Hi guys so it's been so long I've been on holiday! The is a short chapter because I wanted to get one up quick!
The team had updated Zoe on the situation, she quickly put on a pair of rubber gloves and changed into a medical jump suit that was in the rear of one of the ambulances. The team was gathered waiting for instructions as Zoe approached them.
"Ok. The first thing we need to do is get Ethan out of that car, he is in the most critical condition and is deteriorating quickly. After we have Ethan out we'll concentrate our attention on Connie who is also in a serious condition. We need to move fast so lets get going." The instructions were brief but everyone had experience with situations like this it was best to just get moving and get this dealt with as quick as possible.
Zoe entered the wreaked car and sat herself beside Jeff who was still inside the vehicle.
"Well look who's back." he said whilst grinning.
"I knew you wouldn't be able to stay away for long. People like us never do." spoke Connie From her pinned position.
"Well its a good job i did. Look what happens when I leave." Zoe replied humorously. "Don't take this the wrong way but you look crap."
"I have an excuse to look crap but you don't." Connie countered with a smile and small cough.
"I see the crash hasn't knocked you off your throne." Zoe replied whilst checking Connie's pulse.
"Never." she replied a little weaker and quieter than she had before. Zoe gave Connie a concerned look before turning her attention to Jeff.
"How is everyone else?" Zoe asked Jeff.
"Tess is in the back seeing to Lilly and Ethan. Ethan's in a bad way so you'd better get over there. I'll look after the princess" Jeff replied winking at Connie. With that Zoe climbed through to the back and began checking Ethan's vitals.
"Has he regained consciousness at any point?" Zoe asked Tess.
"No. He's been out since the impact and has been getting worse, his pulse is weak and he seems to have lost a lot of blood from his head wound." Zoe began treating Ethan, at the same time the fire-brigade began making preparations to cut through the top of the car in order to be able to lift the injured out by harness.
"Ethan. Ethan can you hear me?" Zoe asked whilst taking hold of the young doctors hand. "Ethan if you can hear me squeeze my hand." It had taken him a few seconds and it was hardly noticeable but Ethan had reacted on squeezed Zoe's hand. At that point there was shout from one of the firemen.
"Get low down and cover your faces were cutting the top of the car off now!" With that all that were able covered there faces and then aided those that couldn't. The top of the car was cut off in next to no time exposing those that were on the inside of the vehicle to the fresh air that they ever so needed. Zoe was the first to react and began assessing how they were going to remove Ethan moving causing him more damage. She moved over to where Connie was still pinned. "So what do you think?" Zoe asked looking over to where Ethan lay.
"Sounds like a possible Pneumothorax from what Tess has described would have to look to be sure." Connie replied deep in thought. Her pain had dipped slightly due to the Morphine that Jeff had given her.
"I agree, his chest is bruised and breathing is shallow pressure on the lungs could certainly cause that. I think were going to have to get a board in here to get him out don't you?"
"Yeah safest possible way. You don't want to cause more internal damage than he already has." Connie replied
"Are you going to be okay?" Zoe asked with a worried frown. Connie was certainly a lot paler than she had been the last the Zoe checked on her, Zoe's concern was the blood loss from Connie's wrist.
"Worry about Ethan, I'm fine." Connie said sternly. Tess approached the pair again. "Look I have Tess to watch over me, you go help Ethan. Tess nodded in agreement.
Zoe looked over to Tess "Any change in her don't hesitate to give me a shout. Nobody is going to die today!" she said before retrieving the board that Dixie had lowered into the vehicle.
Getting Ethan out was more difficult than Zoe had first thought. The space in which she had to operate was tight and there was very little space to move around. Zoe and Jeff slowly managed to shuffled Ethan onto the board and attach the harnesses to the correct places so that the fire crew could winch the injured doctor up and into the care of those that were outside the vehicle. Once Ethan had been winched out he was rushed into the nearest ambulance and driven to Holby where his brother was eagerly waiting. During the commotion of getting Ethan out Connie had started to feel quite faint. She thought at first it was due to the head injury that she had sustained but only when she looked down at her trapped hand did she notice that the vehicle had lowered from the movement of rescuing Ethan and crushed her wrist even more meaning that her blood loss had increased massively. From this realisation Connie returned to the familiar darkness that she experienced not long after the two cars had impacted.
So there we go :) hope you enjoyed and don't forget to leave a comment on how you think it's progressing!
