Posted by Lieutenant Commander Siegfried Abel (Chief Medical Officer) in Side Sim - I Should Have Been A Plastic Surgeon…
The CMO of the Olinski walked through the large Promenade area of the station where they were docked for repairs. He had a full two days of rest and relaxation ahead of him, having caught up with all the reports and backlogged notes he had been trying to get done for a week. He sighed in relief as he traded the recycled air of the ship for the recycled air of the station. It wasn’t fresh.. but at least it was different.

As he walked and looked at the various offerings, a small commotion off to the right caught his eye. Two people were arguing and it was getting heated. Abel was about to walk on and ignore them when one of the participants, a human male, grasped his left pectoral area and collapsed to the deck.

Abel rushed over and knelt next to him, pressing his fingers to his neck to feel for a pulse. The man he was arguing with scoffed loudly. “Oh what a crock! You always do this, Rick! You just can’t stand to be called out your crap so you fake some kind of injury to get out of it and garner sympathy. That may have worked with Mom and Dad, but it won’t work on me!” he said loudly. Abel scowled and looked back at the speaker. “Call for an emergency medical team. This man is having a heart attack.” The figure scoffed again. “Right. Bulls#!t. What are you? Some kinda doctor?” Abel didn’t look back but said “No some kind. I am a doctor, and this man needs medical attention right now.” Abel looked at ‘Rick’ and said “Rick? Look at me. My name is Doctor Abel, and I’m going to help you. What I need you to do right now is sit up and cough as hard as you can. C’mon.” and he helped Rick sit up. “C’mon, cough. Hard. As fast as you can! C’mon!”

Abel, CMO

Rick struggled up to a seated position, from which he couldn’t help but cough. =/\=Emergency medical to the promenade, right away!=/\= the other man called.

A couple minutes later, an emergency medical team pushed their way through to the patient and doctor. A nurse knelt down while two orderlies prepared a stretcher. “How’s he doing doc?” She asked.

-GM