Posted by Crewman Faith Hopkins (Captain’s Yeoman) in Main Sim - Sickbay
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More time passed and no one had entered sickbay ‘’ Might as well relax cause…’’ Cross did not had time to finish the sentence when a crewman came running in out of breath ‘’ Someone is stuck in one of the Jeffrey tubes. I tried to help but realized one of the tools he was using has penetrated his side and he’s bleeding ‘’.

‘’On our way’’ Cross replied without hesitation.

Upon hearing this, Faith gazed over at Kate and gave her a look. Leaving Sickbay to climb Jeffries Tubes in the dark, with nothing but unshielded candles, seemed like a recipe for more injuries, but you could never stop Cross from doing what she had in her head. Her impulsiveness might make her dangerous sometimes, but she got things done. Faith continued caring for the existing patients and hoping that the lights would come back on soon.

Cross followed the man.

The other crew member came back to sickbay and told Kate, “Doctor Cross has a PT with a Pneumothorax and an injury from a screwdriver ..she said you’d know what she needs and to bring them on the double ‘’.

Kate left the Sickbay with the other crew member, leaving Faith alone there. She wished they could at least have some security to act as a porter or triage these patients.

As more patients with trips and falls came into Sickbay, Faith decided that she really ought to wake up Doctor Kim from his nap now.

• Faith, Yeoman

‘’There are oxygen cylinders! ‘’ Cross exclaimed as she had been worried about oxygen not being available for the patient ‘’Listen up ‘’ she told Kate and the crew man who had found him ‘’ We need to get him out with care ‘’ the plan was for the crew man to help raise him up from under the armpits wild Cross and Kate could manage to each take a knee and all of them slid him down with ease.

‘’Steve its a good thing you fell way down that we could reach you ‘’ and they proceeded to carry out the plan, slowly but surely they managed to bring Steve out and laid him on the floor. The crewman and nursing officer did not wast time to go and bring the oxygen cylinder plus a couple of blankets .

For awhile the CMO was left alone with just some candle lights ,she checked him again. Without chest x ray,ultrasound or arerial bld gas test, the doctor had to relying on her experience . She took out a hyposray and gave him a shot of painkillers while she waited and explained to Steve what needed to be done for the partially collapsed lung.
‘’ Its called Thoracentesis I will place a temporary needle between your ribs on the side of the pneumothorax to evacuate the air in your chest and oxygen therapy ‘’.

When the others came back ,Steve was placed on a layer of blankets and when the procedure was done ,an oxygen mask was put in place as Kate opened the cylinder.

Seeing the patient relatively calm and nodding off , Cross send the others to sickbay while she sat down on the floor her back against the wall so to keep an eye on him, for awhile gazing at the flicker of the candle light.

Cross CMO.