Posted by Lieutenant Miriam Cross (Chief Medical Officer) in Med Bay Check in - Open

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Lance Malone (Xenobiologist) in Med Bay Check in - Open

Posted by Lieutenant Miriam Cross (Chief Medical Officer) in Med Bay Check in - Open
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Lance had found his quarters, he didn’t pay much attention to them, they were literally a place to sleep, keep stuff and get dressed. Lance was rather prone to being focused on things to a point where he could forget the world around him. Some people might consider this a problem, Lance didn’t understand these sorts of people. He was more than looking forward to getting into the lab, being on the same planet and studying the same thing was great but the prospect of lots of different planets was sending him to almost giddy levels of excitement. But before he got to the labs he had jobs to do, he had a list of things to do. And currently top of that list was his boarding medical.

Luckily unlike the space station the Merrimack had deck plans so after only 4 dead ends he found the sick bay. Never his favourite place, it was full of sick people, and always less interesting that his lab.

He enetred the sickbay and looked for anyone who seemed free, spotting someone who looked like they weren’t already involved with something else. “Err Good afternoon, I believe I’m ment to see someone about a boarding medical?” he asked.

-Lt Malone

The nursing officer made her way towards him,she could not recall seeing him before and through experience was quick to come to the conclusion that he was there for his medical ‘’Hello I’m Kate would you care to follow me please ‘’ then pointing to an empty biobed ‘’ I’ll go and fetch a doctor ‘’ and off she went.

She knew doctor Hunter was busy doing another medical ,so she popped her head inside the CMO’s office ‘’Cross there is a new crew member for his medical’‘.
‘’ I suppose the paper work can wait’’ she murmured getting up and headed to were Kate directed and pointed out the location of the biobed.

‘’Hi I’m doctor Cross ‘’ she smiled while extending a hand ‘’ I suppose you’re here for your medical?’’ she asked the young man.

Cross CMO.

Lance nodded to the nurse and quietly followed her, he had learnt the hard way several years ago not to argue with nurses, they could be very scary and it was just best to do as they said. He found his way to the bip bed and flashed the nurse his best and most charming grin. “Thanks nurse Kate.” He said cheerfully. Far more cheerfully than he felt. Sickbays always made him nervous, twitchy and longing to be back on the other side of the doors.

‘’You’re welcome ‘’ Kate replied waving at Lance as she made her way back to changing the dressing of one clumsy crew member .

And it took Lance more than a little self control not to leg it out of the sick bay. But soon a doctor was with him. “Oh…Me? Er yes Sir… Doctor. Lt Malone here for my medical.” He rushed tripping over his words. “As you can see I’m alive and stuff so all fit for duty”

-Lt Malone

‘’So I see but lets do the scanning first shall we ‘’ Cross easily picked up that Lt Malone would prefer to be anyplace but sickbay.

‘’Just relax doctors don’t usually bite ‘’ she said in a rather cheerful manner to try and put the young man at ease ‘’ Is there anything I should knew before starting ?’’ Cross asked the same usual questions .

Lance looked confused “Usually.... that would suggest that on occasion doctors DO in fact bite, but what situation would arise that would cause a doctor to bite is it a defensive mechanism? Or are doctors more predatory in nature? Would this be the reason for the saying an apple a day.... was this some ancient defence against doctors, and was it a regular Apple or some extinct species of apple, or perhaps a cult of apple worship, which I believe resurfaced in the early 21st century....” Lance was rambling but it was if he suddenly caught himself and stopped.

He took a few breaths closed his eyes, as if centering himself. When he opened them he looked somewhat annoyed “Sorry bad habit, please ignore me.” He said apologising. Lance often felt his brain was racing at endless speeds, great when problem solving in the lab but sometimes his brain and mouth would team up without his permission and those racing thoughts were verbalised usually when he was nervous or excited. As a teen Lance had tried and failed to study Vulcan techniques for reducing his emotional state, there was way too much effort required and keeping one’s mind blank was a skill Lance was just not capable of. Over the years he’d learnt to try and calm himself in short bursts, avoid situations where he got nervous. But joining a new ship and a medical had certainly got the better of those nerves.

OOC: If there is anything you want to put own.

Cross read the scan

OOC: again does the scan pick anything up?

The scan picked up very little, an elevated heart and respiration rate. But nothing serious. It picked up lots of old injuries, torn ligaments, broken fingers and a nose, muscle tears. Either he played contact sports or ran into walls.

Cross CMO.

• Lt Malone

When she read the scan Cross put the tricoder away ,pulled a chair and sat down next to the biobed ,placing her hand gently on his shoulder . The CMO spoke to him ‘’Lt Malone,I know most of the crew hate sickbay but try to relax ‘’ then she went on ‘’From the medical side you’re cleared for duty ,though the scan did pick up old injures, I hope you don’t have the habit of climbing up walls and jumping from roof to roof ‘’.

Lance was trying his best to relax, he was just very poor at it. “It’s not you doctor I assure you it’s me.” He said trying to apologise. He figured changing the subject might help him take his mind off things. “So doctor, what’s the Merrimack like?” It would have worked better if he was a master of the art of conversation… he was more a finger painter of conversation.

The doctor asked if he was prone to jumping off roofs. He was somewhat confused, and then he twigged “Oh no.... no I’m not a comic book vigilante, did think about it once but the costume made me look stupid.” He grinned “No I play…well I guess now it’s played rugby. It’s a great game, fast, skill full and much cooler than soccer.” He doubted there was much chance to play now he was space bound.

Cross was gentle in her demeanor, having a considerate and kindly disposition ‘’Lt, in which dept are you going to be working ?’‘.

Cross CMO.

“Me?” He didn’t realise it wouldn’t be obvious, he’d been on a science research mission where everyone worked in science. On a star ship there were numerous different departments “Oh I’m a scientist, I mainly specialise in Xenobiology, but I can be a bit of a jack of all trades, I like to learn, I’m most happy when involved in any research project, except for physics… physics is for engineering, too much maths.” He explained

Lt Malone