It Had to Be You
“the charge nurse called out and Lela went running from the medicine room. The paramedics wheeled in a stretcher through the ER door, and Lela reached the gurney just as Christian did.
“Four-year-old fell into the river,”
the female medic said. “We found him twenty minutes after he was last seen.”
Lela took the child’s pulse while Christian checked his breathing.
“No pulse.” She glanced at the woman—Sarah, her name tag read. “You said he was submerged twenty minutes?” That needed to be clarified....
“Yes. That’s our best estimate.”
Lela looked back down at the blue, rigid, little body. “The water could have been cold enough,” she said to Christian.
“I agree. Get him in ER 1.” He glanced up at the paramedics. “You did cardio resuscitation?”
“Yes.”
“Good job.” They were wheeling the boy away, but he added, “You could have saved his life, Sarah.”
He and Lela brought the boy into the first room.
A half hour later, she walked out, drained.
Christian was behind her.MoreLess
“Four-year-old fell into the river,”
the female medic said. “We found him twenty minutes after he was last seen.”
Lela took the child’s pulse while Christian checked his breathing.
“No pulse.” She glanced at the woman—Sarah, her name tag read. “You said he was submerged twenty minutes?” That needed to be clarified....
“Yes. That’s our best estimate.”
Lela looked back down at the blue, rigid, little body. “The water could have been cold enough,” she said to Christian.
“I agree. Get him in ER 1.” He glanced up at the paramedics. “You did cardio resuscitation?”
“Yes.”
“Good job.” They were wheeling the boy away, but he added, “You could have saved his life, Sarah.”
He and Lela brought the boy into the first room.
A half hour later, she walked out, drained.
Christian was behind her.MoreLess
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