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Side sim: Between Two Pulsars

Posted Dec. 28, 2019, 7:58 p.m. by Lieutenant Drake Marshall (Emergency Medicine/Chief of Surgery) (Sage Pennington)

Posted by Civilian Cai Taylor (Captain’s Brother) in Side sim: Between Two Pulsars

Posted by Lieutenant Drake Marshall (Emergency Medicine/Chief of Surgery) in Side sim: Between Two Pulsars

Posted by Civilian Cai Taylor (Captain’s Brother) in Side sim: Between Two Pulsars
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“Surgeons who get attached have breakdowns. I deal with a lot of life and death. If I stop and be chummy, I might get attached. One mistake, or just a fluke, and my new friend is dead. And it’s on me. I’m a jerk. But it’s so that I can save everyone from something a lot worse. Of course, it doesn’t help to come from an extraordinarily dysfunctional family.”

-Drake Marshall

Cai shrugged, “You can be politely detached and not so abrupt though.” He argued.

Cai

“Maybe you’re right. Seven years of surgery is a long time habit to break.” The silence that fell made Drake uneasy. “You like music right? Metal? I happen to have a Gretsch I’m not currently playing. Cherry red. You want it? Annoy the hell out of your sister. I mean Captain Taylor.”

-Drake Marshall

-bump-

Ooc:sorry Sam! Thank you

IC: Cai stared at him. “You serious?” He asked suspiciously. The boy reached up and pushed his hood back letting his blue hair flop all over the place. He needed a trim truth be told.

Cai

“Yeah. I was in a band before medical school. If you want the Gretsch, it’s yours. If you need any help, I’ll still have a Melody Maker, I can help you out.”

-Drake Marshall

Cai looked suspiciously at the Doctor. “Why would you give me it?” He asked.

Cai

“I don’t play it much. I have more than one guitar. You’re interested. Pick your favourite.”

-Drake Marshall

Cai still watched him. After a few moments he said. “Fair enough…” and started to head away from the holodeck, he paused to check if Drake was coming along with him.

After a few paces, hands deep in his pockets he said “ Would you let me watch you in surgery?”

Cai

“Yeah. There’s an observation window for a rea-“ =/\=Doctor Marshall, report to surgical suite 3. Repeat Dr Marshall to OR 3.=/\= “Let’s go.” Drake said to Cai. =/\=Nurse Khev, meet me in OR 3.=/\=

As they entered sickbay Drake demanded “What do we have?”

-Dr Drake Marshall

“I meant in the surgical suite not the observation area.” Cai started then stopped as fate rolled the dice and landed on what he was discussing. He raced after Drake.

Cai

Drake paused. “Fine. Stay out of the way.” He was handed the file of a subdural hematoma resulting from a skull fracture. He tossed Cai the PaDD. “Read up. You’re going to learn some neuroanatomy.” He led Cai to the locker room to scrub up.

-Dr Drake Marshall

Cai caught the PaDD, his eyes skimming before he had so much as broken pace. He frowned “ A subdural haematoma occurs when a blood vessel in the space between the skull and the brain is damaged. Blood escapes from the blood vessel, leading to the formation of a blood clot that places pressure on the brain and damages it.” He said as they entered the locker room. “ In the 20th century, the treatment often was to drill a hole through the skull and allow the blood to drain and relieve pressure on the brain. By the 23rd century, doctors knew better and often treatment is to repair the artery. Not drill holes in the persons head. Didn’t Admiral McCoy write a paper on it.”

Cai

“Very good. McCoy did. Now look at the scan.” On the scan showed the clot and continued bleeding. There was a steady buildup of pressure on the brain. Drake was almost done applying his scrubs. “Internist tried to close the artery. Intracranial pressure and low visibility made it impossible.”

-Dr Drake Marshall


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