Posted by Lieutenant Zeke Drake (Chief Medical Officer) in Main Sim: Sickbay.

Posted by Gamemaster Christopher Bennett (GMT) in Main Sim: Sickbay.

Posted by Lieutenant Zeke Drake (Chief Medical Officer) in Main Sim: Sickbay.
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Once the patient was set up in his biobed, the biofunction monitor readout would continuously display and update his vital signs, such as pulse, respiration, temperature, and brain activity.

Zeke also got the respirator device ready for use. “Crewman Taylor,” he said. “I don’t suppose that I’d be lucky enough, that you have any medical nurse training, do you?”

CMO

“I’ve had some basic first aid during boot camp. But no nurse training.” Taylor replied meekly.

“As in, since I’ve taken the precautionary measure of establishing a quarantine field around the Sickbay, in the process, I’ve apparently also managed to lock out the rest of the medical staff. Not that I actually require any help.”

CMO

“I’ll try and help if I can.” He offered softly. He was clearly nervous, but seemed to be pulling himself together to help.

-GMT

“Well, let’s get this respirator on him for easing his breathing,” Zeke said. “And intravenous fluids for dehydration and body temperature ad well. I need the biobed to give me a proper reading to diagnose his specific virus so that I can treat it.”

CMO

Taylor helped the CMO get the respirator on. He watched as the intravenous fluids were attached to his friend and roommate. Initial scans of Smith’s systems showed a virus was attacking his system. These initial scans showed that the virus was not known to the computer. However, it seemed to be attacking the body in a similar fashion as an aggressive flu virus would.

-GMT

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Zeke thought a moment. Then he said, “Okay. It’s high time that I called in a ringer.” With that, he tapped his combadge.

=^=This is Lt. Drake calling for Commander Avik. I have a sick crewman here in the Sickbay that I need help with. There is a containment forcefield around the Sickbay. =^=

CMO

OOC: Please don’t forget to snip. Thank you.
-Janice B.

IC: Avik had been situated on the bridge at the time. She instructed the next highest officer to take her place as she moved down the corridor and headed to the sickbay. After exiting the turbo lift, she entered the room. Her eyes turned to Zeke for details while she spoke.

“Would you fill me in on the situation and what I can help with?”

–XO, Avik, Lt. Cmdr

“Crewman Smith seems to have an advanced flu virus of unknown origins” Zeke explained. “The computer can’t identify it. I have him on a respirstor and intravenous for now.”

“Taylor here is his roommate who found him. I brought him to Sickbay as a precaution. And have quarantine force fields around both Sickbay and their quarters.”

“I’m treating this as a bad case of the normal flu for now. I haven’t started him on any medication yet as I just got him in here.”

CMO

Avik listened intently to the CMO. Her head nodded, indicating she received the information, then turned her attention to the patient. Her eyes noted the roommate lingering nearby, the body racked with nervousness and helplessness. They both looked miserable causing a pang of sympathy to flutter into the surface of her heart. Shrugging it off, she turned back to the chief medical officer.

“Have you taken a blood sample to examine before you administered any medication?” She wondered what he had done up until her arrival.

–XO, Avik, Lt. Cmdr

“No, I just got him in here,” Zeke explained. “Then I set him up in the biobed to get some better scans then my medical tricorder can do. Crewman Taylor is his room mate. i haven’t scanned him yet. He shows no obvious signs of the alien flu. But I have him here, in quarantine. Just in case.”

CMO

Avik said little at first. She moved toward the biobed. With the proper protections in place to avoid contaminations, she pressed buttons on the console and waited for the results. She had started off with a basic scan to indicate the source of the issue and other abnormalities. Once they were found, she then ran them through the sickbay database for any similarities to other diseases or illnesses. The best way to improve the officer’s health was to figure out what was harming him.

“Hopefully it’s something easily treatable,” she commented with a hint of gentleness in her voice.

–XO, Avik, Lt. Cmdr

“Of course, Commander,” Zeke mused. “I used the transporter to beam us here. I can run a check on the biofilter to see why it didn’t screen out the virus. If it comes down to it, we can still treat the disease like an aggressive flu.”

CMO

As the CMO was talking, Crewmen Smith’s blood pressure started to drop and his heart rate increased. Beads of sweat ran down his face and he started to fidget.

“Ah Doc?” Taylor stated with concern.

-GMT

“Even if it is a wonky, alien flu of unknown origin, I can still treat is as a known virus,” Zeke explained. “They have certain common identifying markers and symptoms. And worse comes to worse, I can stick him in stasis. But I can still fix this before it comes to that.”

CMO

Avik continued to wait for the tricorder’s information, her eyes turned to the CMO. She noticed he repeated himself and she would’ve been concerned if it wasn’t normal for him. Without a further word, she set her device down. Then she noted the patience’s shaking causing her to waste no more time.

“Start the antiviral medication. For any fever, use the acetaminophen. I’ll set the machine to keep him hydrated,” Avik stated as she began to move.

–XO, Avik, Lt. Cmdr