Good Morning, Afternoon, Night. Wherever you all are. It's Sunday night here at the moment and I thought I would be nice and end this week by letting you know what happened to Carlos :)
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"Carlos!" Logan ran quickly, but carefully, towards his helmet-less friend. Landing on his knees next to Carlos, Logan noticed that his eyes were closed.
"Carlos buddy, wake up."
He swept his hands behind his friends head and felt something sticky. Pulling them back his suspicions were confirmed. Carlos was bleeding from his head.
Without looking up, he asked Kendall, who had come down the same time as Logan, to call 911. Knowing that James was still on the stairwell staring at the scene below. He'll snap out of it shortly he thought.
"Yeah, can we have an ambulance at Palmwoods."
Logan heard Kendall give the address and explain what had happened, while he thought about what he had to do.
Let's see. ABC. Airway, Breathing, Circulation. Is his airway clear? Logan could see his friends chest rise and fall, so he bent down and put his check next to Carlos's mouth. Good. I can feel air so his airway is clear and he is breathing. Now circulation.Sitting back up, he placed his first and second fingers on Carlos's neck and searched for the pulse. Finding it, Logan let out a breath he didn't know he was holding and relaxed a little.
"Ambulance is on it's way Logan." Kendall knelt down next to him. "What can I do?"
"Can you go to the front door and wait for them? And tell Mr Bitters if he's around. Thanks Kendall."
Watching Kendall leave, Logan felt a presences behind him.
"Is he gonna be okay Logie?"
James had made it down the stairs. By the sound of it, Logan knew he was upset.
"Yeah bud. He's just hit his head." Logan reassured his friend. "Can I get you to help move some of the hockey gear from around him? So when the paramedics come, it will be easier for them to work. But don't move Carlos. We don't want him to move his neck "
Logan and Kendall hadn't dropped their stuff on the stairs like James had. They had brought it all down with them.
James nodded and got to work. Firstly moving Logan's and Kendall's gear, then retrieving Carlos's hockey stick, he put them all with his.
"It's all my fault," James muttered to himself.
"What?" Logan didn't hear what he said.
"If it wasn't for me, Carlos wouldn't be so badly hurt. I gave him the bush hat. He took off his helmet so he could wear it. He didn't put his helmet back on."
"James, listen to me." Logan could tell James was extremely upset by this. "This is not you're fault. He was the one that started the race. He pushed passed you on the stairs. If it's anyone's fault, it's his okay?"
Just then, Mr Bitters barged through the door. "What's this I hear about Carlos?" Stopping in his tracks as he took in the scene in front of him.
Logan gave James a 'this isn't over' look before looking at Mr Bitters.
"Can you get me a wet towel or something to try stop this bleeding and then tell Mamma Knight what's going on." Logan needed Mr Bitters out of the way before he got annoying.
"There's a first aid kit behind my desk. I'll get that."
Just after the door closed on Mr Bitters, Kendall opened it again for the paramedics, one male and one female, to walk through.
"Hi, I'm Tony and this is Mac." Logan heard the male paramedic say.
"I'm Logan, James, and you met Kendall." He said, moving his head in the direction of the others. "And this is Carlos. He fell down the stairs."
Logan watched as Mac set down a large, green bag she was carrying and kneel down beside him. She placed her first two fingers on Carlos's neck and repeated Logan's actions from before by kneeling down to check for breathing. After 10 seconds, she rose and went to sit at the top of Carlos's head. Putting her hands on the sides of his head and neck to stabilize it she asked "Can I have a collar Tony?"
Tony, one step ahead of her, had already opened the green bag, pulled out a collar, and set it to size. Moving over to Mac, Tony placed one end of the collar on Carlos's neck, slid the other end under his neck, and secured it in place.
"Logie, what are they doing?"
Logan stopped watching what was happening and turned to find James, in tears, staring at Carlos. Logan stood up and walked over to his upset friend. Putting a hand on his shoulder, Logan lead James over to the stairs and sat him down.
Sitting down next to him, he moved his hand from James's shoulder and gave him a sideways hug. "They're just making sure he doesn't wreck his neck. That is to stop his neck from moving when they move him and when he wakes up." Logan kept it simple to make sure James understood.
As they sat there. Logan with his arm around James and James leaning in on Logan for comfort. They watched as Mac and Tony – getting Kendall to help roll Carlos onto a backboard? Logan thinks that's what he heard Tony call it – lift Carlos onto the stretcher, while he was still an the backboard, strap him in and start to wheel him towards the ambulance.
Kendall turned and faced Logan, about to ask if he wanted to go with them, but saw James leaning on him with Logan's arm around him. Smiling to himself he pointed to himself and mouthed 'I'll go with them and you follow when you're ready.' He waited until Logan nodded that he understood before he ran to catch up with the others.
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On March 3rd we're meant to (well not meant to but it would be good to) write a story (one chapter) about bullying, so people that read the BTR Archive knows that we are against bullying.
Are you up to it? I know I am. I Hate bullying with a capital H. So, I will see all of you guys on March 3rd. I recon, if I'm real busy studying for two courses and still manage to write a story on bullying, then I think you can too.
