Hey all,
Sorry it's been a while when I did say I would of been able to keep up with this story but truth is that I had a paper due in yesterday and I spent all week on it. Whoops.
Thank you all for the follows, favourites and reviews once again.
It was now 17.50. Ethan was still waiting in the staff room for Dixie and Iain to pick him up. He sat there looking down at his now almost cold cup of tea that Alicia made him in silence till he heard a lot of rushing round outside and Alicia giving out instructions to the nurses. Ethan put his cup on the table in front of him and went to investigate.
Resus was opposite the staff room. Ethan walked into the room where he saw the patient he turned up with had arrested. Ethan immediately rushed over.
"Alicia, Dr Munroe. Do you need any help?" Ethan asked urgently.
"Thank you, Ethan. Can you do chest compressions?" Alicia asked as she set up the defibrillator. Ethan nodded and rushed over to Tim's lifeless body as he threw off his blazer and began chest compressions. "Charging 150." Alicia continued to look at the defibrillator. "Clear." Alicia looked up at Ethan who didn't seem to of heard her. "Ethan?" Ethan shot his head up at Alicia. "You can stop the compressions for a second."
"Oh sorry." Ethan finally realised and stepped down. Alicia looked at him worriedly before pressing a button on the defibrillator and watched as Tim's body jolted.
"Nothing." Alicia shook her head at the ECG then turned back to the defibrillator and Ethan continued chest compressions.
Fifteen minutes had pass and there was still no success in reviving Tim. Ethan didn't know if it was hot in the room or he had just been doing chest compressions for a while but he was sweating either from heat, tiredness or anxiety. He didn't want another patient dying on his watch.
"I think I'm going to have to call it." Alicia sighed tiredly, she hated giving up on a patient but Tim had a lot of injuries. "Ethan?"
"NO!" Ethan suddenly out bursted, causing Alicia to jump back a little. "We keep going." Ethan panted as he still done chest compressions.
"Ethan. He has multiple injuries and results came back too late and he has a bleed in the brain." Alicia diagnosed sadly. Ethan looked up at her.
"So we can operate! He'll be okay. He's gonna be okay." Ethan hoped.
"It's too late Ethan. It's inoperable. You know this" Alicia replied. Ethan continued to stare at her anxiously then looked down at Tim. He knew she was right but he didn't want to give up.
"We can't lose him, Alicia." Ethan looked back up at Alicia. "We can't." Ethan bit back tears.
"I'm sorry, Ethan." Alicia whispered as she turned off the defibrillator and then looked at her watch. "Time of death: 18.07. Thank you everyone."
Ethan's chest compressions started to slow down after Alicia announced the death. Ethan stepped back, slowly took his blazer off a nurse and left Resus without saying a word with Alicia looking at the door Ethan left through.
Ethan stormed out of St James, straightening the collar on his blazer and feeling the fresh air. He saw Dixie and Iain standing by the door.
"About time." Iain exclaimed. "We said six on the dot. You're grounded." Iain joked. Dixie chuckled with him. Ethan didn't respond or even smile, he just pushed past Iain and Dixie. "Ey, watch it." Iain frowned.
"Ethan?" Dixie looked at the back of Ethan as he walked away from them and got into the back of the paramedic car. Dixie and Iain exchanged confused looks then saw Alicia walk out. "You alright Alicia? Didn't know you were working here now."
"Yeah." Alicia forced a chuckle whilst she rubbed her sleeves together.
"Is Ethan alright?" Dixie asked as she gestured towards the paramedic car with her head. Alicia stood more confidentially.
"Honestly? I don't think so. He looks exhausted Dixie. The patient you transferred with him; he died and Ethan didn't take it well." Alicia frowned. Dixie and Iain didn't say anything.
"We better get him back." Dixie spoke softly. "Take care Alicia." Dixie hugged Alicia then her and Iain walked to the car.
Back at the Holby ED, Cal sat on the bench while waiting for Ethan to come back.
"You okay, Caleb?" Connie asked as he walked up to him.
"Yeah. Just waiting for Ethan to get back." Cal couldn't take his eyes off the bend near the pub. "I just hope this done him some good." Cal prayed.
"It would of done him some good to get away." Connie stated. The paramedic car came round the corner and parked suddenly. Cal stood up as Ethan got out of the car.
"Hey bro, how was it?" Cal smiled. Ethan looked up at him with a very serious frown. Cal's smile disappeared as Ethan walked passed him towards the ED.
"The patient we transferred with Ethan. He didn't make it." Dixie spoke softly. Cal and Connie's eyes widened.
"God sake. I thought he was stable." Cal queried.
"He had a bleed to the brain and it was too late too do anything." Dixie answered. Cal didn't say anything else. He just ran into the ED to find a fragile Ethan.
Ending this chapter because it's quite long and writing normal chapters kind of bore me a little. I'm use to hurting people but I'm trying to be good for just one story.