Unexpected Surprises part 3, "UNDER PRESSURE"
At County everyone was watching the news except from they who was working with patients.
In trauma 2 dr. Corday was still working on Abby.
"She's bleeding as hell. Get some more units of O neg. I need an ultrasound!"
"V-fib".
Elizabeth took the paddles. "Charging 260! Clear!
"Still v-fib".
"Charging 300. Clear! 360! Clear! She's back. Good sinus. Where the hell is the ultrasound!
"They're using it next door", Lily said.
"Then get me another one! Call the OR!"
A nurse came in with an ultrasound. "Finally! As I suspected", Elizabeth said. She's got an ectopic pregnancy, and now a miscarriage. She needs surgery immediately!"
Corday was just going to drive the gurney with Abby when Jerry stopped her.
"You have to stop!"
"What?! If she don't get the operation she'll die!"
"I know", Jerry said. "But someone called and said there's a bomb in the hospital. They'll fire it off if someone works".
"Oh God! No! I have to go up! Abby will die! I can't wait".
"But what can we do? The whole hospital will go up in the air".
"Do Mark or Kerry know about the bomb?"
Jerry nodded. "Yeah, they're in the lounge trying to figure something out".
Elizabeth thought about it a few seconds before she spoke. "Okay. Lily, call the blood bank and tell them we need at least 6 units of 0 neg. I have to check something. I'll send Malucci in".
Elizabeth went strait to the lounge where Kerry and Mark were working hard under a lot of pressure.
"I need a word with you two".
"Hey, Elizabeth. How's Abby?"
"Not good. That was what I wanted to talk to you about. Jerry told me about the bomb".
"We don't know if it's true or not", Kerry said, "but we just can't take any chances"
Elizabeth nodded. "I know, but I don't know how long Abby can live without an operation. She's bleeding as hell and she's getting worse every minute".
"We have to do something very fast but we have to think about the rest of the hospital too", Mark said.
Kerry took a slurp of her coffee. "Is she strong enough to be transferred to Mercy or St. John?"
"No".
Suddenly Lily came running in. "Dr. Corday! We're losing her!"
Elizabeth stormed out. In trauma 2 Malucci was trying to get a pulse.
"She stopped breathing", he said.
"Okay, that's it! We'll first get her stabile and then we're taking her upstairs!"
"But, Corday", Dave started, "what about the bomb?"
"I don't know. What if the bomb was fake and we just watched Abby die? I must give her a chance".
Then Luka came in. "I didn't get my page before now. Abby! What have happened?"
"Malucci found her unconscious on the floor in the lounge. The ultrasound showed an ectopic pregnancy. Did you know she was pregnant?"
"Pregnant? No, I don't even she knows herself. Is it bad?"
"It could be. A while I thought I'd lose her because of the blood loss, and now I hope she gets an operation as soon as possible. If she doesn't. . . ".
"What do you have to do?"
"Well, since it all started because of a miscarriage I'll have to remove the rest of the embryo and make sure she's not bleeding".
"No hysterectomy then?"
"I hope not. If it's necessary I'll have to save her life instead of her uterus. I'm sorry".
"I understand. And I know Abby does too".
"There's nothing we can do for the baby because that's dead but we can save Abby. I'm going up now. I'll let you know how when I'm finished".
Elizabeth took the bed with Abby and went upstairs. Everything seemed to go very well when a nurse came in.
"Dr. Corday. I've got a message from dr. Romano".
"What does he want?"
"He says you have to stop the surgery immediately".
"What! I can't stop now. It will kill the patient. He must be a complete idiot!!!"
"I thought you'd might react that way" Romano came in.
"Robert".
"Bingo, Lizzie. Now, you heard the nurse".
"I'm middle in an operation. There's no way I'm leaving this theatre before I'm finished. Suction, please".
"There's a bomb threat at the hospital and we could be blown up in the air anytime if we perform procedures. As I see it, it's up to you".
"I'll take all responsibility".
"Yeah! I can see that in the newspapers. The entire County was blown up in the air because of one doctor who denied to do what she was told. That would be popular".
"What would you have done, then? Let her bleed to death?"
With that Romano walked out and 5 minutes he came back.
"May I assist?"
Elizabeth was almost too shocked to answer but she eventually managed to say something. "Of. . . of course. . . ".
"You see", Romano began, ". . I like doctors like you. Doctors who'll do almost everything for their patients. That's the kind of doctors who get respect. You're improving. Suction, please". Romano continued. "It looks like you've done a great job. When I think about . . . . What was that!?"
"What?"
"The shaking. Didn't you feel it?"
"No. What shaking?"
"Never mind".
Down stairs in the ER everyone was running and screaming, it was totally chaos. Luka came down from the waiting room outside the OR. "What the hell have happened?!" he asked Carter.
Carter looked at him and began to smile and laugh before he left. Luka headed to the admin. desk where Kerry ran into him. "Kerry! What have happened?"
"First we thought it was the bomb that was fired off. Even though this just was a stink bomb all the patient and some of the staff thought it was the real bomb. How's Abby?"
"Corday and Romano are working on her now. If they are quick no one of the bomb people will notice. They think she'll be fine".
"I'm so glad on yours behalf. On the top of all this, we'll get victims from a plane crash. The first ambulance will be here in approximately three minutes. We need your help".
"Sure. I'll get ready to take the first one's".
Kerry limped to the desk where Jerry tried to control the patients, and Randi discovered she'd to work for the first time or so.
"Chuny! Haleh! Malik! Clear the trauma rooms!" Kerry yelled. Then, before she managed to think the first ambulance was there. A paramedic came in, followed by Luka.
"Robbie Read, 53 y/o, possibly a ruptured spleen, complains about abdominal pain and nausea. He says he was on his way to dialyses. BP 100/60".
"On the plane? Let's get him in trauma 2", Kerry said.
"Hey, doc". The paramedic interrupted. "I have a badly injured child here too".
Kerry stopped. "I'll take this. Take the child to trauma 1, Luka. Lily! Get Cleo!"
Lily ran to get Cleo. When the paramedic came in with the child Luka didn't notice who she was. After finding Cleo, Lily came to trauma 1. "Oh my God!" She said when she saw the injured child. "It's Tess!"
"Damn it!" Luka exclaimed. Why hadn't he noticed who she was. He'd taken care of Carol's twins a million times. While Luka was trying to swallow the shock, Mark took the next patient from the plane crash.
"Oh God! As I suspected", Mark said when he saw the patient.
At County everyone was watching the news except from they who was working with patients.
In trauma 2 dr. Corday was still working on Abby.
"She's bleeding as hell. Get some more units of O neg. I need an ultrasound!"
"V-fib".
Elizabeth took the paddles. "Charging 260! Clear!
"Still v-fib".
"Charging 300. Clear! 360! Clear! She's back. Good sinus. Where the hell is the ultrasound!
"They're using it next door", Lily said.
"Then get me another one! Call the OR!"
A nurse came in with an ultrasound. "Finally! As I suspected", Elizabeth said. She's got an ectopic pregnancy, and now a miscarriage. She needs surgery immediately!"
Corday was just going to drive the gurney with Abby when Jerry stopped her.
"You have to stop!"
"What?! If she don't get the operation she'll die!"
"I know", Jerry said. "But someone called and said there's a bomb in the hospital. They'll fire it off if someone works".
"Oh God! No! I have to go up! Abby will die! I can't wait".
"But what can we do? The whole hospital will go up in the air".
"Do Mark or Kerry know about the bomb?"
Jerry nodded. "Yeah, they're in the lounge trying to figure something out".
Elizabeth thought about it a few seconds before she spoke. "Okay. Lily, call the blood bank and tell them we need at least 6 units of 0 neg. I have to check something. I'll send Malucci in".
Elizabeth went strait to the lounge where Kerry and Mark were working hard under a lot of pressure.
"I need a word with you two".
"Hey, Elizabeth. How's Abby?"
"Not good. That was what I wanted to talk to you about. Jerry told me about the bomb".
"We don't know if it's true or not", Kerry said, "but we just can't take any chances"
Elizabeth nodded. "I know, but I don't know how long Abby can live without an operation. She's bleeding as hell and she's getting worse every minute".
"We have to do something very fast but we have to think about the rest of the hospital too", Mark said.
Kerry took a slurp of her coffee. "Is she strong enough to be transferred to Mercy or St. John?"
"No".
Suddenly Lily came running in. "Dr. Corday! We're losing her!"
Elizabeth stormed out. In trauma 2 Malucci was trying to get a pulse.
"She stopped breathing", he said.
"Okay, that's it! We'll first get her stabile and then we're taking her upstairs!"
"But, Corday", Dave started, "what about the bomb?"
"I don't know. What if the bomb was fake and we just watched Abby die? I must give her a chance".
Then Luka came in. "I didn't get my page before now. Abby! What have happened?"
"Malucci found her unconscious on the floor in the lounge. The ultrasound showed an ectopic pregnancy. Did you know she was pregnant?"
"Pregnant? No, I don't even she knows herself. Is it bad?"
"It could be. A while I thought I'd lose her because of the blood loss, and now I hope she gets an operation as soon as possible. If she doesn't. . . ".
"What do you have to do?"
"Well, since it all started because of a miscarriage I'll have to remove the rest of the embryo and make sure she's not bleeding".
"No hysterectomy then?"
"I hope not. If it's necessary I'll have to save her life instead of her uterus. I'm sorry".
"I understand. And I know Abby does too".
"There's nothing we can do for the baby because that's dead but we can save Abby. I'm going up now. I'll let you know how when I'm finished".
Elizabeth took the bed with Abby and went upstairs. Everything seemed to go very well when a nurse came in.
"Dr. Corday. I've got a message from dr. Romano".
"What does he want?"
"He says you have to stop the surgery immediately".
"What! I can't stop now. It will kill the patient. He must be a complete idiot!!!"
"I thought you'd might react that way" Romano came in.
"Robert".
"Bingo, Lizzie. Now, you heard the nurse".
"I'm middle in an operation. There's no way I'm leaving this theatre before I'm finished. Suction, please".
"There's a bomb threat at the hospital and we could be blown up in the air anytime if we perform procedures. As I see it, it's up to you".
"I'll take all responsibility".
"Yeah! I can see that in the newspapers. The entire County was blown up in the air because of one doctor who denied to do what she was told. That would be popular".
"What would you have done, then? Let her bleed to death?"
With that Romano walked out and 5 minutes he came back.
"May I assist?"
Elizabeth was almost too shocked to answer but she eventually managed to say something. "Of. . . of course. . . ".
"You see", Romano began, ". . I like doctors like you. Doctors who'll do almost everything for their patients. That's the kind of doctors who get respect. You're improving. Suction, please". Romano continued. "It looks like you've done a great job. When I think about . . . . What was that!?"
"What?"
"The shaking. Didn't you feel it?"
"No. What shaking?"
"Never mind".
Down stairs in the ER everyone was running and screaming, it was totally chaos. Luka came down from the waiting room outside the OR. "What the hell have happened?!" he asked Carter.
Carter looked at him and began to smile and laugh before he left. Luka headed to the admin. desk where Kerry ran into him. "Kerry! What have happened?"
"First we thought it was the bomb that was fired off. Even though this just was a stink bomb all the patient and some of the staff thought it was the real bomb. How's Abby?"
"Corday and Romano are working on her now. If they are quick no one of the bomb people will notice. They think she'll be fine".
"I'm so glad on yours behalf. On the top of all this, we'll get victims from a plane crash. The first ambulance will be here in approximately three minutes. We need your help".
"Sure. I'll get ready to take the first one's".
Kerry limped to the desk where Jerry tried to control the patients, and Randi discovered she'd to work for the first time or so.
"Chuny! Haleh! Malik! Clear the trauma rooms!" Kerry yelled. Then, before she managed to think the first ambulance was there. A paramedic came in, followed by Luka.
"Robbie Read, 53 y/o, possibly a ruptured spleen, complains about abdominal pain and nausea. He says he was on his way to dialyses. BP 100/60".
"On the plane? Let's get him in trauma 2", Kerry said.
"Hey, doc". The paramedic interrupted. "I have a badly injured child here too".
Kerry stopped. "I'll take this. Take the child to trauma 1, Luka. Lily! Get Cleo!"
Lily ran to get Cleo. When the paramedic came in with the child Luka didn't notice who she was. After finding Cleo, Lily came to trauma 1. "Oh my God!" She said when she saw the injured child. "It's Tess!"
"Damn it!" Luka exclaimed. Why hadn't he noticed who she was. He'd taken care of Carol's twins a million times. While Luka was trying to swallow the shock, Mark took the next patient from the plane crash.
"Oh God! As I suspected", Mark said when he saw the patient.