lab portion of human anatomy and physiology. Poor sod had died from a phaser fight on a malfunctioning holodeck, of all places. Or at least, that’s the story she and her lab partners had told themselves for a laugh or two, during what were otherwise rather grim proceedings, in which they literally cut up a human body into small pieces of meat for their own education. They didn’t actually know anything about the man, other than what the general condition of and damage to his body revealed. So in their minds, he became a Starfleet Officer who hadn’t actually set foot on a planet in quite a while, but who liked to fire weapons on the Holodeck, and got unlucky one day.

She grabbed a surgical gown, pulled it on, and then, on the wall panel, adjusted the forcefield so it would be penetrable for no more than 30 seconds. She stepped through, heard it re-engage behind her, scanned the room, located the instrument tray, and grabbed a laser scalpel. Then she turned to the CMO.

“Standard Y incision, I assume? Is there anything specific you want me to be on the lookout for?”

~ Doctor Anna Fitzgerald

“Yes, I think that’s a good start as any.” Ben said with a smile. “I am curious to see what we find out about him. We know that he was killed, probably by explosive decompression, but it would be good to know a bit more about his medical history.” he mused, more to himself than anyone else.

“Do you need any help with starting off, or do you think you’ve got it?” he asked the Doctor, impressed that she had got straight on with it. It was always markably different opening a corpse rather than a living person who needed medical intervention.

Lt. Hudson
Chief Medical Officer

The body was old and had been exposed to vacuum for quite some time and was .. delicate .. as noted by the loss of the arm while packaging him up. Hence a general autopsy would be a little different than with something more .. ah, fresh :)
- Wookiee

“Oh, and you may want to put on a breathing mask,” Ben suggested. “I can see you getting a mouthful of dusty corpse if you’re not careful.”

Lt. Hudson
Chief Medical Officer

OOC: Bump

The comms activated. =/\= Cochrane to Away Team and Medical. Be on the lookout for a mechanical key of some kind. Could be stored on board the ship or perhaps on our deceased friend in the morgue. If it is on their person, check for a necklace or hidden pockets in their clothes. If it’s on the ship, I would suggest looking in personal quarters or in the cockpit. Sentient beings who keep important things secured behind mechanical locks, at least most species anyway, tend to keep the key to such locks close to them or within easy retrieval. I’d prefer not to cut open this chest if at all possible. =/\=

Cochrane, CO

OOC: Bump ..

=^= Medical here - acknowledged Captain, we’ll check over our friend down here =^= replied Ben, tapping a few commands into his console.

“Ensign Fitzgerald, if you would do the honours of checking for any foreign objects,” he asked, pointing toward the dusty corpse.

Lt. Hudson
Chief Medical Officer

Specifically speaking there was nothing on his body in the scan .. or in his body in the scan .. this discounting personal effects.
- Wookiee