4th October 2015
It was a usually boring and slow day at work. It was saturday and Ethan had a four hour shift starting at 10am but after a 9 hour shift the day before he was starting to tire of the time wasters and hungover teenagers.
"I'll just get your prescription and then you're free to go" he told his patient and then exited the cubicle to fill out the discharge forms, pulling the curtain closed behind him. 'Just one more hour' he thought to himself.
"Ethan, there's a RTC coming in. Pedestrian vs car, ETA 2 minutes." Rita called.
"Okay, i'll be right there." he replied. He gave his patient the prescription before heading to the door. He swung his stethoscope round his neck as he saw Ian and got ready to help some poor innocent person caught up in a accident.
"Right this is Samantha, approximately 11 years of age, involved in a RTC about half an hour ago. She has query collapsed lung, fractured ribs, fractured left humerus. We've resuscitated twice in the last 10 minutes and she's struggling to breathe with chest pains. Her neck and back was cleared at scene. GCS is 9, Pulse 100, BP 120/80. Sats at 94. She was KO'd at scene and i've given her 15 of morphine." Ian recited quickly as he pushed the trolly through to resus.
"Thank you." Ethan replied and set to work. "We need to put in a chest drain." Soon after being connected to machines the quick beep of her heart beat turned into a long drawn out bleep.
"Right, she's gone into cardiac arrest. Lofty, start compressions." Ten minutes later after several tries of CPR they managed to bring her back. After a chest drain and pain killers she should be okay but she needed a very close eye kept on her and so she was sent up to intensive care.
Ethan looked up her records and next of kin and contacted her parents who on hearing the news were on their way immediately.
Ethan made his way to the staffroom to meet Cal who had also finished his shift.
"Alright nibbles?" Cal asked with a smirk as Ethan entered the staffroom door.
"No, I've just had a 11 year old nearly die. Her parents aren't even in town and she might not make it tonight."
"Oooh." Cal didn't really know what to say in these sort of situations. "Look i'll cook dinner tonight?"
"That i'd love to see!" Ethan chuckled. "I'll drive us home, come on."