BXBX NOVEL Chapter 2: Straight to the hospital
As soon as both sprinted toward the sce, they saw a truck dashed away and a destroyed burning sedan. Cursing under their breath, they had no time to record the licse plate number as they bolted for rescue.
One of them halted and said, "I\'m getting a fire extinguisher and my tools. You figure it out yourself in the meantime. And take care."
One man nodded and watched as the other returned for additional tools. He rushed to the sedan and saw a wounded young girl, blood trickled from her forehead, and her upper clothing also soaked in red. The door was slanted and he tried to pull out. It was stuck.
He hurried a and tried every other door. It was all the same. None of them worked anymore. The heat gradually rose as he felt it burn his skin, despite not directly touching the flame.
It was fortunate the rain still poured down. Else he couldn\'t fathom how soon the car would be inflamed. At least, the rain managed to slow the process and he got more time to think.
He somehow saw a long metal stick, perhaps crunched out from this vehicle. Picking it up, it was a bit heavy; he stuck the metal betwe the oping and slammed it out with his tire body like using a crowbar.
After several trials, the failure wasn\'t a surprise because its bulky weight caused inefficicy. The man was desperate because if a young life passed away in front of him, his heart would shatter.
He had never se the appearance clearly since the hair covered most of her face. Everybody regarded females as a weaker sex and most vied for protection. If she was replaced by a man, although his heart would be painful it wouldn\'t hurt as such.
Hiss!
Fumes of cold gas sprayed from his right side. His frid had arrived and the fire extinguisher screamed nonstop to put out the fire with the help of oncoming rain.
"What\'re you looking at? Hurry! Get the tools to work." His frid roared out. "I bring out our phones along too. Call emergcy number."
He picked up the phone from his frid\'s back pocket and dialed the number.
"Hello, Please sd an ambulance quickly. We\'ve got an accidt at the intersection…"
After putting the phone on the speaker, he laid it down on the grass a. The two together stopped the situation from worsing and managed to free the woman while speaking with the caller. Seeing her fragile, he put her down on the grass, not knowing what to do next except to take out their jackets and put them over her for heat. Both waited for the paramedics.
Soon, sirs blared, and help had arrived. Police cars, ambulance and fire trucks all rushed to the sce.
In the emergcy room of the public hospital in Province N.
"Female, mid-twties. Multiple injuries, possible bleeding inside. Patit is unconscious."
A group of doctors took over the patit from the ambulance while one of them who appeared to be a team leader asked for further details from the paramedics.
She was a female doctor and nodded after listing to the paramedics\' briefing; she st them out after they finished and checked the patit while everyone connected the required instrumts a.
Young woman in a coma, car accidt, possible internal bleeding and damage to the brain. She listed to the commotions and closed her eyes, her brow filled with exhaustion.
"Low Heart rate and low blood pressure."
The screech from various medical devices showed the diress wasn\'t over. Doctors and nurses scrambled a the patit. Despite chaotic momts, the whole situation was under their methodical control.
"Performing Chest compression!" The previous female doctor rushed and straddled over the patit, paying atttion not to wors the injuries. Her hand clasped as she put pressure on the patit\'s chest, her body moving up and down.
"It\'s still dropping."
"Electric shock needed!"
"Stay clear!"
"All Clear!...Shock!" The girl\'s body rose from the bed and slumped afterward. The doctor continued her work and minutes later.
"Stay clear!"
"Energy Increase!....Shock!"
"It doesn\'t go up. Heart rate still decreases. More Energy." The machine beeped to notify it was ready for a shock.
"Stay clear! Shock!" Now for a third time electric shock had be giv but no good change was happing. Everyone\'s face wasn\'t well. Soon the line and number displaying the heart rate became stagnant straight and dash on the monitor. A long blare announced the worst news for the patit.
The female doctor wasn\'t giving up and mounted on top and pressed the patit\'s chest again.
5 minutes passed and every staff sighed. Frustrated, chest compression never stopped. She wasn\'t accepting failures.
One of them couldn\'t help but pat her back and said, "That\'s ough. We did our best."
The female doctor also sighed and got out of bed. Suddly the patit\'s heart resumed and the monitor proved the miracles.
"It\'s beating again."
Everyone rejuvated and proceeded with the treatmt. No one knew the soul inside had already changed into someone else.