The EMT Book 6 [Sample]

Chapter Ten: [Edited]

Chapter Ten

Once Jace had woken up from another nightmare, he was panting and sweating once again. Jace had another dream about the New Eden psychiatric hospital where Jace had also heard children screaming and crying and begging for help. The nurses and doctors were electrocuting the children, including starving them to death, and taking the wrong medications.

      The medications were making them sick and giving them symptoms. Jace was experiencing symptoms just like these children were experiencing while being sick and tortured. Jace had gone to the library to find a book. He thinks maybe he will have a better chance to find out the about the New Eden psychiatric hospital and he asked the librarian where he could find the book about the New Eden hospital.

     After Jace had followed the librarian to help him find the book, the librarian went up to one of the shelves and she took out the book and handed it over to Jace. Jace thanked the librarian as he grabbed the book from her. Once the librarian walked past Jace, Jace sighed and he looked at the front of the book and the title of the book was called New Eden: The Secret Behind Its Closed Doors.

      After Jace opened the book, he sat on the floor and he started reading the book. Jace found out that this hospital had been open since the late 1800s. He also discovered that so many patients had died from being tortured by their doctors. Jace (while he was sitting on the floor) had to think for a second. Until he decided to take the book home with him.

     Once Jace and Alex were treating a young adult man in his late twenties, named Victor Smithson who has a severe case of cystic fibrosis, the patient was having trouble breathing. Jace had put an oxygen mask on him and Jace told the patient that it will help him breathe better.

      "Okay Victor, have you had any contact with another person who also has CF?" wondered Jace.

      Victor shook his head yes. Jace was in a bit of shock when Victor told Jace that he had kissed his girlfriend who also has cystic fibrosis. His mother was in the ambulance with him.

     "Victor. What? You know not to do that!" says Mrs. Smithson.

    Victor kept on trying to catch his breath and Jace sighed. Victor removed his mask and was trying to talk. "I'm sorry mom, but you know how much I just love Montana. She's my everything! I know I am not supposed to, but I may not reach my thirtieth birthday, and I may never get a chance to kiss a girl like ever in my lifetime. I'd just wanted to try just this once, mom," says Victor.

     Jace nods his head and Mrs. Smithson sighs. Victor puts his mask back on and he continues to catch his breath. Mrs. Smithson told Jace that he should tell her son that what he did was a mistake and he shouldn't do it again. Mrs. Smithson was concerned for her son. Jace takes a deep breath and he says to Victor telling him that his mother was right. Jace explained to Victor that him kissing his girlfriend could lead to her getting sicker. Victor looked at Jace, while he was still breathing into his mask and Jace softly smiled at Victor.

      Jace wasn't on call this time. Instead he's at the station filling out paperwork. Like all medical personnel, Jace leads a normal life when they are not on call and off duty. During their time on duty, paramedics may be in charge of procuring supplies, replenishing the ambulance, and completing out documentation related to the incidents they handled. Alex was helping Jace with the paperwork along with Jace.

     "I heard you and Jane broke up," says Alex.

     "What?" says Jace.

     "Is it true? You and Jane broke up," says Alex, wondering.
Jace takes a deep breath and says, "yeah. She cheated on me," says Jace.