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CHAPTER 3: An injury can hide another one

"31 year old woman with a head injury caused by a car accident. She's confused and may have a concussion and a broken arm. Pulse at 93, BP stable at 13 over 6".

"Right, trauma bay 4".

"Is... Is Matt okay?"

"Focus on you for now okay? I'm sure he's fine".

They were at Lakeshore, just like the driver who just arrived behind her.

"43 year old man from the same car accident. He was the driver, possible concussion, neck injury and he is complaining about his stomach. Pulse at 113, BP at 11 over 9".

"Put him in trauma bay 3".

"You found him? The man I hit? Did you find him?"

"Yes sir, they found him. He was taken to another hospital".

For Gabby it was a nightmare. The man who hurt them was there with her. She wanted to much to get up and talk to him but she had no strength at all to do this. She wanted so much to run away and go to Chicago Med, to be sure that Matt was okay, but she knew he wasn't.

"Ma'm? Are you with us?"

She jumped, startled by the sudden movement of the nurse beside her.

"Gabby... Call me Gabby".

"Gabby then. Are you with us?"

"Y-yeah... Uh... I'm just... Just out of strength".

She closed her eyes, thinking about everything that had happened. She was so tired.

"You're in shock, that's normal. Any pain apart your arm and your head?"

"Uh... No, just... No".

The nurse frowned. She knew that something was off.

"Gabby..."

"Alright, my head is really killing me".

"Where exactly?"

"Forehead and... The left side of my head".

"Okay, we're going to do a CT-scan, and x-ray your arm. No chest pain or stomach pain?"

She seemed to think about what she had to say.

"No... This guy was the driver?"

"Who?"

"He was brought here just after me. He was the driver?"

The nurse didn't reply. Gabby knew he was the driver. Because they said he was. She was really very angry.


At the same time, Shay, Mills and Severide were still en route to Chicago Med in the ambulance 61. Mills was driving as fast as he could but with Matt's possible injuries... They had to be careful. Shay grabbed her stethoscope.

"Shay?"

"Shhhh..."

Severide was worried about his best friend. He was lying here, half-dead half-alive.

"There is blood in his lungs and his chest. His sature is beginning to drop".

"What?!"

"Listen Kelly, he was hit by a pick-up! Stay calm, I'm begging you!"

Shay was out of her mind too. Her best friend was hurt, and so was Matt.

"We're almost there!"

With the ER gone, medical emergencies were brought in ICU. When the door of the ambulance opened, three doctors were already there.

"35 year old man hit by a pick-up and found a block away. Was conscious around 15 minutes ago, complained of head, neck and stomach pains. Possible SCI. There is blood in his lungs and his chest. Pulse at 127, BP at 9 over 7, sature is droping at 92% with the non-rebreather mask".

A doctor put a light on Matt's eyes.

"Slight reaction to light. Put him in room 3 now!"

This same doctor signed to Shay, Mills and Kelly to stay here while they took Matt. In the exam room, everyone was tensed. Because Matt was in a bad shape.

"I need to do an ultrasound of his lungs. Now".

A nurse left the room to look for it. Another was settling a central line and was preparing a chest tube.

"Doctor? Sature is still droping. 89%".

"Then intubate him. I need to do this ultrasound NOW!"

The nurse who had left, had returned with the necessary equipment. He put some gel on Matt's breast and then placed over it the probe. Just a few seconds later...

"Call the thoracic surgeon immediately, he needs immediate care! Where are these damn x-rays?!"

"Right here".

The doctor grabbed them to look at them. This was what he feared most. This wasn't good. Not good at all. A nurse was trying to intubate him without causing damage.

"Doctor?! His trachea is a little deviated."

"You can pass the DLB tube?"

"It's an ET tube sir".

"Then pass a DLB tube. The surgeon will need it for the surgery".

"Right. I need an endoscope".

A nurse arrived and placed the endoscope in one of two tubes, then began to insert the DLB tube. Another small probe was inserted into the second tube to guide the installation of the DLB tube in the right lung, so the left lung won't be irrigated during surgery.

"I'm in!"

She inflated both cuffs and secured the tube with tape while the doctor ausculted him.

"Good. He still needs a CT-scan. We have five minutes before the thoracic surgeon is there".

They took Matt to the scanner without returning to the main hall. The doctor didn't want to frighten the patient's friends because he knew they were still there. Just five minutes later, Matt was taken to emergency surgery.


At Lakeshore, Gabby was also taken into surgery. Her left arm was broken and required surgery, but something else was bothering the surgeon.

"Her vitals are unstable. Monitor her closely while I'm fixing her arm okay?"

"We're on it doctor."

Indeed, her BP was stable, but not her heartrate, and not her sature.

"Her sature is still droping sir".

"Where are you bleeding my dear... Can you x-ray her chest while I'm working on her arm please?"

"On it sir".


In ICU of Chicago Med, everyone expected a doctor. A doctor who would come here to give them news of Matt. But Hermann saw Antonio Dawson. Gabby's brother. Antonio was there, crying. All the firefighters held their breath. Everyone was afraid Antonio was here to give them bad news. All of them remembered that Gabby was conscious when she was taken to hospital. Mills remembered perfectly how Gabby was struggling to help and save Matt. Everyone knew what had happened: Matt had pushed Gabby to the ground so she couldn't be hit by the car, but he was. After several seconds, Antonio handed them a tablet.

"It's... There were security cameras on the road, and... And they filmed everything".

The firefighters took the tablet, and Hermann pressed play. And they saw everything. The moment when Matt walked to his car to start it, when Gabby started to cross the street, the time when the pick-up arrived but didn't brake, Gabby paralyzed, Matt running to Gabby and pushing her to the ground, Matt being hit by the pickup, then being violently thrown to the ground and dragging around 33 fts before stopping under a car, Gabby standing up... Then Gabby being hit by another car...

"Oh my God..."

All of them had their hand on their mouth. This video was very painful to watch. Hermann was the first to move. He hugged Antonio as tight as he could, his eyes were full of tears.

"We're here you know that right?"

"Yeah... Yeah I know. I... I'm going to Lakeshore, and call you when I have news. Call me when you have news too okay?"

"We will."

But before Antonio could go, all saw a doctor near the doors of the waiting room. He looked tired.

"You are all here for Mr. Casey?"

"He is one of ours".

"I'm sorry guys, but I have to talk to his family and just his family".

"I'm his brother".

Everyone turned to Kelly. He had tears in his eyes, streaming down his cheeks and was totaly paralyzed.

"And I'm his brother-in-law. If you want to talk to us, tell us right here right now. They also have the right to know".

The doctor looked at everyone, then nodded and sighed. He signed to all of them to sit and everyone did.

"He had an aort-"

"HAD?" Kelly interrupted.

He stood up urgently and passed his hands through his hair.

"No... No, this can't be right..."

He collapsed to the ground, tears all over his face. All the firefighters were also to the ground, trying to comfort Severide.