Sure enough, though, as Mike starts in on the arm, the patient more fully wakes up, and since the last thing he remembers is being beaten up, his disorientation is accompanied by panic. And pain. And screaming.

"Hey! Easy!" Hellboy cries out as the patient looks around wildly and fitfully tries to get up. He shifts position to put himself alongside the patient, opposite Mike, and holds him down as best he can with hopefully enough clearance on either side of the busted ribs. "Easy, buddy. You're safe now. We're trying to help you, but you need to hold still!"

The patient will calm down momentarily. If nothing else, Hellboy's near-inhuman appearance shocks the man into lucid recognition that he's being talked to.