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The Emergency: Episode 26
The Emergency: Episode 26
The Emergency
PART I
1 AIRPORT TERMINAL—MORNING
2 Kevin is waiting for Rebecca. She walks quickly through the passenger area. She sees Kevin and rushes
over
3 to him. They hug.
4 REBECCA How’s Dad?
5 KEVIN (very quietly) Not good. The heart attack was pretty serious.
6 The two Caseys walk through the airport terminal.
37 AMBULANCE—DAY
38 Inside an ambulance, an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) takes the emergency call from Kevin.
39 AMBULANCE Brewster seventy-seven...
40 KEVIN Yes, this is Kevin Casey.. . I need an ambulance.
41 AMBULANCE OK, what’s your location?
42 KEVIN I’m at ten-seven. . . ten-ninety-seven E Street, apartment three.
43 AMBULANCE What part of the city is that?
44 KEVIN South Boston.
45 AMBULANCE All right, sir, give me your phone number.
46 KEVIN Ah. . . six-eight-six-seven-seven-three-one.
47 AMBULANCE All right, Kevin, you’re doin’ fine. OK. You’re a family member?
48 KEVIN Yes, I’m his son.
49 AMBULANCE OK, do you have any medical training at all?
50 KEVIN No, I don’t.
51 AMBULANCE OK, here’s what I want you to do. Your dad’s breathing?
52 KEVIN Uh. . . barely.
53 AMBULANCE I want you to go over to him, put your hand on his chest to see if he’s
54 breathing. . . I want you to also feel his neck or his chest to see if you can feel a
55 heartbeat.
56 KEVIN OK, hold on...
57 Kevin checks his father’s breathing and heartbeat.
58 KEVIN OK, uh. . . he’s breathing. . . but barely. . . and his.. . and his. . . and his
59 heartbeat is weak...
60 AMBULANCE OK, Kevin, just slow down, you’re doin’ great. OK. Does he have any medical
61 problems?
62 KEVIN Yes, uh. . . um. . . he has a bad heart and. . . and, uh. . . uh. . . he has high
63 blood pressure, but I don’t know what medication he’s on...
64 AMBULANCE Brewster seventy-seven,.we’ll be there in about three to five minutes. That’s
65 our ETA. That will be our Estimated Time of Arrival.
66 Kevin puts down the phone and looks over his father in a panic.
67 KEVIN Hold on, Dad...
68 He grabs a blanket and places it over his father. He then sits quietly beside him, awaiting the arrival
of the
69 ambulance.
70 The ambulance races through the traffic, its siren wailing. Kevin hears the siren and goes to the
window to
71 look out. He motions to the Emergency Medical Technician (EMT).
72 KEVIN Up here...!
73 He knocks on the window and then rushes to the door.
98 EMERGENCY ROOM
99 The EMTs are met by an Emergency Room (ER) doctor and move Dad into a restricted area. An ER
nurse
100 approaches Kevin to reassure him and to keep him out of the restricted area.
101 ER NURSE It’s OK.
102 KEVIN (distressed) It’s my dad
PART 2
136 HOSPITAL—DAY
137 Rebecca and Kevin enter the hospital reception area and head to the elevators. Kevin knows the way
and
138 leads his sister down the halls.
139 ELEVATOR
140 Kevin and Rebecca are on the hospital elevator along with other visitors and staff. Kevin presses the
button
141 for the third floor. He shows no emotion at all; Rebecca is slowly falling apart. The door opens.
142 KEVIN His room is this way...