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“They were on scene and took a report They’ll come by later for a follow up” Mitch reached for his radio A series of beeps told theonna end”
“You can say that again,” Janet agreed
“See ya in a few minutes”
Janet watched as he high-tailed it out the doors
With her attention back to her patient, she started pressing buttons on the monitor and studied the different leads on his EKG
Normal
Yanking the stethoscope off her neck, she quickly checked his lungs and heart
Normal
She placed a knuckle to his sternurimaced but didn’t wake up
Looking around first, Janet picked up his arm, placed it over his head and let it drop
Down it went, right on his face
Damn!
“Humph” Janet studied the man’s face for the first time He had deep-set features with a firm jaw His five o’clock shadoas more like a 7:00 AM shadow, but hell, it was almost 7:00 AM She opened his eyelids and checked his pupils When she did, she found the deepest ht blue eyes she had ever scene
His dark hair, so, ell-kept His even tan made her wonder if he spent most of his time on the beach
No, he definitely wasn’t homeless
Even his skin held the scent of so she could point out, but it certainly wasn’t ‘Eau de Street’
After checking to make sure his IV ran freely, Janet went to find one of the ER doctors for a consult
“Well, let’s start with a CT and a full set of labs Drop a catheter in hi screen We’ll see e get then” Dr Henry followed the sa out the door
Within minutes, the patient’s blood was on its way to the lab and radiology wheeled the man into CT before loaded hi for the test to finish
Jack, the radiology tech, talked through the entire exauy?”
“Yeah, he was co John Doe’s monitor
“What’s FUBAR?”
Jack glanced over at his trainee and then started to laugh
“Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition”
The kid’s face went green with the rotesque Right out of a horror novel
“Do you think it was an animal attack?”
Janet glanced up from her paperwork and shook her head “Had to be, but I’m not sure what kind of animal”
“Looked like a dog to me Probably a Pit” Jack tapped buttons on the es of John Doe’s skull appeared