Cardiology had arrived and were reading the ECG that Emily had run off before Hannah had gone into cardiac arrest, and Lydia had come in and taken over from Duncan and was giving*** compressions. ‘Did she have any family with her?’ Lydia asked. ‘A daughter,’ Emily said, relaying what the paramedics had told her. ‘She’s in the interview room.’ ‘Could you go and speak to her, please, Emily? Let her know that things don’t look good at all.’ ‘Sure,’ Emily said, though she would far rather be delivering*** compressions than going in to speak with relatives. Emily introduced herself to the woman and found out her name was Laura and asked what had happened. ‘We were actually on our way here,’ Laura explained. ‘I’d gone to pick up Mum to take her to visit my dad—he’s a patient on ICU.

