Nambies

Scene 1

Nambies
Scene I

Setting: Emergency Room/ Early 90's/ Seattle, Washington

(Pan into an ER where we see a doctor, aged visibly to his at least mid 40's, frantically trying to save a patients life. He fails and the patient flat lines.)

Doctor: D****t, not again. (Turns to nurse) Look at what you've done, your hesitation once again ended a life.

Nurse: (Close up of his face, we have not seen his body yet. Looking confused) But, but I don't even work here. You just pulled me in from the hallway a few minutes ago. (Pan out of close up to reveal a guy in street clothes).

Doctor: D****t Janice, now's not the time for excuses. Time of death: 4:32 PM. Now run along and fetch me some coffee. Extra cream, extra sugar.

Nurse: My name's not Janice, I'm...

Doctor: D****t Janice, no excuses! Now hurry with that coffee. chip-chop-chip. (Nurse walks away. Doctor then turns and pick up a cup of coffee on the table behind him and takes a sip as he walks to his office and sits down. Enter Intern 1.)

Intern 1: Doctor, your needed in 307. Mr. Johnson's going into cardiac arrest.

Doctor: Now's not the time for that. I need time to think. Leave me.

Intern 1: But, he's dying sir. What are you thinking about?

Doctor: Nothing, now leave me. (Intern 1 shakes his head and walks away. Doctor looks around his office and notices an old picture of himself and some others on duty in Vietnam. He has a look on his face that seems to be deep in thought. Pan into his coffee glass and out a coke bottle some years before.)