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ambulance. He was wrapped in a neutral gray blanket that was stained purple, brown and red from wet and drying blood. He had a lost and vacant look on his face as he stumbled past other people sitting in the ER waiting room. They looked at him with forlorn expressions. He was the nearest thing to normal to walk into the department since the scream of the first ambulance.
It was the closest thing Sabrina had seen to a typical patient in her world, and her mind leapt at the opportunity to help a slice of her mundane. She moved across the room with purpose, and slid an arm around the blanket covering the man like a shawl. "Follow me sir. I'm Sabrina, I'm a nurse here at the hospital. If it's alright with you I'm gonna take you into this room here so I can check out your wounds and injuries. What's your name?"
The man blinked a few times, his feet blindly putting one in front of the other as Sabrina steered him towards the room she was sharing with Doctor Barry. Finally, as they were about to sit in one of the smooth plastic chairs in the triage room, his mind put everything together. "Oh hey, I uh, my name is Matt. Someone bit me." The man named Matt dropped the edge of the blanket that was draped over his shoulder, revealing a massive bite wound on the outside of his arm near the tricep. It was a strange place to be bitten.
Sabrina gasped at the wound, but started to treat it automatically. She didn't even realize that she was treating the man. "Well that's a strange wound sir. Someone bit you then?"
The man was delayed, and his answer took a few extra moments to come out. He almost seemed in a strange kind of shock. "Yeah. Some guy hurt in a car accident over in the finance area of town. Someone hit some pedestrians in a crosswalk. I don't know if he was the driver, or someone in the street. I just saw him hurt, and went to help. I thought he was passed out, or dead, and he sat up and attacked me. I turned away, and he bit into my arm. The police shot him, they had to, but he didn't die. He kept trying to bite people. He hurt a bunch of us. I think he was on drugs. Other people were shot in the crossfire too. It was insane."
"Crazy story Matt. I'm glad this was all that happened to you. Lift your arm for me," Sabrina said. She watched as the torn muscles below the skin flexed painfully for the man.
"Ahh, dammit, that hurts. It burns," Matt said, yanking his arm away.
Sabrina made a face to console him. "I'm sorry Matt. But we need to flush this out real quick and make sure there are no teeth broken off in the wound. Once we check it real quick, I'll get you wrapped up and the pain should start to subside really quickly, okay?"
Matt nodded through gritted teeth.
"Alright then," Sabrina said. She grabbed a bottle of saline solution and after pulling a pair of purple gloves on, she flushed the wound into a metal tray. Water and blood cascaded down Matt's arm, revealing even more damage. He would almost certainly get an infection. Human mouths were dirty beyond belief.
"Sabrina, can I borrow you for a second?" Doctor Barry said from the hallway. He had his sleeves rolled up and was covered in blood. He looked calm, but definitely tense.
"I’m dealing with this man's bite wound Doctor Barry, can it wait a minute?" She asked, her hands never stopping their care.
"Not really Sabrina, I need you now."
Sabrina saw the intensity appear on the young Doctor's face suddenly. He was displeased for some reason, and she felt it was her, "Okay, give me a second."
"Thank you," the Doctor said briskly before disappearing down the hall.
"I'm sorry Matt, but the Doctor needs me. The good news is, you will survive. All you've got is this single bite wound, and it's clearly not damaging anything serious. Just hold this bandage on, and I'll be back soon to help more, okay?"
Matt pressed the large square bandage onto his wound and nodded. He wasn't happy about being left, but he understood. There were cries of pain coming from every
It was the closest thing Sabrina had seen to a typical patient in her world, and her mind leapt at the opportunity to help a slice of her mundane. She moved across the room with purpose, and slid an arm around the blanket covering the man like a shawl. "Follow me sir. I'm Sabrina, I'm a nurse here at the hospital. If it's alright with you I'm gonna take you into this room here so I can check out your wounds and injuries. What's your name?"
The man blinked a few times, his feet blindly putting one in front of the other as Sabrina steered him towards the room she was sharing with Doctor Barry. Finally, as they were about to sit in one of the smooth plastic chairs in the triage room, his mind put everything together. "Oh hey, I uh, my name is Matt. Someone bit me." The man named Matt dropped the edge of the blanket that was draped over his shoulder, revealing a massive bite wound on the outside of his arm near the tricep. It was a strange place to be bitten.
Sabrina gasped at the wound, but started to treat it automatically. She didn't even realize that she was treating the man. "Well that's a strange wound sir. Someone bit you then?"
The man was delayed, and his answer took a few extra moments to come out. He almost seemed in a strange kind of shock. "Yeah. Some guy hurt in a car accident over in the finance area of town. Someone hit some pedestrians in a crosswalk. I don't know if he was the driver, or someone in the street. I just saw him hurt, and went to help. I thought he was passed out, or dead, and he sat up and attacked me. I turned away, and he bit into my arm. The police shot him, they had to, but he didn't die. He kept trying to bite people. He hurt a bunch of us. I think he was on drugs. Other people were shot in the crossfire too. It was insane."
"Crazy story Matt. I'm glad this was all that happened to you. Lift your arm for me," Sabrina said. She watched as the torn muscles below the skin flexed painfully for the man.
"Ahh, dammit, that hurts. It burns," Matt said, yanking his arm away.
Sabrina made a face to console him. "I'm sorry Matt. But we need to flush this out real quick and make sure there are no teeth broken off in the wound. Once we check it real quick, I'll get you wrapped up and the pain should start to subside really quickly, okay?"
Matt nodded through gritted teeth.
"Alright then," Sabrina said. She grabbed a bottle of saline solution and after pulling a pair of purple gloves on, she flushed the wound into a metal tray. Water and blood cascaded down Matt's arm, revealing even more damage. He would almost certainly get an infection. Human mouths were dirty beyond belief.
"Sabrina, can I borrow you for a second?" Doctor Barry said from the hallway. He had his sleeves rolled up and was covered in blood. He looked calm, but definitely tense.
"I’m dealing with this man's bite wound Doctor Barry, can it wait a minute?" She asked, her hands never stopping their care.
"Not really Sabrina, I need you now."
Sabrina saw the intensity appear on the young Doctor's face suddenly. He was displeased for some reason, and she felt it was her, "Okay, give me a second."
"Thank you," the Doctor said briskly before disappearing down the hall.
"I'm sorry Matt, but the Doctor needs me. The good news is, you will survive. All you've got is this single bite wound, and it's clearly not damaging anything serious. Just hold this bandage on, and I'll be back soon to help more, okay?"
Matt pressed the large square bandage onto his wound and nodded. He wasn't happy about being left, but he understood. There were cries of pain coming from every
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