About half an hour later, Cater was wheeled out of the back of the ambulance and into the ambulance bay of County General. He had an oxygen mask on, but his breathing was still erratic and his eyes were closed. Mark Greene was waiting the paramedics to give him the bullet.
"Approximately 25 year old male. Caught in apartment fire. I think he was in there for about 10 minutes. resps 10, pulse 80, BP 90/50. No ID, but we recognise him from here. I think he's a doctor" the paramedic reeled off.
"OK" said Mark. "We got it from here." he nodded to the paramedics, who drow away.
"Let's get him into trauma 2" SAID Mark to Carol and Kerry who had just joined him.. ""Sir are you feeling any...CARTER?"
Carter opened his eyes immediately opened his eyes and let out a small groan, which was somewhat muffled by the oxygen mask.
"Please don't shout Mark" he said weakly, pulling the mask down. "My head is pounding." This statement was followed by a course of intense coughing, where upon Mark hastily pressed the mask on to Carter's face.
"Just breathe Carter, breathe" said Mark calmly. "We may have to intubate" he added to Kerry.
They continued to wheel Carter into trauma one.
"Sorry Carter" Mark said. "I just wasn't expecting to see you again so soon."
Carter said nothing but glared at Mark in a way that plainly said he was not amused.
"Sats are coming up said Carol. "But his BP is through the roof, Mark check this out. Mark quickly looked at the monitor. Carol was right. Carter's BP was really.
"Damn it, it doesn't make any sense" said Mark more to himself than anyone else. He's too young for high blood pressure.
"Carter?" said Carol softly. "Do you have a history of high blood pressure?
"No" Carter said nervously removing his mask again. "What's going on?"
No one answered for a moment.
Kerry finally said, in a softer voice than usual "Look, John,. I know you're scared but we won't let anything happen to you. We're going to let you rest now."
"What about Benton" squeaked Carter as they were about to leave. He looked at his watch. "My next shift starts in a few hours. He'll be angry if I don't show up."
Mark chuckled "Don't worry about Benton. His bark is far worse than his bite.
Carol" he added. "Can you contact Carter's parents and tell Benton what has happened?" Carol nodded and ran out the door.
"Kerry?" Mark motioned for Kerry to follow him outside.
When they were out of earshot, he said "I don't really see any cause for alarm. It's just smoke inhalation. However, the high BP does concern me. I want to keep him in overnight for observation. I'd like to keep him in the ER because he knows all of us.
Kerry nodded. "You're right Mark. I'll get Malik to help us move him."
They went back into the room to tell Carter what they were going to do.
AN: By the way, I don't have a clue where I'm going with this, so any comments/ reviews/ advice would be greatly appreciated.