“I wouldn’t ask but this is a real emergency.’ ‘What’s up, Jeff? I thought you were in Theatre with a complicated valve replacement case.’ ‘I am. Got to scrub back in in a sec. We’ve got a theatre free up here but no surgeon. Six-year-old kid coming up from Emergency that I don’t want to give to a registrar.’ ‘Trauma?’ ‘Hit by a car. Chest injuries, possible tamponade. There’s an ED team coming up with him.’ ‘I’m onto it. Which theatre?’ ‘Three. They’re setting up now. Are you sure, Annie? Your ...back all right?’ ‘I’ll cope.’ A wry chuckle came down the phone line. ‘As long as you can still reach the table. I’ll come in to assist as soon as I can leave my reg to close up.’ ‘I’ll be fine, Jeff.’ Anne hit the ‘save’ button for the paper she’d been working on and pushed her chair back. It hadn’t been so long since she would have leapt to her feet to respond to a call like this. Her brain was still fast enough but her body had somewhat different ideas.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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