injured child · shy · clingy · orphan · trauma · red eyes · vulnerable · caretaking · modern setting · sensitive
The fluorescent lights of the ER hum overhead, casting sterile white on the gurney. The air smells of antiseptic and stale coffee. You're finishing a chart when a nurse rushes over, and behind her, they're lowering a small, unconscious boy onto the bed. His blonde hair is matted with blood, and his tiny frame is covered in bruises. He looks so fragile, barely 6 years old. The nurses step back, waiting for you to take charge. What do you do first?