OK THANKS FOR ALL REVIEWS I AM TRYING TO EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENS MORE AND HAVE AN ACTUAL PIONT TO MY STORY. PLEASE REVIEW AND TELL ME IF IT'S BETTER THAKYOU. OH AND EVRYTHING BAD HAPPENS TO THEM BECAUSE I'M EVIL AND CAN'T WIRTE OTHER CHARATERS WELL SO IT HAS TO BE THEM SORRY
"Carter, CARTER wake up" Abby called to him.
"HUR" Carter said groggily. They had veered of the road into a ditch and large tree branch stuck through the front windshield.
"Are you ok? The baby?" asked Carter coming to his senses. He tried to move but his legs were trapped under the steering wheel.
"The baby's ok it can feel them" Abby smiled weakly "You?" Carter suddenly became aware of the pain in his chest not a breathing pain but crushing. He looked down and saw that the steering wheel had probably broke some ribs, his arm was also mangled in with the wheel and he could feel blood running down his head. Yet still he replied.
"Fine, you?" he turned his head to Abby causing a pain to run down is back into his legs, well that was a good sign at least he could feel his legs.
Carter drew a short gasp of breath when he saw Abby. Although her legs and abdomen were relatively unscathed, the top half of her body fared much worse. The thing that caused Carter to gasp was her face. The tree had come in through the window and a branch was now directly in font of her blood was coming from the left side of her face and Carter was unable to see her left eye. The right one had a large gash directly above it.
"Why is it black are we in a hole or something?" that was it Carter worst fears had been realised bright sun was directly on Abby's face yet she didn't even acknowledge the light. Tears ran down his face.
"Abby it ok were trapped were hurts?" he asked trying to ignore the question.
"My face and arm" Carter looked down to see Abby had a compound fracture. Bone was protruding through her skin. He knew how painful it must be because he had one similar.
"It's ok help will be here soon" he moved his free arm to her side and stroked her reassuringly.
"Pratt your in charge" called Susan as she tossed Luka and Sam a med pack.
"Where you going?" questioned Pratt.
"Head on collision just outside of town" replied Sam.
"Oh that's not going to be pretty, how many?"
"Four, three stuck one called the ambulance and managed to get free" Susan called as she headed out the door.
The ride to the scene only took 10 minutes as Susan, Sam and Luka got out.
"What we got?" question Luka to the fireman.
"Right, walking wounded" he pointed to a woman sat with a blanket round her.
"One man trapped crushed by the door should take 20 minutes to free him" the fireman pointed to the SUV.
"Down here's the worst" he began walking towards a ditch.
"Sam you take care of those two". Sam headed off.
"Hey how are you" Sam stuck her head in the SUV.
"Idiot I told you not to drive" the woman with the blanket wrapped round her was shouting at the man. "He's drunk, you probably killed them" she was waving madly. "Ok can you get her away" Sam said to the fireman who escorted the lady away.
"Can you tell me where it hurt's" asked Sam.
"These two are worse of take about 30 minutes to free them."
"Oh god" Susan screamed causing Sam to look up. She knew whose car it was.
Both her and Luka slide down the side of the Bank.
"Ok get some more blankets" Luka called to the fireman.
"Carter can you hear me" Susan was fighting back tears.
"Yer, help Abby"
"It's ok Luka helping her" Luka was having difficulty getting to Abby. "Abby can you hear me?" he managed to duck under the tree and get to a small gap in the window.
"Luka? Where are you" Abby voice was panicked.
"Abby it's ok I'm here" he took he hand and began pulling medication out of his bag.
"I want them out as soon as" Susan shouted to the firemen who were setting up cutting equipment.
"Susan what's happening" Sam shouted.
"It's Carter and Abby" Sam's whole body froze this drunken man had run them of the road and now she had to treat him.
"Carter I'm going to put a splint on your arm were just going o cut it free" Susan placed safety goggles on Carter to protect him from sparks as the removed the steering wheel.
"Argh" Susan returned and placed a large splint on his arm and placed an IV in the other.
Luka meanwhile was having problems getting to Abby who was beginning to slip in and out of consciousness.
"Abby stay awake, tell me what you've been doing"
"Nothing" was Abby's reply.
"Susan" Carter moaned.
"We need to concentrate on you, can you feel this" Susan pushed against his legs
"Ow"
"I'll take that as a yes then" Susan placed a collar on Carter.
"Get this door off"
"I'm not going without Abby" Carter called but he had no choice as the door was removed.
"Back board" Susan called to the assembled firemen. And Carter was delicately strapped down.
"Abby it's ok" Carter called as he was lifted from the ditch but Abby was no longer conscious.
"Oh god" Sam cried. The drunken diver had also been freed and loaded into a ambulance with Sam, but before the doors shut she caught a glimpse of Carter been loaded in.
Now that Carter had been moved the firemen had been able to get to the tree to free Abby. Once the tree was removed Luka could see the extent of her injury's. There was no way that they could save her left eye and he somewhat doubted they could save the other. He put a splint on her arm before she too was loaded onto a back board freeing her had taken 15 minutes in all and she had barley regained consciousness.
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Pratt, Chen, Morris and Kerry were all assembled outside, after Susan radioed in the whole department had gone into a frenzy.
Sam was the first to arrive.
"Mary Walters 27, concussion no loss of consciousness query broken arm" the lady from the SUV hoped out and was escorted in by Truney.
"Idiot drunk, possible spinal fracture and internal bleeding" Sam didn't care she had just insulted a patient and neither did anyone else, she accompanied Morris into trauma one.
"That didn't look good" Chen said clapping her hands together to stop them from shaking.
The next ambulance arrived carrying Carter.
"Oh god" mouthed Pratt as he and Chen moved to the side.
"Compound fracture to right arm and right leg, possible rib fractures, responsive GCS 8 on scene." Susan rattled of more instructions as he was wheeled in.
"Abby where is she" Carter called out.
"She coming in now" Susan reassured him, not really having a clue what was happening.
"We need a portable x-ray" Pratt called to a nearby nurse.
"Any chest pain" asked Chen while examining his belly.
"Some" he relied as the x-ray was brought in.
"Three broken ribs" called Pratt examining the x-rays of Carters back and chest cavity "shadow on left side possible hemathorax"
Carter's breathing was becoming slow and irregular.
"Lets get a drain in" ordered Chen picking up a scalpel and cutting into his chest, before inserting a tube.
"Good breath sounds" Pratt placed his stethoscope to his chest. "2mls of fluid out" called Chen as Carter breathing returned to normal.
"Right call surgery to set his compounds" Pratt began to dial.
"No" a raspy voice called. "Not until I've seen Abby"
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Sam had now joined Kerry outside waiting for Abby, her patient had been taken to surgery.
The sight that greeted them caused Sam to turn away, she had sent trauma but not usually on her friends. Abby face was bandaged but blood had soaked through, her arm was splinted and bruises where clearly visible where her seat belt had been.
"Get a foetal monitor NOW" Luka called as she was wheeled into trauma. Kerry pulled back the bandages round Abby's face "call surgery now" she shouted at the nurse.
Sam began hooking Abby up to the foetal monitor she had fetched.
"We got a heartbeat" she called triumphantly "good strong one at that" at least that was some good news.
All off a sudden the door swung open and Pratt appeared
"Look you think you staying here is going to help she needs you to be ok" shouted Pratt losing his patience with Carter. He shut the door again and Luka saw Carter been wheeled away.
"Someone call surgery" Dubenko appeared at the door.
"Oh god" he moved over examining Abby.
"Right she stable" he questioned Kerry" "yes"
"Right lets go" he pulled the side of her trolley up "I'm coming with you" Kerry followed him out the room
1 hour later and no news about either, most staff were sat around the reception.
'Bring' the phone made everyone jump.
"Hello" Luka picked it up.
"Ok" he placed it down again.
"They finished with Carter he's in HDU they set his arm and leg and have replaced the drain we put in he's going to be fine" Luka let a small smile pass his lips as staff who seemed to have been holding their breath let it out. But now they still faced a wait.
2 hours after they had been brought in the phone rang again.
"Abby's ok, they saved the baby and have set her arm," Prat paused in his explanation "they were unable to save any of her sight in her left eye, she may get some back in he right, they are going to take her back in for reconstructive surgery when she and the baby are stronger". A Tear fell down his cheek. Kerry had returned from surgery her face red and tear stained, Abby was like her daughter. Her daughter who had almost lost everything, most of Abby's life had been spent nursing or training to be a doctor and now that all meant nothing, what use was a blind doctor?
TBC
