Disclaimer: You know what? We're all the same. We all want to own at least
one person we can't have. Which stinks. It totally reeks. And I'm a
screeching sloth. Wait…what was I saying?
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"Jing-Mei, have you seen Dave?" Kerry asked the young doctor.
Jing-Mei turned to her and closed her eyes, racking her brain. "Uh, no, I don't think he came in yet. Why?"
"His shift started 5 minutes ago and we need him. We've got an MVA coming in," she told her.
"Oh, great, another one," she muttered to herself.
"What?" Kerry snapped.
"Nothing," Jing-Mei replied, innocently.
"Come on then, let's get moving," she ordered, limping to the ambulance bay.
The ambulances came rolling in and when Kerry opened the doors of the first one, her eyes widened in surprise when she saw who was inside of it.
"Hey, Chief," Dave said, trying not to laugh at the look of shock etched on his boss's face.
"Dave? What are you doing?" she asked, obviously confused.
"I'll fill you in about that later. We got a thirty-eight year old white male here; he was hit while backing out of his parking space. He has head trauma, a broken leg, fractured arm, and probably a few broken ribs," Dave informed her as he climbed out of the ambulance and assisted in rolling him to a trauma room.
"Okay, we need to order a cat scan and call the OR and get them to send a surgeon down here for a consult," Kerry called out to whoever was listening.
"You got it," Chuny replied, running to the phone.
"Chief, we're going into V-fib!" Dave yelled.
"Okay, get me the paddles and charge to 100," Kerry said.
Lydia handed her the paddles.
"Okay, one-two-three…clear!" she yelled, shocking the man before her.
"No change," Dave said.
"Charge to 150…one-two-three…clear!" she called.
"We're still in V-fib," Dave told her.
"Again! Charge to 200…one-two-three…"
"We need a central line here!" Jing-Mei called.
"I'm already on it," Dr. Luka Kovac told her. "Scoot over."
Jing-Mei moved to the side and looked on as Luka inserted the tube.
"I need some cricoid pressure!" he called.
"Are you okay, Dr. Kovac?" Jing-Mei asked.
"Yes, I'm fine, just a little tired," Luka told her, concentrating on putting in the line. "Okay, I got it."
Jing-Mei nodded. "Call the OR," she told Haleh.
"Charge it again!" Kerry called.
"Dr. Weaver…I don't think…" Dave started.
Kerry looked up at him. She sighed and turned to Lydia. "How long has he been down?"
"Twenty minutes," she told Weaver.
Suddenly, the heart monitor made that dreaded on-going sound.
"Asystole," Chuny said, quietly.
"Call it," Kerry said, dropping the paddles.
Dave sighed in defeat and looked at the clock. "Time of death: 4:55."
Kerry took off her gloves and walked out of the room and Dave followed suit. Kerry walked into another direction while Dave fell into stride with Dr. Chen.
"What a way to start the morning," Dave half-joked.
She smiled at him. "You lost him, huh?"
"Yeah," he sighed.
"I'm sorry," she said.
"So am I," he replied.
"Uh, so how's Amanda doing?" she asked.
"Oh, it's doing fine so far. She was a little pissed about my alarm clock going off right next to her ear, but hey, it's just one minor mishap."
Jing-Mei laughed. "Yeah, well I wouldn't care for that either."
"Yeah," Dave croaked.
"You look really tired," she commented.
He looked at her. "Nah, I'm cool."
"No you're not," she teased.
He softly punched her arm and she returned the gesture.
"What time are you off?" he asked.
"Oh, I'm off at 4:00," she said.
"Lucky," he told her.
"Why? What time are you off?"
"I'm covering for Carter, so I've got a 24-hour shift today," he groaned.
Jing-Mei winced. "Ouch," she said.
"Tell me about it," he replied.
"Well, this is my stop," Jing-Mei said, gesturing to a room.
"Okay, well, I guess I should go find a patient before the Chief yells at me."
Jing-Mei chuckled. "I think Weaver yelling at you is inevitable either way, Dave."
"That's a good point."
"Hey, do you want to maybe…I don't know, get some lunch later?" she asked, cautiously.
"You mean a lunch date?" he asked, slyly.
"No," she exclaimed, "just lunch."
"Sure, that sounds great."
"Okay, I'll see you later then," she said.
"Yeah, cool," he said, walking off, leaving Jing-Mei to watch him.
~Tell me that I'm not falling for Dave Malucci~ she thought to herself.
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"Jing-Mei, have you seen Dave?" Kerry asked the young doctor.
Jing-Mei turned to her and closed her eyes, racking her brain. "Uh, no, I don't think he came in yet. Why?"
"His shift started 5 minutes ago and we need him. We've got an MVA coming in," she told her.
"Oh, great, another one," she muttered to herself.
"What?" Kerry snapped.
"Nothing," Jing-Mei replied, innocently.
"Come on then, let's get moving," she ordered, limping to the ambulance bay.
The ambulances came rolling in and when Kerry opened the doors of the first one, her eyes widened in surprise when she saw who was inside of it.
"Hey, Chief," Dave said, trying not to laugh at the look of shock etched on his boss's face.
"Dave? What are you doing?" she asked, obviously confused.
"I'll fill you in about that later. We got a thirty-eight year old white male here; he was hit while backing out of his parking space. He has head trauma, a broken leg, fractured arm, and probably a few broken ribs," Dave informed her as he climbed out of the ambulance and assisted in rolling him to a trauma room.
"Okay, we need to order a cat scan and call the OR and get them to send a surgeon down here for a consult," Kerry called out to whoever was listening.
"You got it," Chuny replied, running to the phone.
"Chief, we're going into V-fib!" Dave yelled.
"Okay, get me the paddles and charge to 100," Kerry said.
Lydia handed her the paddles.
"Okay, one-two-three…clear!" she yelled, shocking the man before her.
"No change," Dave said.
"Charge to 150…one-two-three…clear!" she called.
"We're still in V-fib," Dave told her.
"Again! Charge to 200…one-two-three…"
"We need a central line here!" Jing-Mei called.
"I'm already on it," Dr. Luka Kovac told her. "Scoot over."
Jing-Mei moved to the side and looked on as Luka inserted the tube.
"I need some cricoid pressure!" he called.
"Are you okay, Dr. Kovac?" Jing-Mei asked.
"Yes, I'm fine, just a little tired," Luka told her, concentrating on putting in the line. "Okay, I got it."
Jing-Mei nodded. "Call the OR," she told Haleh.
"Charge it again!" Kerry called.
"Dr. Weaver…I don't think…" Dave started.
Kerry looked up at him. She sighed and turned to Lydia. "How long has he been down?"
"Twenty minutes," she told Weaver.
Suddenly, the heart monitor made that dreaded on-going sound.
"Asystole," Chuny said, quietly.
"Call it," Kerry said, dropping the paddles.
Dave sighed in defeat and looked at the clock. "Time of death: 4:55."
Kerry took off her gloves and walked out of the room and Dave followed suit. Kerry walked into another direction while Dave fell into stride with Dr. Chen.
"What a way to start the morning," Dave half-joked.
She smiled at him. "You lost him, huh?"
"Yeah," he sighed.
"I'm sorry," she said.
"So am I," he replied.
"Uh, so how's Amanda doing?" she asked.
"Oh, it's doing fine so far. She was a little pissed about my alarm clock going off right next to her ear, but hey, it's just one minor mishap."
Jing-Mei laughed. "Yeah, well I wouldn't care for that either."
"Yeah," Dave croaked.
"You look really tired," she commented.
He looked at her. "Nah, I'm cool."
"No you're not," she teased.
He softly punched her arm and she returned the gesture.
"What time are you off?" he asked.
"Oh, I'm off at 4:00," she said.
"Lucky," he told her.
"Why? What time are you off?"
"I'm covering for Carter, so I've got a 24-hour shift today," he groaned.
Jing-Mei winced. "Ouch," she said.
"Tell me about it," he replied.
"Well, this is my stop," Jing-Mei said, gesturing to a room.
"Okay, well, I guess I should go find a patient before the Chief yells at me."
Jing-Mei chuckled. "I think Weaver yelling at you is inevitable either way, Dave."
"That's a good point."
"Hey, do you want to maybe…I don't know, get some lunch later?" she asked, cautiously.
"You mean a lunch date?" he asked, slyly.
"No," she exclaimed, "just lunch."
"Sure, that sounds great."
"Okay, I'll see you later then," she said.
"Yeah, cool," he said, walking off, leaving Jing-Mei to watch him.
~Tell me that I'm not falling for Dave Malucci~ she thought to herself.