"Can I sleep?" Jess asked Dixie in the back of the ambulance.
"No, Jess. you need to stay awake." Dixie told her and took hold of her hand.
"I can't...help it." Jess said, closing her eyes.
"No Jess! Stay awake!" Dixie said, but Jess's eyes stayed shut. "Jess? Jess! Jeff! Step on it!"
"Im going as fast as I can!" Jeff shouted back.
"We will be there soon Jess." Dixie said, and took Jess's pulse. It was thready. "We are going to lose her if we don't get there soon!" She shouted to Jeff.
"We are nearly there." Jeff replied.
Soon, they pulled into the car park. Dixie spotted Zoe waiting for the patient.
"Oh no. Do you think she knows?" Dixie asked Jeff.
"No. She doesn't look worried enough..." Jeff replied.
"She will be in for a nasty shock..." Dixie said, as they pulled up.
Dixie climbed out the back while Jeff got out of the front seat and ran round. Zoe, Linda and Lenny met them round the back.
"Okay, this is Jess Hannah-" He was cut off by Zoe's gasp. "-found trapped under a cement block after a roof collapse at the school. Lost consciousness on the way here."
"R, Roof collapse?" Zoe said, looking at her lifeless daughter.
"Yes. Do you want to work on this case, or not? You can go to the staff room." Linda suggested.
"No. Im looking after my daughter." She replied.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes!" Zoe said, as they wheeled Jess in. She felt her pulse. "Her pulse is thready. Get some adrenaline in her."
"She needs to go to theartre, and soon. Abdominal bleeding." Jeff explained, and fell back with Dixie after they went into the ED.
"Pupils are responsive, but-" Lenny was cut off by high pitch flat line.
"Cardiac arrest. Lay her down." Linda said, beginning CPR. "Get Nick." she said to Lenny, seeing Zoe's shock. He left, and returned with Nick just seconds later.
"Zoe, whats wrong?" He asked her, but she stormed out of the ED, crying.
"I will sort her out. You take over." Linda said to Nick.
"Woah, this is Jess!" Nick said.
"Yes." Linda said after runny after Zoe. She found her sat in the staff room crying at the table. "Zoe... she will be fine you know... she's a tough girl!"
"She's basically dying in there." Zoe sobbed back. Linda took her into a hug.
"As I said, she's a tough girl. As soon as they get her pulse back, they will take her straight up to theatre so it won't happen again." Linda explained, just as Lenny burst in.
"Pulse is back, and theatre can fit her in now, so they are taking her up." He explained.
"Thanks Lenny." Linda said. "Come on. Lets go see her before she goes in."
"Okay." Zoe said, wiping her eyes, relieved that her daughter was still alive.
They saw her just as they were giving her general anaesthetic. She looked so ill.
"She will be alright, won't she?" Zoe said, still crying.
"Yes. As soon as we stem the bleeding, she will be absolutely fine." The surgeon reassured. "There is literally no way that this could go wrong. She will be good as new."
"Thank you. Take good care of her." Zoe told him.
"We will. Don't worry." He said, smiling at her. Zoe leaned down and kissed her daughters forehead.
"Come on. Lets get some coffee." Linda suggested, and lead Zoe to the staff room.
However, on the way to the staff room, another casualty came in.
"Guys, get ready. We are treating a friend. Treat them as you would any other patient." Tess said to them all.
"Go to the staff room, Zoe. I will meet you there in a minute." Linda said, getting ready to treat the new casualty.
"Oh my god its Sam!" Someone shouted, seeing Dylan enter with her.
"Its Sam!" Someone else shouted.
"This is Sam Nichols." The paramedic explained. "Deep wound to the head after roof panelling fell."
"Roof panelling?" Zoe said. "Was she there with Jess? Oh no. I sent her and Dylan there to do Career day!" She realised.
"Go to the staff room Zoe!" Linda demanded. "Ill be there in a second!" And Zoe walked off.
"Scarlett, get a good look at the head wound." Nick instructed. "Does anyone know how long she has been out for?"
"Ever since the panel hit her, maybe half an hour." Dylan said, getting himself ready to treat his wife.
"No, Dylan. You need to be checked out yourself." Nick said.
"No. Im fine. I am going to treat my wife." He said, and realised he shouldnt.
He heard murmers like "Sam is his wife?" and "I didn't know they were married!".
"Maybe thats all the more reason not to treat her." Nick said.
"Im treating her. That is all." He said, and took over from Scarlett at looking at the wound.
"It will need stitches, but its not so deep. She will most likely have a concussion." Dylan said.
"You sure?" Nick asked.
"Positive."
"Can I get back to Zoe?" Linda asked Nick. "She's in a state after Jess was here."
"Yes, sure Linda." Nick said.
Linda left to go and meet Zoe there, hoping that a coffee would be waiting for her.
