HI! I'd like to start with thanking those that have reviewed, I really do appreciate it :) I've decided that I'm not going to follow what the trailer insinuates (Kinda makes it more fun). I know that a few of you were giving me tips about the trailer, I DIDNT KNOW THAT THERE WERE TWO TRAILERS! So thanks for letting me know! wouldn't have found out over wise. So anyway I hope you enjoy this longer instalment.
She could hear a scream and the sound of something being moved. Connie couldn't move, she couldn't open her eyes and she couldn't shout for help. All she could do was listen to the commotion that was happening around her.
"Lilly I can't lift it, it's too heavy. I'm going to place this coat over your leg wound to try and stem the bleeding." She heard Tess say.
"Ok. I'll keep the pressure on it, you check on Ethan I don't think he's conscious." Lilly replied through gritted teeth. From Lilly's voice Connie could tell that the young doctor was in a lot of pain.
"Ethan!" Tess called, trying to get Ethan's attention, Connie could tell by the frantic tone of Tess's voice that something was desperately wrong. "Ethan you need to wake up!" Why wasn't Ethan answering Connie thought to herself. A shooting pain down Connie's left arm and another pain from her head made her lose concentration and again black out.
"Lilly I can't get through to Ethan, can you see if Connie and Ash are ok?" Tess asked worriedly.
"I don't see any movement they both must be unconscious. You'd better check their vitals." Lilly stated as she tired to adjust herself to get a better view of the pair in the front of the overturned vehicle. Tess negotiated herself around Ethan and guided herself through the vehicle, as she took each step the the car creaked through the strain of the weight shifting from one end of the vehicle to the other.
"Be careful Tess. The car is on its side we don't want to shift the car upside down." said Lilly.
"I'm trying Lilly its not as easy as you think." replied Tess in a harsher way than she intended. Within a few seconds the nurse reached the two unconscious doctors. The sight in front of her was shocking. Tess moved closer to Connie so that she could see all of her injuries, the doctors face was turned away from the nurse so she couldn't she if Connie had any head injuries. However, the nurse could see the injury that was to her arm. Connie's wrist was trapped under the cars frame where the window joined the car, it must have happened when the window smashed Tess thought to herself. Connie was losing a lot of blood and from what Tess could tell the wrist was broken from the sight of the bone leaving the wound. Connie couldn't be moved Tess thought to herself with that thought she turned her attention to a stirring Ash.
"Wha.. Wha.." Ash murmured. Tess moved over to where Ash was lying, she placed a comforting hand on his shoulder.
"Ash we've been involved in an accident. Can you hear me?" Tess tried to make her voice sound as calm as possible, the last thing she needed was Ash panicking.
"Where are we?" he asked starting to sound a little clearer.
"I'm not sure. We were a little off track, took a wrong turn somewhere." Tess replied.
"How are you? Is anyone hurt?" Ash eased himself up into a sitting position and started to look around to gather his bearings.
"I'm fine. Just a small laceration on my forehead, nothing that cant be stitched up. As for everyone else, Ethan unconscious with what looks like a serious head wound. I can't see anything else but that doesn't mean he doesn't have any internal damage. Connie is also unconscious, from what i can tell she has a serious wrist break. Her wrist is trapped underneath the vehicle so theres no moving her. As for Lilly, her leg is pinned under a heavy piece of debris, i've got her to put pressure on her wound so the bleeding is stemmed for the time being."
"What a disaster." Ash stated as he brushed the sweat from his brow. "Ok. Have you notified the emergency services?"
"No. My phone was in my bag in the boot along with Ethan's and Lilly's. I was hoping that you had one."
"I left mine in my locker back at Holby, the battery was almost dead."
"Connie was on the phone to her daughter earlier" Lilly shouted through to the front "I think she put it in her trouser pocket."
Both Tess and Ash looked over to the unconscious doctor.
"Right Tess you try and find Connie's phone and I'll try and get the debris off of Lilly to free her. We don't know how stable this vehicle is so we need to move as fast as we can." Ash stated.
Tess shuffled back over to Connie while Ash navigated himself through to where Lilly was located. Tess didn't feel comfortable rummaging through Connie's pockets but needs must and their needs far outweighed Tess's feelings of discomfort. Tess searched Connie's first pocket on her right side that was in easy reach but no phone was found. The other pocket wasn't as easily accessible, Tess had to move Connie from her side laying position to her lying on her back. From turning Connie over the nurse could now see Connie's face and could evaluate her head injury. From what Tess could see it wasn't as bad as Ethan's but the wrist injury was however a different story. Tess fished around in the newly accessible pocket and took the phone that was located inside.
"I've got it!" Tess shouted through to the back.
"Ok call in the rescue." Ash replied.
The phone was still intact to Tess's surprise and relief. She began dialling the important numbers. 9,9,9 and pressed dial.
"Hello Emergency services, whats your emergency."
"Hello!" Tess replied frantically. "We've been involved in a car accident, we work at Holby general we were on our way to another hospital when another vehicle crashed into the side of us."
"Ok miss, please calm down. I need you to tell me where you are and how many passengers are in the vehicle." replied the operating trying to calm the frantic nurse down.
"I don't know where exactly we are, I do know that we were slightly off course when we crashed. As for the number of people in the vehicle there are five people including myself. I don't know the condition of the person or people who crashed into us."
"Ok your doing great. We can pinpoint your location through the GPS through the phone you are using. Now whats your name miss?"
"It's Tess Bateman. Nurse Tess Bateman."
"Ok Tess, help is on it's way. Now do you know the condition of your colleagues and what injuries they may have?" The questions from the operator was indeed to get a background of the situation but also to try and get the caller focused and to stop them from freaking out.
"We have two passengers unconscious. Connie has a minor head injury and her arm is trapped under the vehicle. I think there is definitely a break there. Ethan has a major head injury, I think there could possibly be some internal damage there from the position he is in." just as Tess was finishing her evaluation of Ethan's injuries she heard a scream that sounded like it came from Lilly. Tess looked over to see that Ash had removed the debris from her leg. However, now they could see that her leg was indeed broken and blood was seeping through the open wound that was there. Ash changed the position of the coat that was stemming the bleeding prior and put more pressure on the wound. Tess's attention was brought back by the voice of the operator trying to get her attention back to her on the phone.
"Tess! Tess! What's happening?" asked the operator, her voice slightly louder than it had been before.
"Lilly's leg was pinned by a large piece of debris, one of my colleagues have just removed it. It looks like she has a leg break and a large open wound on the leg. Ash and myself are ok, we have minor wounds that aren't anything to worry about. How far off are the emergency crews?" Tess asked after giving the operator an overview of the situation.
"They'll be with you shortly. I want you to stay on the phone until the..." The voice was cut off. Tess looked at the phone and saw that the battery was in fact dead. She looked through to the rear of the vehicle and over to the still body of Ethan. I hope they hurry, she said to herself quietly while clutching Connie's undamaged and free hand between her own shaking hands.
BACK AT HOLBY
"Can i have everyone's attention please!" Charlie shouted above the chatter from his co workers. Everyone quietened down the second Charlie started speaking "As you know there has been a major RTC. I've just been informed by the ambulance crew that are on root to the scene that it is in fact our team that are involved in this collision." The minute Charlie finished Cal rested his arms on the desk closest to him and put his head in his hands. Was he really hearing this right, his brother had been involved in a major car collision? His trailed from his thoughts and focused his attention once more on Charlie who again started to speak.
"We need to be on top of our game when the injured arrive. I know this is personal for almost all of you, but we need to focus on getting the injured well and treating them with the best of our abilities." The entire group of Holby workers nodded in unison. "I've called Dr Hannah who has agreed to meet the ambulance crew at the crash site. I've also called down Elliot Hope who will be able to help with some of the more seriously injured. Now everyone take some deep breathes and lets get this ward ready for their arrival." With that the team dispersed to prepare for the arrival of their injured colleagues, all but Cal who remained stood there thinking worriedly about the condition of this brother.
So thanks for reading and I hope to hear what you think about this new chapter! :)