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