Hospitilized and you just wake up to the Zombiefied world what do you do?
Let's say you were in a hospital locked away in a room where you have gone unnoticed by the undead. When you wake up (not from a coma just waking up from being heavily sedated) and you come to find that the hospital is overrun with panic and the undead. How would you make best of the situation?
I have thought about this time to time but i never really think up a easy solution. So post some ideas on how to deal with this scanario please.
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Permalink Reply by Slick Joshua on -
Immediate Threat Assesment (Stop, look, listen, feel and smell)
Evaluation of tools and supplies in the immediate vicinity (Not an in depth McGiver, but hey, this heavy ceramic bedpan is better than a fist and if I do need two hands I can drop it)
Limited Recon (This has already started with ITA. I do not mean make a damn floor plan of the hosipital, but listening at your closed door is better than just running out)
This is a nasty FUBAR. It is going to require thinking on your feet and constant adaptation of whatever plan you ever had or are making. Some people can think and act in a Chaos. They rise to the occasion; a rare breed. Most are capable of following simple instructions or engrained habbits. They may not rise to the occasion, but they can fall back on the level of their training. Others just break and freeze up. It has been said that any leader can bring a men into combat. But, the good leaders and good soldiers are the ones that go back time after time.
Our culture has told the exploits of the single hero overcomming all obstacles. Great stories, but that is what they are, stories. You must team up. None of this L-MOE (Last Man On Earth) shit. Things like this are going to break society down. You will have to fall back on the group sizes that existed for millions of years and are hard wired.
1) A buddy. Someone you work very closely with. Naturally gravitate to when a group has to get things done.
2) Half-squad. About 5 people that work together on small jobs. You Basic Nuclear family
3) Squad. About 10. Two famliy units lead by the Patri/Matri-arch (grandparents)
Unless your group is well trained previously and well led, you will probably not succeed in anything above half-squad. There will be friction. But, GET A BUDDY! In an emergency situation it is amazing how often and quickly these form. People with nothing in common become fast freinds and life time pals. It is Evolution baby, do not try to fight it. Make it work to your advantage.
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Permalink Reply by Kieran Turley on -
first youd have to deal with the principle of shock, youve been in an accident, or just had some kind of surgery and you wake up after a couple of days, possibly a week or more and when you finally shamble out of your room, you find that everyone is trying to eat you, itd be a MEGA shock to the system, secondly is the fact of clothing, youve got one of those, paper things they put on patients if your lucky, you could be absolutly naked either way youre completely exposed and insanely vulnerable to attack from the undead, then comes the subject of defense, this isnt a major problem, its a hospital, theyve probably got some kind of sharp stabby/slashy/smashy objects lying aroundthe place or it wouldnt be a very good hospital would it?, so yeah, closing statement 3 priorities = 1. get your head into gear, 2. find some clothes, 3 find a weapon to kill some Zeds
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Permalink Reply by Jericho Syndrome on -
i had a similar situation once *no zeds of course* and did a blog on this site mostly involving it, it mostly comes from Slick Joshua's post but the main issue is trying to find out that there are zeds in the world, unless the first one you encounter has a chunk missing from him/her you will not have the chance to find out until your brain kick fully back in or you end up bit when that first zed reaches you.
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Permalink Reply by Ron Salter on -
A good many movies have begun this way, according to them you stagger out into the hall, see dead eaten bodies and still keep wandering about.
Personally I think, staying in the room, looking around for something to eat,drinking (as you will probably be dehydrated as the drip would have run out), hopefully your clothes may be in the room. Wait untill you are feeling that you can actually run or fight before leaving safety.
Of course all this only applies if you are wealthy. If you are poor you would be in a ward with others and the first thing you will think when you wake up will be "BRAAAAAIIINS"
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Permalink Reply by ubduomk on -
i would get out of there before I join the undead. get dressed, get out using the fire escape, jack a ambulance and get home asap. the ambulance is a perfect escape vehicle, cops ignore ambulances because they're gonna assume its offical business, and everyone gets out of my way because I'm an ambulance.
another possibility is jump out the window. if I'm on the ground floor or 2nd floor. 2nd floor I can jump into a tree, land on a bush, or just get as close to the ground as possible by hanging out he window and letting go. at tops its a 5 foot drop. if you land right you won't break anything. this way I don't end the hall and battle through the surge of panicked people.
if i'm above the 2nd floor or the fall is too much, I grab a weapon- it can even be the iv drip holder. i cautiously leave my room, drop by the medical closet the take everything- the undead doesn't need morphine or penicillin. put it all into a mail basket or something, drop that in a wheelchair and just casually walk out of the hospital. and avoiding the front doors and emergency room. every building has a floor plan layout near the stairs or elevator. refer to this map to know where you are and where not to go.
yet another way- i find myself cornered by zombies in the hospital, I manage to seal off the wing I'm in but I also just sealed up my exit. no problem, I can blast my way out. you know those O2 cylinders that people breathe on? well those are filled with pure oxygen, highly flammable and surprisingly explosive. if could blow up the zombies or just blast myself a new exit. take one of those tanks, get some live wiring, and rig up a bomb. the electricity can create a spark that ignites the gas and cause an explosion. some hospitals even have N20 (nitrous oxide), that's even more flammable and explosive. equal parts of both leaking into a room, I rig up the ignition and hide like 100 feet away. KaBoom! and I have myself a exit.
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Permalink Reply by Bubba on -
Well im in a hospital right know so i could grab my IV pole and rig a pole our spear like weapon. And i know theres a security station and they have guns and stuff
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Permalink Reply by Suigeneris on -
First thing I do is head down to the pharmacy and hope they have some morphine left. Couple morphine needles taped to a broom handle is what I need. ever see a zed on morphine? They'll try to eat themselves! Me? Couple pocket fulls of vicodin to help me sleep later. And, acid. Good ole hydrochloric acid bombs. Then off to the operating room for some hand tools. You know, most doctors use Ryobi drills? Yeah, I have a couple(loose) screws in me. Grab some scalpals and, as long as the body says ok, its time to rock! You know how much fun you can have in a hospital? Solid core doors, elevator shafts, 220v electrical instead of that crap 110. That'll roast a zed real good. Just don't sneak up behind me. I work alone so I can be a bit jumpy...
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