The Longest Day
Part 6
Note- Hope you enjoy, and you have been forewarned about the lingo so read on and review. Thanks!
As they open the ambulance doors time seems to stand still for a moment as everyone takes in the appearance of their friend and colleague but the sound of alarms going off jerked everyone back to reality.
Mark grabbed the side of the gurney to roll it inside "We will take him to trauma room 1, lets go!" He looked up at Benton with a shear look of fright as they entered the room "On my count one...two...three... What's his BP?"
Medical staff stood outside the room watching and praying. They all wondered why as they listened to the doctors and nurses work on Carter. Pictures and old memories flashed in their heads.
They all watched as Dr. Benton shocked Carter back to sinus before he began seizing, Benton lifted the bag by the railing of the gurney "he has internal bleeding, call the OR tell them to set up a room"
A nurse ran out of the room "Call the OR Carter has to go up now!" She quickly disappeared through the doors back into the chaos of the trauma room.
Only moments later Carter was being rolled out towards the elevator, still unconscious, to go up to the awaiting OR. Benton was by his side at the ready for the next step to save Carter.
As the elevator doors closed Mark stood there as if waiting to wake up from a horrible dream. Sadly this was life and he had a job to do as an MVA pulled up and Mark trading his now blood stained attire for a fresh gown and gloves.
...up in the OR...
As Benton scrubbed for the impending surgery Dr. Ramono entered "So Peter it seems our young Dr. Carter can't catch a break" Benton ignored Ramono to worried with Carters condition. Once he had finished preparing himself for the surgery he enters the room just as the alarms began going off "What the hell happened? He was stable" the nurse stood there shocked at the situation.
Benton checked all of the numbers to find them all fairly normal only to find that a wire had lost its placing in the pulse ox upon plugging it in the sound stopped and relief flushed over Benton.
Ramona entered "What happened I heard the alarms?" Benton met Ramono's gaze "It was a false alarm, shall we start?" The Two men began cutting into Carters abdomen repairing the damage done by the harsh blows of the made men and the puncture wound caused by a broken rib.
They worked for three hours repairing the damage, when they noticed a slight tremor in Carter's hand. "Damn it!" Benton expressed his finding by raising Carter's arm slightly off the table. Ramono looked for only a moment before realizing the worst was yet to come for Carter.
"He has an aneurysm, but where is it" upon evaluation "found it, it's by his heart"
Benton looked down at Carter's face as he spoke "Ok lets fix it, where's the balloon?" Moments later a crisis had been avoided "Good thing you caught that Peter"
As they closed Carter up they noticed a crowd had form awaiting the results. When they rolled Carter out to bring him to his new room Benton could feel the tension fade once they realized that he was still alive.
Benton stayed by his bedside scared to leave him when agent Kennedy came quietly in to the room "How is he?" "He is doing better, but we will have to wait to know for sure. Did you find those guys?"
"Sorry, but we haven't been able the get anything on these guys but we have warrants out for all of them and detailed pictures on file as well, I would like to thank you for your help and I promise that we will find them but until then I will have a guard outside his door for protection. His name is agent Handley and he is one of our best" with that he left the room.
Benton returned his eyes to Carter who looked so helpless "Why man? Just don't give up, we are all here for you" Benton watched as Carter's eye's fluttered open. "Hey man can you hear me? If you can squeeze my hand" he picked up Carter's hand and felt a small bit of pressure.
Carter struggled to speak "Sorry man you can't speak we had to intubate you and i will remove the tube later but its to much of a risk right now" carter motioned his hand as if writing something, peter reached for the table by the bed and brought back a pad and a pen and handed them to Carter.
Carter wrote quickly on the paper 'Are you ok?' Benton looked back at carter and nodded his head "yeah man I am fine and you will be ok too"
Benton explain all that had happened after Carter fell unconscious to be greeted with a new message 'Thank you' just then shouts were heard in the hall. Benton got up to see what was going on.
Agent Kennedy was explaining to a few staff members including Mark and Elizabeth that they had it under control, but the staff seemed cynical and confused with the situation. "How could you let this happen don't you screen your employees?" Elizabeth spoke up.
"Yes we do, these two men have been with the force for seven years, we are still trying to find their motive, but all of their files are blank finger prints and DNA tests have been done and nothing has turned up, for all we know this is all connected to the man known as Jay and his brother Paul but that is all that I can tell you as of now."
Shock overcame the crowd as they took in all of the information and connected the pieces. Agent Kennedy left them as he went to call the station to see if anything else had been found.
Benton re-entered Carter's room to find him sleeping and a new message resting on the board. 'I tried to stay awake but I was too tired sorry, please tell everyone thanks for everything' Benton scramble for a piece of tape and posted the massage on the door outside of Carter's room.
Benton sat with Carter watching the shadows of people's feet as they passed the door and stopped to read the note, he got up for a moment to check the clock outside of the room and when he looked at the sign before continuing his position beside Carter he realized that it was full of signatures and hopeful remarks.
Note- more to come the next part will be up soon b/c I have a great idea for it so enjoy and review.
Note- Hope you enjoy, and you have been forewarned about the lingo so read on and review. Thanks!
As they open the ambulance doors time seems to stand still for a moment as everyone takes in the appearance of their friend and colleague but the sound of alarms going off jerked everyone back to reality.
Mark grabbed the side of the gurney to roll it inside "We will take him to trauma room 1, lets go!" He looked up at Benton with a shear look of fright as they entered the room "On my count one...two...three... What's his BP?"
Medical staff stood outside the room watching and praying. They all wondered why as they listened to the doctors and nurses work on Carter. Pictures and old memories flashed in their heads.
They all watched as Dr. Benton shocked Carter back to sinus before he began seizing, Benton lifted the bag by the railing of the gurney "he has internal bleeding, call the OR tell them to set up a room"
A nurse ran out of the room "Call the OR Carter has to go up now!" She quickly disappeared through the doors back into the chaos of the trauma room.
Only moments later Carter was being rolled out towards the elevator, still unconscious, to go up to the awaiting OR. Benton was by his side at the ready for the next step to save Carter.
As the elevator doors closed Mark stood there as if waiting to wake up from a horrible dream. Sadly this was life and he had a job to do as an MVA pulled up and Mark trading his now blood stained attire for a fresh gown and gloves.
...up in the OR...
As Benton scrubbed for the impending surgery Dr. Ramono entered "So Peter it seems our young Dr. Carter can't catch a break" Benton ignored Ramono to worried with Carters condition. Once he had finished preparing himself for the surgery he enters the room just as the alarms began going off "What the hell happened? He was stable" the nurse stood there shocked at the situation.
Benton checked all of the numbers to find them all fairly normal only to find that a wire had lost its placing in the pulse ox upon plugging it in the sound stopped and relief flushed over Benton.
Ramona entered "What happened I heard the alarms?" Benton met Ramono's gaze "It was a false alarm, shall we start?" The Two men began cutting into Carters abdomen repairing the damage done by the harsh blows of the made men and the puncture wound caused by a broken rib.
They worked for three hours repairing the damage, when they noticed a slight tremor in Carter's hand. "Damn it!" Benton expressed his finding by raising Carter's arm slightly off the table. Ramono looked for only a moment before realizing the worst was yet to come for Carter.
"He has an aneurysm, but where is it" upon evaluation "found it, it's by his heart"
Benton looked down at Carter's face as he spoke "Ok lets fix it, where's the balloon?" Moments later a crisis had been avoided "Good thing you caught that Peter"
As they closed Carter up they noticed a crowd had form awaiting the results. When they rolled Carter out to bring him to his new room Benton could feel the tension fade once they realized that he was still alive.
Benton stayed by his bedside scared to leave him when agent Kennedy came quietly in to the room "How is he?" "He is doing better, but we will have to wait to know for sure. Did you find those guys?"
"Sorry, but we haven't been able the get anything on these guys but we have warrants out for all of them and detailed pictures on file as well, I would like to thank you for your help and I promise that we will find them but until then I will have a guard outside his door for protection. His name is agent Handley and he is one of our best" with that he left the room.
Benton returned his eyes to Carter who looked so helpless "Why man? Just don't give up, we are all here for you" Benton watched as Carter's eye's fluttered open. "Hey man can you hear me? If you can squeeze my hand" he picked up Carter's hand and felt a small bit of pressure.
Carter struggled to speak "Sorry man you can't speak we had to intubate you and i will remove the tube later but its to much of a risk right now" carter motioned his hand as if writing something, peter reached for the table by the bed and brought back a pad and a pen and handed them to Carter.
Carter wrote quickly on the paper 'Are you ok?' Benton looked back at carter and nodded his head "yeah man I am fine and you will be ok too"
Benton explain all that had happened after Carter fell unconscious to be greeted with a new message 'Thank you' just then shouts were heard in the hall. Benton got up to see what was going on.
Agent Kennedy was explaining to a few staff members including Mark and Elizabeth that they had it under control, but the staff seemed cynical and confused with the situation. "How could you let this happen don't you screen your employees?" Elizabeth spoke up.
"Yes we do, these two men have been with the force for seven years, we are still trying to find their motive, but all of their files are blank finger prints and DNA tests have been done and nothing has turned up, for all we know this is all connected to the man known as Jay and his brother Paul but that is all that I can tell you as of now."
Shock overcame the crowd as they took in all of the information and connected the pieces. Agent Kennedy left them as he went to call the station to see if anything else had been found.
Benton re-entered Carter's room to find him sleeping and a new message resting on the board. 'I tried to stay awake but I was too tired sorry, please tell everyone thanks for everything' Benton scramble for a piece of tape and posted the massage on the door outside of Carter's room.
Benton sat with Carter watching the shadows of people's feet as they passed the door and stopped to read the note, he got up for a moment to check the clock outside of the room and when he looked at the sign before continuing his position beside Carter he realized that it was full of signatures and hopeful remarks.
Note- more to come the next part will be up soon b/c I have a great idea for it so enjoy and review.