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"I swear, Garibaldi, if I get you through this,
you're going to owe me big time," Serana muttered, "Okay, now adjust the setting
to the defib. Place it on his chest, in position.... that's right.
Is it reading that it's directly above his heart? Look at the screen...
Yes? Now activate it."
He did, and it sent a stimulant directly into the
Admiral's heart. The nurses all turned to the monitor
anxiously...
The first attempt failed, but an increase in power with the second jolt did
the trick. His heart restarted and stabilized into a strong healthy
rythm. Blood pressure improved a bit as well. Perhaps the internal
bleeding was proving to more of a threat to Garibaldi's life than previously
thought.
"All right, all right," Serana calmed everyone down. She
directed the nurses in stabilizing the Admiral. Lucas, paler than a
moonbug, breathed hard, feeling like he had just suffered a heart attack
himself. Abruptly, he ran to the sink and vomited rather noisily
into it.
Sympathetically, one of the nurses handed him a
towel and a glass of water. "Thanks," he told her, mopping sweat off
himself.
"First heart attack?" she asked.
"Yes, and of course it had to be a Rear
Admiral. If he had died... I don't get how you ER staff do
it."
"Honey," she told him with a tilt of her head,
"When you seen what I seen coming through this Sickbay, a heart attack seems
like a head cold."
Meanwhile, Serana was examining the internal
bleeding on the monitor. "Lucas," she called. When he made it over,
she asked, "Are you feeling better?"
"Kind of."
"Good. Look at this and tell me what you
see."
Lucas examined the image. "Brachial
artery?"
"Very good. It's not a big rupture, but it's
bleeding steadily, in a bad place. Let's get it patched up."
Lucas was more comfortable with this procedure, as he did
similar procedures in the lab. He got the proper instruments and, with
Serana's calm guidance, began repairing the artery. The nurses seemed more
at ease around him now that he was calmer.
(and? how's the Admiral
doing?)
-S
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