she futilely attempted to staunch the unrelenting flow
an artery somewhere, but with so much blood flooding his chest
t!' Abby's hands
her into believing this
d taken matters into her own hands, o
ing had spiralle
hospital's rules, but she ha
the patient lying bef
ed on the ope
ces pressed upon her, leavi
ed to halt the bleeding,
flustered, knew she co
y, 'Dr Colman, this is not the time to freeze. The patie
distress seeping through her words.
nd fought the urge to shake so
e, even if she was just
to do, what hope was the
rly incapable of
move excess blood and fluid from the patient's che
s simply too
it, she'd need a surgeon
the side, watc
rustration before hurrying
rcom. 'Dr Hawthorne! We n
the patient's pericardium with absorbable sutur
evacuate any fluid or blood tha
and without looking
ugh the operation, the patient started haemorrhaging profusely. H
she recovered and picked up her pace. 'Wendy, prepare for a b
r blood bank. And compatibility test with blood types A or O takes time.' Wendy's voice was hoarse
htening around the chest drain t
One. He's just getting star
to do both: treat the p
eated herself, 'Wendy, I'll be there in three minutes. Set up the transfusion
r Hawt
. N
ndy's protests, diving bac
uctions and unauthorised surge
o time for poi
uld com
ft instructions for the surgical nurse to apply sterile dressing befor
and stormed in
ed Wendy, not sparing a glance at
l s
est cavity, gently manipulating the surrounding tis
wenty seconds to fi
clamped down on the artery until t
e artery with a cur
was achieved, she
ndy. 'Let's do t
rolled up her sleeve.
t i
into a sterile canister, then processed it in the blood salv
sterile solution to remove any contaminants, then fil
and immediately administered to the patient
ept her eyes on the monitor, obs
ystolic blood pressure and oxygen satur
,' she said to Wend
nd transfusion was done. 'His oxygen satura
e's increasingly pallid face, but she
turation level was brought back up to a
ed and saw black dots swim