It is late one Sat night (around 12-1ish). I have four friends on their way back from a party they have all been drinking,
There is accident (not sure of circumstances yet) but car is driven off the road on a stretch of roadway circumventing the
lake by their town, ends up going over a small ditch and crashes into a big tree at around 50mph. The driver (my 20 year old)
is very badly injured and he dies later. Back passengers fare a little better but still have very bad whiplash and a couple
of broken bones. My Main Character the youngest (16) is in front pass seat , takes full brunt of impact with tree and
fractures 6 ribs (I was thinking 4 one side 2 on other) one of the broken ribs has punctured his lung and he is bleeding into
his lung cavity. I was thinking of various cuts and bruises too. I suppose after that kind of impact he would be trapped, not
sure. I need some sort of complication to make it life threatening, although he has to survive. He is having difficulty
breathing.
I was wondering whether you might be able to help me. I am writing a novel in which i have scenerio in which my MC who is
just turned 16 is involved in a car accident. He gets a several broken ribs and a puntchard lung. In the chapter I have him
arriving at an A & E dept from the ambulance. is it possible for you to give me an idea of 1) what emergency treatment he
would receive including what pain relief and 2) what subsequent care he would get and how long he would likely be in hospital
and 3) what complications there might be and how they would be treated. 4) What would the ambulance staff say to the A &
E staff about patient when he first arrived?
