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Grown Up Playground

Posted on Thu Jul 7th, 2016 @ 8:11pm by Lieutenant Ryan Rose

Mission: Zero Week
Location: Sickbay, USS Hammersley

The Hammersley wasn't quite ready to go, and Ryan was probably driving the engineers nuts as they put the finishing touches on sickbay. His sickbay. But he was having the time of his life. He'd spent a year at the Academy, doing a years surgery specialty after receiving his medical degree. He was use to the level of technology. But He'd gotten his start at a tiny clinic in Monterey. Off the beaten path and catering to, well those who wanted to be treated and not noticed. Meatball surgery he'd heard it called, and he'd loved it.

Now he had a chance to have a sickbay set up just the way he wanted it. Some of the changes, while minor, got him weird looks from the engineers. Others got him lectures about time frames and ODN Access. He didn't care. When it came down to it, he had half a decade of muscle memory when it came to surgery. He needed to know where his .2 mm clamp was, not reach for it and come up with a .3mm clamp. If that meant a few changes so that when the time came, he could save that .5 second, well then he would annoy some engineers.

He'd also set up extra storage bins, more than the normal amount of mobile carts with everything from needles to sterile bandages, to a centuries old technology IV stand. You couldn't rely on power to always be there. He'd done surgery with a battery powered flash light, and a metal scalpel more than once.

The teams were swarming around him, and it made him think of a beehive. One he should probably step back from and let the teams do their jobs. Satisfied that his list had been received and would be completed, he retreated to his office. Their had really only been one request for his office, and that had already been filled. He grinned at the pull up bar hanging from the ceiling. He had to step on a chair to reach it, but it was worth it. He rolled one of his office chairs over and tried it out. Only a few pull ups. He was still in his full uniform with his lab coat on after all, it wouldn't do for him to get workout sweaty.

Satisfied that the pull up bar wasn't going to bring his ceiling down on him, Ryan finally sat behind his desk, sinking into the surprisingly comfortable chair. The next order of business was to start going over the crew roster. He had about half of them here already, but only about a third of those were in sickbay at the moment. He needed to see if Starfleet had gotten him a medical admin. It wasn't a position usually found on a starship, sickbay simply wasn't big enough to need one. Ryan had long ago admitted that he was horrible at paperwork though, and the specialty needs of medical didn't sync well with a yeoman. He skimmed the roster and let out a sigh of relief. Chief Petty Officer Samantha Davis, Medical Admin. At least his first starship assignment wasn't going to land him in a heap of embarrassment due to paperwork.

Dr Ryan Rose
CMO

 

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