X-ray Chapter 7, part 12

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Back on the platform, Andy dragged Jeremy up the stairs to the daylight with an iron grip. Marcus sent One-nine Adam and Lieutenant Squadron, who had an inclination to vanish once extrication was complete, with Jeremy and Andy, then hopped in himself with Three-five Carlie and Ian. In the ride to the hospital Ian had Maria pull the ambulance to the side and he decompressed the patient's right chest: clean the site quickly by pouring iodine over it, find the second intercostal space midaxilary, sneak over the third rib with the IV catheter until a rush of air, remove the needle, recheck lung sounds and compliance, and attach a flutter valve.

At the hospital, they dropped their patient off and reconnoitered with Three-three Zebra, while Lieutenant Squadron caught a lift back to his car with Three-five Charlie, the Williamsburg Rocket. The other basic bus was immediately dispatched out for a twisted ankle. The four paramedics sat on the hoods of their ambulances and watched the rain fall together; there was nothing better to do.

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