“Straight back to ER room 12, patient is NOT registered, straight back to ER room 12.”
“Get him out of the chair!”
“We’ll have to lift him straight up.”
“One — two — ”
“Get his shirt off — get him on the monitor.”
“What the hell is going on?”
“SIR?  SIR, CAN YOU HEAR ME?”
“Dump and drive — they told me out front that he said something about his blood sugar and then he passed out in the back seat.”
“I’ll get the AccuChek and an amp of D50.”
“No ID on him.”
“Police after them?”
“Yes.”
“SIR? SIR?  Put him in the system as a John Doe; get an EKG now please!”
“Do we have a line yet?”
“I’ve got one…..fuck, it just blew!”
“Goddammit, hold him down!”
“Get the restraints and the pads, he’s seizing hard, he’s going to hurt himself or one of us.”
“Get me a blood drop on the meter.”
“Pulse is 135 and irregular!”
“I can’t get a BP, he’s moving too much.”
“BLOOD SUGAR IS 19, that’s one-nine!”
“Get a line, guys!”
“Someone get the intubation box –”
“I’ve got one, an 18, it’s good!”
“I’ve got it secure — shit, someone get his leg before he kicks me in the head.”
“Push the amp, now.”
“Going in.”

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“It’s in.”

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<<breath>>

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“Sir?”
“……yes?”
“Sir, what’s your name?”

“………David.”  <<breath>>  “My name is David.”