Rebekah (Seven Sisters Book 4) by Amelia C. Adams & Kirsten Osbourne

Author:Amelia C. Adams & Kirsten Osbourne [Adams, Amelia C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-11-28T18:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Harriet turned from the telephone, a look of shock on her face. “There’s been a gas leak at the senior citizen center,” she announced. “There was an explosion, and countless injuries. Some parts of the building have collapsed, and they’re going to have to dig people out. We need to stand ready when the ambulances start rolling in. I’m going to page everyone on staff to get down here.”

Rebekah gave a sharp nod, already thinking about everything that needed to be done. She trotted through the emergency room, checking that every bed was ready for a new patient. There was one little girl who’d been brought in with an allergic reaction, but the medication they’d given her was taking effect, and Rebekah didn’t sense any further complications. She discharged the girl so the bed would be free, and she changed out the sheets and made sure everything was ready.

The first ambulance pulled up, and Jeremy and Frank guided their stretcher inside. “Eighty-year-old man with a crush injury to his chest,” Jeremy called out.

Rebekah came to the man’s side and touched him. What she saw made her wince. “He needs chest x-rays stat,” she told the orderly who had just responded to his pager. “He’s got at least three broken ribs.”

The orderly nodded, and Rebekah turned to the next bed.

Bagley only had a few ambulances available, and soon she started to notice vehicles from surrounding counties. The whole area must have been alerted about this emergency—thank goodness they were getting some help.

“St. Christian’s Medical Center is sending over some personnel,” Dr. Hunsaker called out as he helped bring in yet another patient. “It’ll take them about twenty minutes to get here, but they’ve promised to drive fast.” He turned to Rebekah. “Listen—we have a situation here. I need your . . . abilities . . . but you can’t be seen issuing orders around here or people are going to get suspicious. I want you to get out there and do triage on the scene. We’re going to lose lives if we don’t hurry.”

Rebekah nodded. The senior care facility in Bagley was the largest one in four surrounding towns, and there were easily a hundred residents there, not to mention the staff. They had to do whatever was necessary to get those people the help they needed.

She grabbed a medical kit and raced to the door. “Take me with you back to the scene,” she told the first ambulance driver she saw. “I’m on Dr. Hunsaker’s orders.”

“You sure? It’s not pretty,” he told her.

“I don’t care.”

He nodded once, and she climbed up beside him. They pulled out onto the road and he flipped the switch for the siren, making cars in front of them scatter. Under any other circumstances, it would be fun to ride in the front of an ambulance and careen around corners, but knowing what lay ahead, there was nothing fun about this at all.

She pressed her lips together as they approached. Smoke poured from the back half of the building, where firefighters were working on some last remaining flames.

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