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understand,” he replied. “Listen, this is unprecedented for our staff. Come over here and let me give you an overview of our approach today.”
    Julia and Katie followed him as he walked toward some mobile racks filled with gauze, ointments, and other medical supplies. They were running low.
    “Sarge,” Julia whispered as they followed behind, “thank you for letting me do this. I wanted to help, but I also wanted to see. But you knew that, didn’t you?” She stopped in front of him.
    “I did,” replied Sarge. “I’m glad we’re here.”
    “Okay,” interrupted the doctor. “Unfortunately, we have to triage these patients as if we were in a third world country or in a remote location without a hospital. Thanks to whatever it was that happened Saturday night, the medical treatment these patients will receive is not that different.”
    “With the power grid down, do you have to pick and choose which patients get priority?” asked Katie.
    “That’s true under any circumstances, Katie,” replied Dr. Daugherty. “In a mass disaster event, the goal of the triage unit is to separate burn patients from trauma patients. Ordinarily, we would send them to the burn unit and others to the trauma center. What we are doing today is acting as a triage and burn unit for those who have experienced first- and second-degree burns. Although, as I said, there are some victims that indicate third-degree burns.”
    “How do you tell the difference?” asked Sarge.
    “Well, a trauma patient has obvious life-threatening injuries, usually to the brain, internal organs, and certain extremities. We identified these patients and moved them inside to avoid exposure to bacteria.”
    “Aren’t third-degree burns the worst?” asked Katie. They walked through the rows of patients as Dr. Daugherty stopped and looked at charts while he adjusted bandages.
    “Yes. The degree or severity of most burns is determined by the depth and size of the burn. There is, technically, a fourth-degree burn where the damage caused by a third-degree burn extends beyond the skin into tendons or even bones. Clearly, that is a trauma case, and those patients are inside. Most of the third-degree burns—identified by a widespread thickness of blistered skin that has a white, leathery appearance—are also inside. We have to be careful with the third-degree victims because the damage can reach the bloodstream and affect major organs. I won’t show you a third-degree burn.”
    Julia was fascinated by the learning experience. It would be difficult to leave the hospital today knowing that these patients required much-needed attention. Katie wandered ahead, and Julia caught Dr. Daugherty’s eyes admiring Katie from the rear.
    “Are you single, Doctor?” asked Julia.
    “What? Uhm, yes, but please don’t mistake what I was doing,” stuttered the young, handsome doctor.
    “It’s okay, Doc, Katie is pretty, but she is taken.” Julia laughed.
    “No, it’s not that,” he said. “She’s carrying, isn’t she?”
    Sarge stopped and looked at Julia. He had to trust this young man. “We all are, Doctor. It’s not a very nice world anymore.”
    “You don’t have to tell me that, look around you,” said Dr. Daugherty. “Besides, I have a compact nine strapped to my ankle.” They walked and caught up to Katie staring down at a patient whose eyes were bandaged.
    “How’s he doing?” asked Katie. She brushed the hair out of her eyes.
    “Sarge and Julia, I’ll make this gentleman your first patient,” said Dr. Daugherty. “He was brought in from the Craigie Bridge. When the last explosion took out the area east of the Kendall Square plant, steam and debris hit most of his upper torso. His eyes were severely damaged and so was his throat. We hope that he will be able to see again, but thus far he has been unable to speak.”
    “This is so sad,” said Julia. “What can we do to help him?”
    Dr. Daugherty picked up a clipboard and examined the