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Pre-Sim: Sickbay – Medical Evaluation

Posted Oct. 14, 2019, 8:28 p.m. by Ensign Kiama Naim (Scientist) (Silke Fahl)

Posted by Ensign Shon Baht (Medical Officer) in Pre-Sim: Sickbay – Medical Evaluation

Posted by Ensign Kiama Naim (Scientist) in Pre-Sim: Sickbay – Medical Evaluation

Posted by Ensign Shon Baht (Medical Officer) in Pre-Sim: Sickbay – Medical Evaluation
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Shon offered a teasing smile. “You’re making my job very easy, Ensign Naim. Of course it’s normal to have disturbances in your sleep schedule during periods of heightened stress, and I assure you, there will be plenty of those while you are aboard the Manhattan. If you need consultation on correcting your sleep habits following a crisis, for example, please feel free to stop by.”

“Well, I guess I just got lucky,” Kiama replied with a slight shrug. “But I will definitely come here if I need anything.”

Ensign Baht tapped the PaDD against his knee. “Alright, last interrogation question and then we’ll get to those scans. Prior to your trip to the Manhattan, had you traveled outside of Federation space within the last year? And/or have you had intimate relations with a non-member of the Federation species during that same time?” Shon looked down at the PaDD as he asked the last question, his blue cheeks turning a bit more purple. He hadn’t become quite comfortable with questions of that nature yet.

(Ensign Baht, Medical)

Tilting her head to the left, Kiama thought about Shon’s last questions for several moments while trying not to let his unease affect her. “Please bear with me, while I’m trying to recap, where I’ve been. I went to Bajor for an excavation eight month ago and on our way back a friend of mine talked me into visiting Qo’noS. Between the end of our finals and when we got our assignments, I went to Risa with her,” she recounted, ticking each trip off on her fingers. “Oh and about twelve, maybe thirteen months ago I went to the Elaysian homeworld; again for a research project,” she added with a snap of her fingers.

Shon typed rapidly as Kiama listed off her travels, making note of each location she provided.

Even though the scientist was trying block the doctor’s uneasiness, she still felt some heat rise to her cheeks. Though due to her dark skin that wouldn’t be really noticeable. In order to make him more comfortable she opted for a very brief reply and said, “No, I haven’t been intimate with a non-Federation member.”

~Ensign Naim, Scientist

Given Ensign Naim’s nonchalant response, Shon was more embarrassed about his own bashfulness than anything, at this point. He looked up with another smile, with perhaps a hint of apology in his expression. “Alrighty then! I’ll also run some scans for pathogens common to those planets you mentioned, thank you for being so comprehensive.” Ensign Baht stood from the stool, running a hand along the portion of his bifurcating ridge on his neck. “If you’d please lay back and relax, we can let these bioscans do their thing.” The bolian moved to inspect the overhead monitor and also grabbed a tricorder from a nearby medical cart.

(Ensign Baht, Medical)

“You are welcome!” Kiama replied as she swung her legs onto the biobed and turned 90° before laying down. “And you don’t have to feel uncomfortable asking me that sort of questions. I know it’s part of your job and I appreciate it, that you are doing it thoroughly,” she added, hoping to put the doctor at ease.

Shon chuckled sheepishly. “You’re very gracious, Ensign, and thank you for your reassurances,” Shon said as he readied the scanning equipment. “Modesty is not exactly a priority in the medical profession, but I still find it hard to let go of my manners. It must be nice, in some way, to have those barriers be a bit more transparent as a betazoid.”

When Shon started to scan Kiama, he would notice a number of things. All along her the left side of her body and partly on the right side of her back were a number a smallish, mostly healed bruises that seemed to be a couple of weeks old. Though the majority of them seemed to be on her torso. The only exception was on the right side of her rib cage. There was not only a large bruise, but also a healing fracture in her 9th and 10th ribs and a healed hairline fracture in her 8th rib. Apart from that the scan would show that she was in good health and the readings were similar to previous ones listed in her file.

~Ensign Naim, Scientist

Ensign Baht attempted the best he could not to express surprise either externally or internally at the discovery of the rib fractures as he reviewed the scans. Shon moved to the edge of the biobed to wave the tricorder over Kiama’s body, hoping to give the impression that he was simply performing another ordinary scan. But as the tricorder passed over her rib cage, Shon’s hand paused slightly, and he inspected the tricorder readings intently to see if there were any hints as to what caused the fractures and the health of the healing bones.

Her bone density and all checked out as normal and if he wanted to make a guess regarding the fractures according to the readings on the tricorder, blunt force would be good one. There were indications that she had been hit with something on her right side, which might also explain the bruises on her left side.

As a distraction from his closer investigation, Shon said cheerily, “so, how was that trip to Risa?” It was only as Shon said it that it occurred to him that both the injuries and the trip had occurred in the recent past, and he wondered if the two were connected.

(Ensign Baht, Medical)

Kiama turned her head towards Shon and grinned kind of lopsidedly at him. “Well, all things considered it was a nice, relaxing trip. With many days spend on the beach or taking walks,” she replied and then added with an embarrassed chuckle, “However, I also learned my lesson about the combination of certain alcoholic drinks and dares. Let’s just say it didn’t end well. Though luckily a number of bruises and superficial scrapes was all we ended up with.” And that was honestly what she believed. Sure, if she moved in certain ways, the bruise on her right still hurt, but then again that one was rather big. So no surprise there. Without missing a beat, she added, “Have you ever been to Risa?”

~Ensign Naim, Scientist


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