A/N. Just had my one year anniversary watch of episode one - not that I need to as I know it word for word but any excuse. Feeling all warm and fuzzy now so I thought I'd treat you all to a car crash.
Thanks for the lovely comments. Please R&R again.
Dr ABC
Rachel had been so busy ranting to Rebecca about how unfair everything had been and how she was being made to pay for every little thing. And now she was even being made to find a job for the first time since leaving school. She hadn't been paying much attention to the road and pulled out onto the roundabout without looking she hadn't seen the lorry just heard Rebecca scream.
The noise of metal hitting metal was deafening the car was pushed along the till it reached the edge of the road were it started to roll down the embankment. Once, twice three times before coming to a stop. The lorry had managed to stop half on and half off the road hanging precariously over the edge of the embankment directly above the car.
Charles stopped his Range Rover on the middle of the roundabout. Both rushing out of the car and running at speed to the accident. Charles spotted another motorist "get on the phone we need ambulance and fire brigade. We have three possibly more casualties. "
They slipped down the bank heading straight for Rachel's car Charles to the left and Molly to the right. "I cant get in, can't open the doors" shouted Molly.
"Me neither" said Charles running round to Molly's side.
"What about the boot?" Shouted Molly but that was no good either. "I need to get in the car now".
"Here try this" said the lorry driver making his way down the bank with a crowbar in his hands.
Charles took it off him and tried to force the door with no success. "Give it here" said Molly heading for the back if the car. "Sam duck down and cover your head." Molly hit the back window which was already smashed but still in place. Two swift hits with the crowbar and it caved in. "Leg up now" demanded Molly. Charles obliged and she clambered over the parcel shelf and into the back of the car.
Molly knew time was of the essence here. She had already assessed the D in Dr ABC danger - yep plenty of that, the lorry above for a start. "Sam, buddy are you ok? Are you hurt?"
Sam was struggling to breath but only because he was crying so much he couldn't catch his breath. He shook his head. "No I'm ok I think" he managed between sobs.
"Right calm down a take some deep breaths for me buddy, ok? Your going to climb over the back seat and out the way I came in."
Sam nodded and with shaky hands he climbed out the car and straight into his dad's arms.
"Oh thank god your ok Sam" said Charles hugging his son tightly. "Now let's get you back up this bank and to safety." He said leading his son away from the car.
"Rebecca are you hurt?" Said Molly leaning over trying to see. "Will you bloody answer me? Now is not the time to go quiet on me".
Rebecca was numb with shock, her brain unable to process what had happened, her mouth unable to move she managed a slight nod of the head. "Where?" Asked Molly. "Come on Rebecca help me out here I need to know what hurts so I can assess to see if we can get you out the car" still nothing. "For fucks sake Rebecca" shouted Molly.
The loud shout brought Rebecca back to the current "sorry my head is bleeding and left side hurts where it's been hit against the side of the car".
"Can you move? Ordinarily I'd like you to stay put but there's a huge lorry half on the road and half hanging over the embankment directly above this car".
"I'll try" replied Rebecca.
"Right let me lay this seat down and try and get this back seat down and that should make it easier for you to climb out" said Molly fighting with the seats. "Charles, Rebecca's on her way out" he was just about back at the car. Both Charles and the lorry driver managed to drag a screaming Rebecca through the back window.
Molly climbed through to the seat Rebecca had just vacated. Now it really was time for her training to kick in. DR ABC. Danger remains the same she thought. R for response, "Rachel, Rachel can you hear me? Squeeze my hand if you can" Molly felt a faint squeeze. "That's good Rachel now I need you to stay calm, we're gunna get you out of here." A for airway she thought, Rachel's breathing was shallow so she checked her pulse. It wasn't strong, by no means what it should be, but it was there so Molly had something to work with. B for bleeding Molly carried on going through the drill. She checked Rachel all over, well the best she could considering the tight space. She saw her right leg had an open fracture and what looked to be an arterial bleed from the femoral artery. Fuck she thought this covers B and C bleeding and circulation problems also explaining the thready pulse. "Right Rachel you've damaged your leg and your losing blood, I'm going to try and stop it for you but I not going to lie it's going to hurt".
"Argh" screamed Rachel as Molly lifted her leg to get the tourniquet aka her best cotton scarf under, she tied it as tightly as she could but the blood still flowed.
"Sorry about this" said Molly pushing down on the wound with the other end of the scarf.
"Argh, fucking hell. Are you doing this on purpose?" Tears were rolling down Rachel's cheeks.
"Saving your fucking life, that's what I'm doing. If I wasn't pressing so hard here you will die quite quickly"
"Oh, is it that bad?"
"Well let's say you might gunna need a stitch"
"What? Why are you doing this Molly? I've been nothing but a bitch to you. If I were you I wouldn't save my sorry arse after everything I've done"
"It's what I do, I save peoples lives. I don't pick and choose who, I'll save any bodies life. I even saved a Taliban insurgent who had launched a rocket grenade as us before. That was a good one. At least you speak English and don't stink of sweat so that's an improvement".
"I'm sorry for what I did, for everything" said Rachel through gritted teeth, her voice barely above a whisper.
She getting weaker thought Molly. The blood was still trickling through Molly's fingers, not at the same speed as before, she was doing her best but could do with a clamp on the artery as there was a fair sized puddle on the floor. "Charles, where's the emergency services?"
"Can't be much longer" he said "how is she?"
Molly gave him her best I don't know how much longer we've got left face. "Still a bitch" she said trying to make light of the situation. Rachel gave a brief smile. "So Rachel, tell me what Charles was like as a child?" Nothing no reply. "Come on Rachel you've got to stay with me, keep talking that crap".
"Can't" came the reply.
Molly could hear sirens in the distance. About bloody time she thought. "They're nearly here Rachel. We will get you out really soon I promise. Just stay with me, yer?"
"Don't ... leave ... me ... Molly" she gasped.
"I won't don't worry it's all part of the service. I won't be handing you over till we're out of here. That's promise ok?"
"Afternoon ladies" said the paramedic as he reached the back if the car. "Who's hurt?"
"This is Rachel" said Molly "she's got an open fracture of her right leg with an arterial bleed which I'm doing my best to stop. Her pulse is weak and she's drifting in and out if consciousness".
"Well thank you ..."
"Molly"
Thank you Molly but if you just mind out the way"
"I ain't going anywhere mate. I've told you I've got my hand rammed in this wound to stop this bleed, the minuet I let go she will bleed out and she's already weak. I'm a trained Medic I know my stuff. "
The paramedic looked across at Rachel and could see the work
Molly was doing. He saw that Molly had taken all the right actions. "Right well let me pop this oxygen mask over your face Rachel and I'll get you sorted with some pain relief, Molly do you want to replace that scarf with these swabs"
"Right ladies" said the chief fire officer. "These doors are too battered to open so we will be taking the roof off. I will be passing you some hard hats and I want you to try and shield your face when the cutting equipment starts"
The paramedic had put a neck brace on Rachel and had requested his colleague to get a spinal board.
Everything was happening so fast that in what felt like a minuet Molly was in the back of the ambulance with Rachel driving at speed to the Royal United Hospital, Charles had already followed the ambulance with Rebecca and Sam inside which had set off some 15 minuets before.
Molly followed Rachel's stretcher through the double doors. The paramedic who Molly now knew to be called Jim asked her to sign Rachel in. "I can't" said Molly.
"Seriously Molly you have done a fantastic job saving Rachel's life but you've got to leave her to the doctors now". Replied Jim.
"I know that, I don't know her details is what I'm saying" said Molly.
"I'll take this" said a friendly looking nurse. "Hi I'm Emma. Is that your friend you've come in with?"
"No, she's my boyfriends sister. She's called Rachel ... James, I think. I don't know any other details but Charles will. Do you know where he is? He came in with Rebecca and Sam James, they were all involved in the same accident."
"Let me go and check" said Emma walking off and leaving Molly stood in the reception.
Charles came out of the paediatrics area, a look of concern on his face "are you ok?" He asked
"Me? I'm fine. Rachel is touch and go, she's lost a lot of blood and I'm really worried about the lack of circulation to her lower leg. She's in there she said nodding to resus. You need to book her in I don't know her details. How's Sam and Rebecca?"
"Sam's fine just a few bumps and grazes. I don't know about Rebecca yet. I'll go book Rachel in. Sam is two down on the left if you want to pop in while I do this".
"I think I'll try and get cleaned up first. I don't want to scare him looking like this." She replied. Molly was covered head to foot in blood.
"Hi Molly" said Emma returning. "I see you've found Charles, so you must know Sam is ok. Rebecca is in resus, there have been some complications so we're still working on her".
"I need to get cleaned up, is there somewhere I can get washed?" Asked Molly.
"Yes sure come straight through here, you can get washed and I'll get you some scrubs to wear"
"Aw thanks Emma that would be excellent".
