Object
Sickbay Bedside Vital Monitor
A compact bedside monitor in white composite casing with a black rectangular display and scuffed edges. Colored lead cables run from its lower ports to adhesive pads on a patient's chest and temples; small LEDs blink status while a jagged ECG waveform and numeric vitals cycle across the screen. Medical staff lean over the device, fingers adjusting knobs and tapping its bezel as readouts tumble and the room’s urgency tightens around the flashing display.
2 appearances
Purpose
To continuously display and record a patient’s vital signs and basic diagnostics at the bedside, enabling medical staff to monitor physiological status and guide immediate interventions.
Significance
The monitor acts as the hard proof of bodily decline that turns empathic foreboding into an operational emergency: its numbers plunging toward flatline crystallize the crew’s responsibility and escalate the emotional stakes. It anchors Sickbay moments emotionally and narratively, converting abstract crisis into a visible, time‑pressured medical emergency that drives characters’ decisions and guilt.
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