This prompt was prompted by guest with the prompt of: Cal is involved in an RTC, will Ethan be able to save his brothers life? Based on "Born Lucky"
In this prompt: Max and Zoe aren't married and Zoe is still clinical lead.
As always, I don't own the characters, they belong to the BBC, I'm just playing with them for a while. But, I do own any spelling mistakes.
I'm no doctor or nurse, so my medical side has come from the net.
The Secret Life Of Casualty.
Chapter 78
Brothers Cal and Ethan grabbed a coffee before work.
"Here we are, nibbles" Cal said, putting the plastic cups down on the table.
Ethan looked up at Cal. "Caleb, what have I said about calling me nibbles?"
Cal laughed as he sat down and took a sip of his own. "I know. Sorry "
Ethan smiled as he took a sip of his. "It's ok"
The two brothers continued to drink in silence. When, they were done, they walked out on to the street, and Cal headed for a ciggie. As, a doctor, he knew it was a digesting habit, but
Cal got in to his car and started driving while Ethan decided to walk. Cal started the car and didn't think to put his belt on, because it was only a short ride to the ED. He didn't know what happened. One minute, he was singing along to a song on the radio and the next he was trying to swerve to avoid a car.
Dixie walked in to the rec room where Jeff was. "Come on, Jeff, we have a shout"
"Coming, Dix" Said Jeff as he stood up and headed to the ambulance. They put the blue sirens on and drove to the scene of the accident.
When, Dixie and Jeff, got to the scene, they noticed two cars, smashed together. Dixie walked over to one of the cars and spotted someone: Cal.
"Jeff, it's Cal " Dixie told him.
Two other paramedics were seeing to the other driver. She seemed unhurt with a bit of whiplash, but they were taking her to hospital.
They had to wait for the emergency services to get Cal out.
Dixie and Jeff stepped back and watched, ready with their equipment to transport Cal to hospital, but they would have to do it, quickly and carefully.
Once, Cal was out, they put the spinal board underneath him and placed it gently on a trolley before pushing the trolley in to the back of the ambulance. The blue sirens went back on as they drove back to the hospital.
They got back to the ambulance bay and opened the back doors, lowering the stretcher down. They then took it round to the front of the hospital doors.
"This is Caleb Knight, 33, involved in an RTC, BP 60/90. GCS 9. " Dixie gave out the revelant info as they wheeled the stretcher in.
Ethan froze, as he heard the words and slowly turned around to see Dixie and Jeff, wheeling a stretcher in, with Cal lying lifeless on it.
"RESUS" Clinical lead Zoe Hanna said, as she walked alongside the stretcher and they pushed it through the doors.
"On 3 please" They all picked up a piece of the spinal board and moved it across on to the bed.
Zoe hooked a head CT and Ethan checked his brothers breathing.
"There's no - one else" Zoe told him and Ethan tried to think about anything else, other than the fact that his older brother, was, lying on a bed unconscious, about to be operated on.
Zoe helped Ethan on with his gown and he tried to swallow his nerves.
He inserted the needle in to Cal's skin, but his hands were shaking.
"That's it" Zoe encouraged him.
Lofty looked at the monitor. "His BP is low at 90/ 60."
Zoe put the oxygen mask on him and set up an IV line, Zoe was going to monitor him, before he was taken to a side room.
Ethan walked along the corridor, the side room that Zoe and Max had wheeled him up to, after his operation.
The beeping of the machines reminded Ethan that Cal was in a stable condition, all he had to do now, was wake up.
"Cal" Ethan pleaded, sitting down and taking his brothers lifeless hand. "I need you to wake up, mate. Why? Because you are my safety net. "
Ethan had gone outside and seen Zoe lighting up a cigaratte. She turned around to Ethan.
"How's Cal?" She asked, looking at him with a concerned look.
Ethan shrugged, he didn't know how Cal was. Zoe placed a hand reassuringly on his shoulder.
Robyn walked walked out to find Zoe and Ethan. "Ethan" The red - head smiled."Cal is awake"
"Thanks Robyn " Ethan walked in to the ED and headed for the lifts, impatient to get to his brother.
When, the lift doors, opened Ethan stepped out and headed along the corridor. He put his hand on the handle and took a deep breath, before pushing down on the handle.
Cal was lying on the bed, a NG tube under his nose, a BP cuff on his arm.
He looked weakly at Ethan and whisered. "Hey nibbles"
Ethan laughed, a tear escaping as he realised he could have lost Cal, he didn't think he'd be so happy to hear the nickname "Nibbles"
Ethan reached out and held his hand. Brothers stuck together, no matter what life threw at them and they'd get through Cal being in hospital together.
Thanks for reading the chapter, an update because Casualty isn't on tonight. I actually wrote the ending before I started the chapter. Well, it was supposed to be the ending, but then I added more. Probably one of the shortest chapters I've written for this story. Well, it ended up getting slightly
Its up to you guys what happens next with this. Do you want to see it end?
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