Stranded In Bear Canyon-4
Chapter 4
As Roy rejoined the group topside, the wind started to pick up and the rain started to fall harder.
"We need to find some shelter." Hank said stating the obvious.
"Hey Cap, there was an old cabin back down the road a ways on the left." Chet offered. "I saw it when we came in."
"Alright, let's get these 3 loaded up and head down there."
Marco gathered up the ropes from the rescue while Roy, Cap and Chet got the injured onto vehicles for transport. Roy and Chet jumped in the squad with Mike and Johnny carefully loaded on the back and Cap took Marco with him in the engine with Steve's stokes carefully set across the two back jump seats. Roy took the lead in the squad hoping that Chet was right and there was some kind of cabin where he could treat his patients properly out of the weather and harm's way. As they slowly made their way down the road the cabin came into view.
Chet opened the passenger's side door quickly. "I'll go check it out." He knocked on the cabin door. "Hello! Anyone home?...fire department…..hello!"
Deciding that the cabin was abandoned Chet broke a small pane of glass in the door and unlocked it. He opened the door and could tell that the cabin had been empty for some time.
Chet went back to the squad as Cap joined them.
"It's empty; looks like an old hunting cabin."
"Okay, let's get these guys inside." Cap said to his remaining healthy crew.
Steve was first to be moved into the cabin followed by the still unconscious Stoker.
"Chet check out that fireplace." Cap ordered. "If it's safe see if you can get a fire started. These guys have got to be freezing."
"Okay, Cap."
"Roy, get me all the information on these guys to relay to Rampart and I'll go back down to the bridge and radio it back in.
Roy was anxious to get his injured partner inside. "Okay, but-"
"Marco and I will go get Johnny." Hank answered before Roy could ask the question. Marco and Cap went back to the squad and collected the now shivering paramedic."
"John, you alright?"
"Just cold, Cap."
"I got Chet getting the fireplace going. We will have you warmed up in no time."
"Thanks, Cap." Johnny said then closed his eyes.
Roy and Cap got to work on gathering the vitals on their three victims while Marco helped Chet with the fire. With the vitals completed, Roy handed the information to Cap.
"Anything else they need to know?" He asked his senior paramedic.
"Tell them that Mike has not regained consciousness since his accident, Steve is conscious and responding well and Johnny has been conscious and is running a slight fever 100.2 degrees."
"Alright… I'll be back." Hank said as he left to radio Rampart in the squad.
Roy got to work on getting his patients out of their wet clothes. "Marco can you find me some blankets?"
"Sure, Roy." Marco started rummaging thru the closet and found several warm blankets stored in plastic. He brought the blankets to Roy. "These should help."
"These are perfect." Roy said as he covered the still shivering Johnny and then moved over and did the same for Mike and Steve.