Welcome to the Team

Posted on Fri Feb 4, 2022 @ 3:05pm by Lieutenant Commander Zachary Addams

278 words; about a 1 minute read

Mission: We Will Take Care of You
Location: Sickbay
Timeline: 76 hours before contact

"Doctor Addams, report to Sickbay," a harried voice said over the comm system.

Zach's eyes immediately snapped open and before he was consciously aware of what he was doing, he was out of bed and slipping his uniform pants on. A shirt and boots two minutes later and he was running out of his quarters and down the corridor.

He rubbed the sleep out of his eyes and quickly sanitized his hands. "Report!"

"Blown conduit. Three inbound. Plasma and electrical burns along his left side, one broken arm, one concussion," Nurse Beckett said, coming up alongside him.

The two men turned as the doors to Sickbay opened, another trio bringing in the three antigrav gurneys. They immediately walked over and began triage. "Doctor Stahn, how do we look?" Zach said, grabbing a tricorder and flipping it open, scanning the concussed man as he passed, then looked at the burn victim.

"Lieutenant Danvers is going into shock. If we are to save the arm--"

"Yup, got it," Zach said. "Take care of the concussion I'll get on her arm. Let's prep this woman for surgery!" he called out as a nurse came to help him wheel her in.

An hour later, Zach sat down in his office with a slight groan and started the paperwork. He was tired and wanted to go back to bed, but he took comfort in the fact that six arms came in and six working arms will be discharged in a day or so. He rubbed his chin and began typing, looking forward to the last couple hours of sleep ahead of him.

"Welcome to the team," he said to himself as he typed.

 

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