The Baby Rescue by Jessica Matthews

Author:Jessica Matthews
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-09-09T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

NIKKI didn’t waste time as something hot whizzed past her cheek. Mentally she ran through the catchy phrase she’d learned at her teaching facility. RACE—Rescue, Alarm, Contain, Evacuate. With no one in immediate danger except herself, and it being far bigger than she could contain on her own, she had to concentrate on the other two tasks. She sprinted toward their reception area and found a wide-eyed Jean standing at her desk.

“What was that ka-boom I heard?” she asked as Nikki rushed in.

Conscious of the people still in the waiting room, looking equally curious, Nikki pulled Jean toward the door. “There’s a fire in the hallway leading to the ER,” she said tersely. “Send these people outside and call for help, while Lynette and I evacuate the patients from the exam rooms.”

With the receiver to her ear, Jean calmly asked the people in the waiting room to move outside. Nikki didn’t wait to see if they exited in an orderly fashion as Jean had ordered—she was too busy rushing toward the alarm.

As soon as she pulled the switch and the loud clang started, she hurried through the increasingly smoke-filled hallway in search of her nurse.

She found her in the first room with their appendicitis patient, taking his temperature.

“Sorry to be the bearer of more bad tidings,” Nikki said briskly, “but we have to leave the building right now.”

Art groaned. “Leave? What for? I just got here.”

Her gaze met Lynette’s. “We have a little bit of a problem.”

An announcement came over the loudspeaker. “Code Red. Minor Emergency Center. Code Red. MEC. Attention. This is not a drill. Repeat. This is not a drill.”

Art paused. “What’s a Code Red?”

“Fire,” Nikki said, as the alarm began to clang loud enough to hear through the closed door. “But don’t worry. Everything’s under control.” She hoped. “Can you sit up if we help?”

“I guess I’ll have to.”

With Nikki taking one arm and Lynette the other, they soon eased Art to a sitting position. He eyed the distance to the door. “I hate to break this to you, but I can’t make it.”

“Sure you can,” Nikki said, although she had her doubts. “Are the other exam rooms occupied?” she asked Lynette.

“I just put folks in two and three.”

“Get them out of here,” Nikki ordered. “I’ll stay with Art. Do we have a wheelchair nearby?”

“I think it’s in the med room.”

“I’ll find it while you take care of the others. Are they ambulatory?”

“Undressed, but ambulatory.”

“Slap their clothes back on and move ’em out.” She turned to Art. “Can you rest by yourself for a minute until I come back? I promise I’ll be quick.”

He nodded. “Yeah, sure, but if I don’t lie down again, I’ll end up on the floor.”

She helped him recline, wondering if a wheelchair would be enough to move him to safety. It would have to be. “Hang tight,” she told him.

“Can’t do anything else,” he replied wryly.

Steeling her ears to the deafening noise of the alarm, Nikki dashed into the hallway and rushed toward the med room.

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