Chapter 7 of Life Savers

Practically two weeks had flown by for Bette and Tina and they couldn’t be more happy at how their relationship was moving along. Bette had never met someone that she had really wanted to be with, that is until she met Tina. She had been exclusive with women before but had known from the beginning that nothing serious would come and had ended it soon after it started. But her relationship with Tina was growing stronger everyday. She had known since the first time she met her that there was something special about her and she couldn’t help but want to be around her all the time.

It was 10:30 Wednesday night and they were both just about to head off to bed. It had been an uneventful day for Bette and her crew while Tina and Bradley had been very busy with med calls. Tina had just laid down in bed to get some sleep when their pagers went off.

Dispatcher: “Medic 7, medic 5, Rescue1 you have a 1050 major in West Hollywood at the intersection of Santa Monica Blvd. and North Fairfax Ave. Two car collision with reported one person trapped. Respond code 3. Clear 22:32.”

Tina: “Fuck, cant a woman sleep?” She yelled to no one in particular.

Tina and Bradley hopped in the ambulance and went in route to the MVC. Bette and Ryan got on their bunker gear before leaving for the scene. When they arrived it appeared that a red truck had t-boned a white four door car on the driver’s side. One medic crew was working on extricating the patient in the truck as Tina’s crew was assessing the patient in the car while they waited for tools. Tina had crawled in the back seat to hold the driver’s cervical spine immobile and to place a c-collar around his neck. The patient was conscious, alert and oriented, breathing, and at the moment stable.

Tina: “Hi, my name is Tina and I’m a paramedic. What’s your name?” She introduced herself as she situated herself behind him.

Patient: “John, my name is John.” He seemed scared.

Tina: “Well John I’m going to put an uncomfortable collar around your neck and I want you to stay completely still okay. Can you do that for me?” She asked as she helped with the collar.