"CAL!" Zoe shouted as she and the rest of the team watched as he tumbled over the ledge.
His body made contact with the ground with a great impact. The team rushed over.
"Dix, I need a trolley. Charlie, I need a litre of saline." Zoe ordered while she stablised Cal's neck.
The others stood in shock, they couldn't believe what had just happened. Blood was oozing out and surrounding his body. Lofty was attempting CPR.
"Come on, mate! Don't do this to us. Don't do this to Ethan. Think about him. He's going to need his big brother." Lofty said as he pushed down on Cal's chest.
Once in RESUS the team rushed around hooking Cal up to wires, machines, bloods and anything else they could think of. So far their attempts at restarting his heart were in vain, he had no output.
"Right, can I get a CT scan, call neuro and I want another 2 litres of saline with 5 units of blood." Zoe instructed as she kept looking at the vitals on the machine. "We're going to need to see what we're dealing with if we have a chance at keeping him alive.
"Zoe," Rita whispered as she stood next to her. "You saw how far he fell. His chance of surviving is small."
"We can at least try! I'm not going to lose two of our colleagues tonight."
Lofty was still doing CPR. Zoe took out a light and shone it into Cal's eyes.
"Great. His pupils have blown. We need to get him into theatre immediately."
"Who's going to inform Ethan if he wakes up?" Robyn inquired as they started to roll Cal up to surgery.
"I'll sit with him." Lofty replies.
"Yeah, me too." Max said.
While the others took Cal upstairs Max and Lofty headed up to the room where Ethan was being kept. The room was silent and both Max and Lofty pulled up a couple of chairs next to the bed.
"Do you think we should tell him?" Max asked not sure of what to do.
"We could." Lofty replied. "I mean we don't know when or if he's going to wake up."
"But, he can hear us right?"
"Yes. As far as we know his brain is capable of processing information so he should still be able to hear us."
Lofty leaned forward.
"Ethan, mate I don't know if you can hear me but, I've got something to tell you."
Before Lofty to tell him what the machines registered a faster beep and Lofty noticed a slight movement in Ethan's eyes. Lofty took hold of his hands. He felt a squeeze.
"Max, can you talk to him while I'll go and page Zoe?" Lofty informed him.
Max nodded and Lofty left to get Zoe. Minutes later he returned with Zoe. Although Lofty had told her that he had checked his vitals she doubled check to make sure. Happy with what they showed Zoe with Lofty's help removed the tube from Ethan's throat. Zoe placed her stethoscope upon Ethan's chest. He had equal breath sounds and seemed to breathing with help from the ventilator.
"Cal?" Ethan asked hoarsely as his eyes flickered open.
