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At Chicago Med:
"Maggie, it's Voight, I got Halstead coming in, beat up, dislocated shoulder, almost there."
Maggie just relayed the information to Choi when Voight's SUV screeches to a halt in the ambulance bay. Kevin is quick out of the vehicle, Voight opens the back passenger door and Kevin starts to get Jay out.
"Alright Jay, you ready?"
Jay gives him a 'do I have a choice look?' Left hand still holding his chest taking pained breaths.
"Here we go."
Jay does his best to spin towards the door but Kevin does most of the work and gets him out of the car, standing him up.
"ARgghmm" Jay growls as Kevin, who is supporting him on his left side, starts to walk into Med.
Choi meets them just as the doors open.
"Over here." Choi directs Kevin to the trauma room "April, with me."
Kevin sits Jay onto the bed and exits the room. April is quickly and efficiently cutting away the layers off Jay's torso. Jay is breathing short, eyes closed, grimacing in between muffled grunts.
"Do we know what happened?" Choi asks, starting to look Jay over.
Adam appears just outside the room. "Offender dropped his shoulder into him and rammed him into a dumpster…..twice. Took a good punch too."
"Did he lose consciousness?"
"No, not that I saw." Adam answers.
"Shoulder dislocation?"
"He said it was out but went back in when we moved him." Kevin answers.
"Jay? You with us?" Choi asks
He looks at Choi and responds with a pained "Yeah." Blood from a cut weeps from his swollen left cheekbone.
"Alright." Choi motions with his head to April.
April lifts the head of the bed.
"Lean back for me Jay."
Jay tries to move. "AHH….uhmmmphhf"
"I got you." Choi positions himself and grabs Jay under his left arm. Jay leans into Choi as he lifts him back into the bed.
"JEEEEZZ" Jay grunts as he's positioned sitting up. When Ethan releases his left arm, Jay brings his hand to the middle of his chest. He shivers a bit and breathes short trying to suppress the pain.
"Look at me." Choi shines his pen light in Jay's eyes checking for a concussion.
"Pupils are equal and responsive."
Ethan eases Jay's left hand away from his chest.
"Let's see Jay." He reaches up to cut away the knot from the sling. "Good first aid sling here."
"Kim." Jay says quietly.
April supports Jay's elbow then holds his wrist. When she touches his wrist Jay hisses and Ethan stops. He looks under the sling and sees that his wrist is swollen and starting to bruise. He exchanges a look with April and nods. April tucks a pillow underneath Jay's elbow and Ethan continues to remove the sling, along with the rest of Jay's sleeve. He straightens Jay's foreman away from his body careful not to jar his shoulder. Swelling over the joint is making itself known.
Choi lightly puts his hands on each side of Jay's chest.
"That hurts." Jay's voice is strained.
Ethan places his stethoscope to listen, "Breathe for me."
Jay doesn't want to take a full breath but does his best and grimaces "That hurts too."
"I know. Good breath sounds bilateral."
The x-ray machine swings over Jay and takes a picture. Choi looks up at the screen.
"Jesus, Jay." Will's voice is heard as he stands at the foot of Jay's bed.
As Choi looks over, Will raises his hands in defense. "Just here to see my brother. He's all yours Dr. Choi."
"April, let's get a head and chest CT, images of his wrist and shoulder."
Choi removes his gloves and walks out of the room, Will follows him and stands arms crossed waiting for Choi's assessment.
,
"No signs of concussion. You saw the x-ray. We'll know more after the head and chest CT. Yes you can be with him. Look at that cut while you're in there." Ethan says walking away. "I'll update his team."
April has Jay hooked up for heart rate, respiration and blood pressure.
"How's the pain, Jay?" She prepares Jay's left arm for an IV.
"Just a pinch now." April says as she places the IV.
"Five…...maybe six." Jay answers, still his breathing is pained. His head down to his chest.
April sees that his left eye is swelling as well. "See if we can't get you something for that."
As April walks out she passes Will. "Be right back."
"Hey Jay." Will approaches. Jay raises his head and looks at him. Will studies Jay's face and looks over his body. Bruising starting over his chest; the cut on his cheek has stopped. He shivers again.
April walks back in with a warm blanket. "Here you go Jay." As she places the blanket over him she says to Will, "Choi said he could have 5mg of Tramadol, take the edge off." Walking over to the IV.
"Wait a second." He pulls out his own pen light and checks Jay.
"Will stop!" Jay feebly protests.
Will ignores him. "Humour me Jay." as he listens to Jay breathe and then nods to April, she administers the medication.
"Thanks April." Will says as she leaves the room.
Jay looks at Will. "Don't trust Dr. Choi's assessment?" Knowing the strained relationship those two can have.
"It's not that."
"Ah ha" Jay doesn't really believe him.
"You know how you can't turn off being a cop? Well, I'm a Doctor, works the same way. Plus you're my brother."
Dr. Choi walks up to the Intelligence team, "Overall he's going to be OK. Some precautionary scans, Will's with him now."
The team visibly relaxes.
"I have to ask" Choi begins, "was Jay arrested? Was he physically restrained?"
The team looks at him all wondering how he knew. Choi picks up on this.
"His right wrist is most likely broken, along with the shoulder dislocation, I've seen this in the past when the police have brought in suspects."
Anger flashes across their faces. Voight speaks up, "The Undercover didn't go as planned."
"I gathered."
"Dr. Choi, your signature is needed?" Maggie chimes in handing him the tablet.
Walking up behind her are the two police officers from the scene with Red handcuffed.
"Is he good to go?" Patrol Officer Bailey asked. He is the one who restrained Jay.
"Yes."
"Why is he here?" Kevin asks, walking up to Red and Bailey.
"Says you hurt him when you tackled him. He's OK, just wanted to delay the arrest. You know how these offenders are, always playing it up."
Bailey looks at Adam, questioning but before he can say anything Sargeant Platte and another patrol officer are there.
"Officer Bailey, Officer Holmes and your partner will take the offender to the District, we'd like a word." Platt announces.
The two officers lead Red away.
"What's this about?" Bailey asks, clearly angry.
"It's about your conduct!" Voight erupts.
"You mean the other offender here? The one I cuffed? He's playing it up too."
"You knew we had TWO men under, right? Both wearing plaid." Kevin starts, he's had enough. "One offender's already down at the District and one just walked out the door."
Bailey looks at Ruzek, still wearing red plaid, and back to Kevin.
"Yeah, you math-olympian, that means the offender you cuffed is a cop, Intelligence."
"Hey….hey…..it was crazy out there." Bailey starts to explain. "Plaids….colours...it all blends together in the heat of the moment." He looks around the group. "You" he points to Kevin "came running in and took the big man down and I saw …" He gestures with his hands not sure of what to say.
"Halstead. His name is Detective Halstead." Hailey interjects.
"He was trying to get up." Bailey looks to Platt. "Your orders were 'All get arrested'. That's what I did. I arrested him."
"NO!" Platt's sudden outburst gets everyone's attention. "What you did was, use your baton to dislocate the shoulder and break this wrist of one of CPDs finest. A banned tactic, I might add."
"Sarge, I thought he was an offender." Bailey defends
"That doesn't make it OK Officer. Come with me." Platt leads Bailey away.
Voight's phone alerts and he reads the text.
"The Deputy Superintendent wants us back. Hailey, you stay with Halstead, you know how he loves hospitals."
"Yes Sarge."
The team exchange knowing glances and leaves. Hailey is standing there not sure where to go. She turns and starts to walk to the ED waiting room.
"Hailey!" Maggie calls out. "Come with me, I'll take you to see Jay."
Maggie leads Hailey to Jay's room. Once there Maggie leaves. Will is placing butterfly strips on Jay's left cheekbone.
"That looks broken." Hailey whispers, one not to startle Will, two not to wake Jay.
Will look up to Hailey, then back down to Jay. "Most likely a hairline fracture, with it swelling up towards his eye. I'd like to put ice on it but he's cold. He's been through enough for now."
A quiet soft rhythmic wheeze is heard coming from Jay. Hailey approaches his bed.
Will reads her thoughts, "We're waiting for CT but the x-ray showed a lower sternum fracture and a rib fracture on each side. Whoever rammed into him was as big and strong as a Mack truck. If I had to guess, his shoulder went right into his diaphragm."
Hailey looks over Jay, a concerned look on her face.
"He'll be hurting for a while but he'll be OK, Hailey." Will reassures her.
A nurse approaches, "CT is available."
