ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE
Blue lights flashing, the ambulance pulled up to the A & E entrance at the Northern General Hospital. DS Terry Horton, still alive but drifting in and out of consciousness due to blood loss was rushed into the Major Trauma Centre where doctors and surgeons awaited him. His vital signs was checked, and it was clear that he was suffering from hypotension, his blood pressure dangerously low, systolic pressure below 90mmHg and he was hooked up to an IV to receive fluids and bloods whilst it was determined if any blood vessels had been punctured in his abdomen.
If so, his chances of survival were very poor unless the internal bleeding could be stopped.
Jessica, waiting anxiously, tried call Grace to tell her that Terry was still alive on arrival at the hospital but was
