As Neela was still trying to revive Ruthie when she heard a faint voice saying "Is she okay?" Neela looked over at Vincent and said "I don't know. I can't get her to respond." "Oh please, God let her be okay" whispered Vincent. Neela turned to call Michael for help when she saw the first ambulance coming on the scene. "I need help over here" yelled Neela.
Michael heard Neela yell that she needed help. The paramedics were already there helping the couple Michael was helping. So Michael ran over to where Neela was. "What's wrong" asked Michael. "She's unconscious and I can't get her to respond." replied Neela. "Was she conscious before" asked Michael asked. "Yeah, she was talking to me. I tried to keep her talking while I was checking on the driver." answered Neela.
A paramedic came over to Ruthie and Vincent's car. "What do we have here?" asked the paramedic. "By the way my name is Frank and my partner's name is Peter. "Well Frank, the driver is pinned in from the smashed in door and hit the windshield . It doesn't look like his air bag opened properly or he was sitting in an odd position when it opened. As for the passenger she is unconscious and has several cuts from the broken glass." replied Neela.
Neela rode in the ambulance with Ruthie while Michael rode with Vincent. Just as the ambulance was pulling into County General Hospital Vincent went into cardiac arrest. Michael didn't wait for the ambukance to come to a complete stop when he opened the doors. Dr. Carter was waiting in the ambulance bay when he saw the ambulance pull in. He ran up to the ambulance while Michael was opening the door. "We need help here. He's in v-fib" yelled Michael.
Michael got on the gurney and was performing cpr on Vincent as they were rushing him into trauma room 3. "Quick get a crash cart" Carter said to Chuny. "We need a portable x-ray." yelled Michael as he kept doing cpr. Just then Chuny returned with a crash cart. Michael stopped cpr and got off the gurney. "200" said Carter as he waited for the crash cart to reach 200. "Clear" shouted Carter as he shocked Vincent. Chuny watched the monitor. "Still v-fib" she said. "Ok, 300. Clear" he shouted again. "Push another 5 of eppy" said Michael. After they worked on Vincent for 15 minutes without success Dr. Carter called it. "Time of death 5:15pm." said Carter.
Mean while Neela was working on Ruthie with Dr. Lewis. They had just got Ruthie's x-rays back. "Call surgery quick" said Dr. Lewis. "What does the x-ray look like?" asked Neela. "It looks like she has some spinal damage" replied Dr. Lewis. Just as Neela and Dr. Lewis were discussing what to do next Ruthie started to regain consciousness. Ruthie tried to move but it hurt when she tried. "Ruthie my name is Dr. Lewis. Don't try to move right now. You have spinal injuries so I want you to move as little as possible. Your going up to surgery soon." said Dr. Lewis. "Is there anyone you want us to call" asked Neela. "Yes, please call my parents. They live in California. Their number is 661-386-5419." whispered Ruthie. "Okay we need to get her up to surgery" said Dr. Lewis. "Wait, is Vincent ok? Please tell me" asked Ruthie. "I don't know. But I'll check and let you know as soon as your out of surgery." replied Dr. Lewis.
After Ruthie was taken to the operating room went to the front desk to call Ruthie's family. Neela took a deep breath before picking up the phone to call. After she dialed the number Ruthie gave her Neela waited for someone to pick up the phone.
"Hello Camden residence" replied a woman's voice. "Is this Mrs. Camden?" asked Neela. "Yes, it is. Who is this?" replied Annie. "Mrs. Camden this is Dr. Rasgotra from County General Hospital in Chicago. Your daughter Ruthie Camden has been involved in an accident." said Neela. Annie just stood in the kitchen in shock. Eric came downstairs into the kitchen when he saw Annie. "Annie what's wrong? He asked. "Mrs. Camden are you still there? asked Neela. It took Annie a few seconds to realize what was just said to her.
"Is she okay? What happened?" asked panicking Annie. "I can't tell you much on the phone. Are you able to get here?" asked Neela. Eric could see that Annie was upset so he took the phone and asked " Who is this?" "Who is this?" asked Neela. "This is Mr. Camden" replied Eric. Neela then told Eric the same thing she told Annie. "We'll be on the next flight out to Chicago. What hospital is it?" Eric replied numbly. "County General Hospital" said Neela. Before she hung up with Mr. Camden she gave him the Emergancy Room's phone number.