Part Eight
"Carter, Luka and Dave have been gone a long time there can't be that many people left at the scene." Mark exclaimed looking around the packed ER.
"We haven't had any new admits for a while - which is just as well - so they're probably just packing the equipment back up and then they'll start heading back." Kerry replied as the phone beside her began to ring.
"ER Randi speaking. Yes.Ok..right hold on. Dr. Weaver its Carter he's calling on his cell from the site he says he needs to talk to you urgently."
"Hmm that's strange" Weaver took the phone from Randi. "Carter what's wrong? WHAT? How? Ok when will you be here? Ok we'll be ready. Oh and Carter good luck." Kerry turned to face Mark as he stood puzzled at the conversation he had overheard.
He observed the look of horror on her face. "Kerry what is it? What's happened?"
"It's Dave there's been an accident." She stopped there pausing to let the shock sink in. "He was helping some kids out of the train when the tunnel collapsed and he was trapped. LISTEN UP! EVERYONE GATHER ROUND."
The remaining staff left their patients and turned their attention to Kerry. "Right here's the situation Luka and Carter are bringing in an unconscious critical patient with blunt head trauma, internal bleeding, spinal damage and severe seizing. We have to prep a trauma room, someone get portable x-ray and ultrasound and I'll phone upstairs so they are ready for a head CT and MRI when he gets here." Kerry rambled on in doctor mode omitting the one piece of information that would change the staffs view off this patient.
"So what's up with Dave don't tell me he's pulled another hero stunt and disappeared." Malik muttered causing a wave of laughter to surge through the small crowd.
Mark's face dropped as Kerry held in the tears. "Actually it's Dave who's the patient."
The laughter halted abruptly, their faces turned pale and stony at the news.
Dr. Dave - THEIR Dr. Dave was this critical patient.
He was being brought here to be saved or to die - from the sounds of it the latter.
It was like Valentines Day all over again another friend depending on their skills to protect them from the one common and inevitable thing in everyone's life;
DEATH
"Carter, Luka and Dave have been gone a long time there can't be that many people left at the scene." Mark exclaimed looking around the packed ER.
"We haven't had any new admits for a while - which is just as well - so they're probably just packing the equipment back up and then they'll start heading back." Kerry replied as the phone beside her began to ring.
"ER Randi speaking. Yes.Ok..right hold on. Dr. Weaver its Carter he's calling on his cell from the site he says he needs to talk to you urgently."
"Hmm that's strange" Weaver took the phone from Randi. "Carter what's wrong? WHAT? How? Ok when will you be here? Ok we'll be ready. Oh and Carter good luck." Kerry turned to face Mark as he stood puzzled at the conversation he had overheard.
He observed the look of horror on her face. "Kerry what is it? What's happened?"
"It's Dave there's been an accident." She stopped there pausing to let the shock sink in. "He was helping some kids out of the train when the tunnel collapsed and he was trapped. LISTEN UP! EVERYONE GATHER ROUND."
The remaining staff left their patients and turned their attention to Kerry. "Right here's the situation Luka and Carter are bringing in an unconscious critical patient with blunt head trauma, internal bleeding, spinal damage and severe seizing. We have to prep a trauma room, someone get portable x-ray and ultrasound and I'll phone upstairs so they are ready for a head CT and MRI when he gets here." Kerry rambled on in doctor mode omitting the one piece of information that would change the staffs view off this patient.
"So what's up with Dave don't tell me he's pulled another hero stunt and disappeared." Malik muttered causing a wave of laughter to surge through the small crowd.
Mark's face dropped as Kerry held in the tears. "Actually it's Dave who's the patient."
The laughter halted abruptly, their faces turned pale and stony at the news.
Dr. Dave - THEIR Dr. Dave was this critical patient.
He was being brought here to be saved or to die - from the sounds of it the latter.
It was like Valentines Day all over again another friend depending on their skills to protect them from the one common and inevitable thing in everyone's life;
DEATH