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after checking mary 's chart for her blood type , she grabbed a bag of blood from the coolers . |
trading places with pesh , she started another iv in the crook of mary 's right elbow . |
`` besides your chest , are you hurting anywhere else ? '' |
pesh asked , after he finished listening to her heart and lungs . |
`` my stomach . '' |
megan 's breath hitched . |
it was never good for a car accident patient to have stomach pains . |
that usually meant hemorrhaging , which could also attribute the low blood pressure . |
pressing on mary 's abdomen , pesh asked , `` does this hurt ? '' |
`` no . '' |
`` here ? '' |
`` no . '' |
`` what about here ? '' |
a screech came from the bed . |
pesh 's brows drew with worry . |
`` i 'm going to do a quick ultrasound , mary . |
i want to see what 's causing the pain . '' |
`` okay . '' |
megan pulled the machine over to the bedside . |
she squirted the jelly onto mary 's stomach , and then pesh began running the wand over the skin . |
`` i 'm feeling a little dizzy , too , '' mary said , in a low voice . |
pesh and megan exchanged a quick look before he shoved the ultrasound machine back . |
turning to kristi , he said , `` call the or . |
she 's got a ruptured spleen . '' |
after depressing the break on the gurney , pesh swung it out of the trauma room and started down the hall . |
`` go with him , '' kristi instructed , as she held onto the phone . |
megan jogged down the hall to catch up with pesh . |
he smacked the buttons on the elevator before glancing down at mary . |
`` stay with me , okay ? |
we 're going to get you into surgery , and then you 'll be good as new . '' |
`` are you sure ? '' |
she asked . |
without hesitation , pesh replied , `` yes , but you have to stay with me . '' |
the elevator 's doors slid open . |
as megan helped pesh push the gurney inside , mary asked , `` did you turn on more lights ? '' |
megan creased her brows in worry as she glanced over to pesh . |
`` we 're getting in the elevator to take you to the or for surgery , '' she replied . |
`` but it 's so bright , '' mary whispered before closing her eyes . |
her head lolled to the side just as the alarms on the monitors began screeching in megan 's ears . |
`` dammit , she 's crashing ! '' |
pesh cried . |
ice-cold fear pricked its way from the top of megan 's head all the way down her body . |
a patient was crashing in the elevator without the crash cart . |
what the hell were they supposed to do ? |
`` lower the gurney , '' pesh ordered . |
megan 's jerky hands fumbled with the lever . |
once it was flat , pesh brought his hands to mary 's chest and began compressions . |
without having to be told , megan leaned down , pinched mary 's nose , and began breathing into her mouth . |
they worked in perfect synchronization . |
`` stay with me , mary ! '' |
pesh barked , as his hands pumped in a manic pace up and down on mary 's chest . |
glancing up from her breathing , megan eyed the monitors . |
`` no pulse . '' |
when pesh did n't respond , she continued doing breathing cycles . |
at the taste of something warm meeting her lips , she jerked back . |
blood oozed out of mary 's mouth . |
`` there 's more damage than the spleen . |
she 's bleeding from the mouth . '' |
pesh did n't even acknowledge her comment . |
`` the seat belt and airbag could have caused an aortic tear as well . |
there 's nothing we can do . '' |
instead , he kept right on with his compressions . |
the elevator doors opened , and megan met the expectant faces of the surgical team . |
when one doctor stepped forward , she shook her head . |
`` she 's gone . '' |
pesh growled across from her . |
`` no , she is n't . |
we have to keep trying . |
get a cart in here . '' |
the doctor eyed the stats on the monitors . |
`` i do n't think it will help . '' |
jerking his head up from mary , pesh snarled , `` get the f**king cart ! '' |
as one of the nurses scrambled away , two others pulled the gurney from the elevator . |
megan stood back , feeling helpless as to what to do . |
once the cart arrived , pesh ripped open mary 's gown . |
`` charging 260 joules . '' |
he rubbed the paddles together . |
`` clear ! '' |
mary 's chest jolted off the gurney with the force of the electricity . |
megan did n't need to look at the monitors . |
the heart stayed in a flat line . |
`` charging 360 joules . '' |
megan closed her eyes when pesh administered the second shock . |
`` dammit , jade , do n't do this ! |
try for me ! '' |
megan could n't hold back the gasp that escaped her at pesh calling mary by his late wife 's name . |
before pesh could do another charge , one of the surgeon 's stepped forward . |
after he removed his mask , he put his hand on pesh 's back . |
`` calling time of death . '' |
defeated , pesh dropped his head . |
slowly , he eased back from the gurney . |
a nurse took the paddles from him and put them back on the cart . |
`` i 'll go notify the family , '' pesh murmured . |
the surgeon shook his head and stared pointedly at megan . |
`` get a resident to do that . |
nadeen , you go take a breather , buddy . '' |
`` they deserve to speak to the doctor who was with her when she died . '' |
`` you do n't need to do this . '' |
pesh slung away from the surgeon and started for the elevator . |
megan knew there was no point in arguing with him or trying to get one of the residents to take his place . |
Subsets and Splits