Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Rand Farquharson (Yeoman First Class) in Side sim - Sickbay- New Orders

Posted by Commander Roman Alden (First Officer & Chief Science Officer) in Side sim - Sickbay- New Orders

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Leah Hart (Nurse Practitioner/Counseling) in Side sim - Sickbay- New Orders
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“Okay, we’ll take a look,” Leah said in her most reassuring and calm tone. She took people’s concerns seriously but she also didn’t want to compound issues by accidentally increasing Rand’s anxiety.

She focused a scan of the yeoman’s heart, looking for any anomalies that couldn’t be attributed to the epinephrine.

~Leah Hart, NP

Rand’s heart was fine. Racing from the epinephrine, but it was steady and strong, no signs of inflammation, swelling, or constriction.

Yeoman Rand

Leah reached back and grabbed a stool and rolled to over, sitting at the side of the bed, her face more level with Rand’s. “The scan shows your heart is strong and health. It’s beating faster because of the epinephrine and it’s completely normal. It will pass. I could give you something to counter it if necessary but if you think you can take deep breaths with me, then it will help.”

~Leah Hart, NP

Leah’s reassurance only slightly relaxed her. She was fine, she was fine, she was fine.

Rand nodded, placed her hands over her stomach, closed her eyes, and took several deep slow breaths. She concentrated on making each one as deep and slow as she could manage.

Yeoman Rand

“Good,” Leah said, her voice soothing and soft.

“Have you ever done meditation or similar visualization exercises?” Hart asked.

~Leah Hart, NP

Rand nodded, her eyes still closed as she breathed. “Yes. Counting my breathes seems to help the most.”

Yeoman Rand

“Okay, why don’t you do that. Count them aloud for me,” Leah said. “I’ll keep an eye on your vitals, and I’m sure they’ll be back to normal soon.”

~Leah Hart, NP

Rand nodded and started quietly counting her breaths. It was a little harder trying to breath slow and deep and talk at the same time. It wasn’t as smooth and steady as she usually could make them, but she did her best, keeping track of her breaths out loud.

Yeoman Rand

There was a method to her madness, even though she could see that Rand was struggling a bit with the rhythm of counting and breathing. But it was engaging different parts of her brain at the same time and that made it easier for the parasympathetic nervous system to calm everything down.

As Rand counted, Leah watched her vitals and she could see everything returning to a more expected level. “How are you feeling now?”

~Leah Hart, NP

It really wasn’t helping. It was stressing her out more that it was taking longer than normal to even out her breathing. But she was able to breathe where she couldn’t before the medicine, so that was better. “Better.” She said between counts.

Yeoman Rand

Leah nodded. “Okay, you can stop counting now. I want to keep you for a bit longer for observation, but if everything continues improving and you have no other reactions, you’ll be free to go.”

~Leah Hart, NP

Rand nodded. “Could… could you call Roman?” She hated being in sickbay. She knew he might not be able to come, but she wanted him to know where she was.

Yeoman Rand

Leah nodded. “Of course.” She patted Rand’s shoulder gently and rose from the stool.

Stepping over the comm, Leah activated it. [O]Sickbay to Commander Alden.[o]

[o]It’s Nurse Hart. If you can step away, Sir, Yeoman Rand needs to see you here in Sickbay for a little bit.[o] She didn’t want to give more details in case he wasn’t alone.

~Leah Hart, NP

[o]On my way.[o] The answer was immediate. They both knew he’d never leave something critical unattended, so he must have been available, but the worry in his voice was clear. It wasn’t much later that he had arrived and was directed to Hart and Rand.

~ Cmdr Alden, XO/CSO

Rand was on a biobed. She looked out of it and woozy, but her eyes met his as he entered.

Yeoman Rand

Roman rushed to her side and took her hand. “What happened?”

~ Cmdr Alden, XO/CSO