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First Aid - Danger Shop, Friday, Period 5 [Week 4]

The Danger Shop looked a lot like last week, only this time there were piles of foam bones placed around the room.

"Today is a four step class," Hawkeye declared. "Step one: you're going to learn how to treat a suspected broken or fractured bone. Step three: we're going to learn a song. Step four: you're going to put the song into practice and put those bones together in the right order. There was a step two, but I stepped over it, so let's use it as a stepping stone to the other steps by missing the step."

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//Chair, I can manage,// Jono replied, taking a seat.

He was entirely too amused for an individual with a spurting arm wound and jagged bone rending open raw flesh. Or else he was just that hardcore. //So, what now?//

"Now, I've gotta get the bleeding stopped or, at least, slowed and get the swelling down," Alex said. "And then hope the ambulance drives really fucking fast."

//Well, it is an ambulance. That's what it does. Hopefully.// Jono shrugged the shoulder that wasn't attached to the wounded arm. //Well, then let's slow this bleeding down, shall we? I'll try to hold still, but I won't make any promises, as I'm in a fair bit of agony at the moment, and all. Really, it's a miracle I'm so coherent as it is.//

Smartass.

"If you move too much, I'll punch you to knock you out," Alex said, not really meaning it even as he got some dressing and wrapped it around where he assumed the bleeding would be.

//I suppose that would solve that problem,// Jono agreed, with a bit of a chuckle to go with it. //But then, we haven't been taught what to do about concussions just yet. Are you sure that'd be th'best idea?//

That said, he was totally being a good boy and holding still. He fully expected a lollipop for behaving, after this.

Not really.

"Well, I could just leave you unconscious and claim I didn't know how to treat you," Alex said, getting the bleeding wrapped. "Now, I'm supposed to ice it to keep the swelling down and not move it at all."

Jono took a moment to inspect the wrapping with a somewhat critical eye. he did consider himself to be something of a professional in that regard, after all.

//Not bad,// he decided. //Not bad at all.//

He felt like a bloody mummy. More than usual.

"Yeah, you're probably gonna lose your arm," Alex joked, nodding. "But, I'm glad I could help!"

//Well, I suppose I can just add my arm to th'tally,// Jono sighed, rolling his eyes toward the ceiling. //I suppose it's my turn to mummify you, next?//

"Think so," Alex said. "Wanna go with a broken ankle for variety?"

//That depends entirely on how clean yer feet are,// Jono decided, trying a smirk on for size.

"I took a shower and I've got clean socks on," Alex assured him. "You'll be fine."

//Well then, I suppose here is where I get to ask how serious it is? I'm not going to have to attempt to tape yer foot back on while we're at it, am I?//

Yes, he was joking. Mostly.

"Let's go with basic fracture, no bone snapping in two but it's pretty painful," Alex said. "And my ankle's swollen up to the size of a pineapple."

Jono winced one eye a little at the description.

//A pineapple? Well, that's no bloody good. Yer breathing, are yer? I can't do more than chest compressions if yer not, so you better bloody well be breathing,// Jono warned.

"Breathing's fine if a little fast because it fucking hurts," Alex told him. "So far, so good."

//Good, good.// Jono crouched down looking at Alex's foot for a moment, as though he half expected something to be going on down there.

Surprise, Jono. It's a foot.

//About this point, I'd be afraid to try to take off yer shoe,// he confessed, //to be able to check yer circulation. I'd... have to get you or someone else to make th'call for an ambulance, for that matter.//

Now was not the time to start feeling stupid, Jonothon. //Can you move yer toes in there, at least?//

Alex made a show of moving his toes enough that Jono could see them move. "I can move them but it hurts. And I wouldn't let you take my shoe off right now. I'd probably kick you because that'd just make it worse, man. Toes are still good, no gangrene setting in!"

//Nothing's about to fall off?// Jono looked up at Alex, amused, yes. //Then yer shoe can bloody well stay. We'll let th'doctors cut it off, if it comes to that. For now, I suppose we'll settle for a splint. With a pillow. Pillow splint. To keep it still until said ambulance arrives. And then ice. For that pineapple of yers.//

It was good to know that Jono could almost piece together the beginnings of a plan in the face of a swollen ankle. Honestly now, Jono.

"Pillow splint sounds pretty comfortable," Alex agreed, nodding. "I think everything's good and attached, don't worry. Just hurts a lot and I can't walk. Not feeling like I'm gonna pass out or anything."

//So this is more a pain in the arse than a serious medical emergency,// Jono replied, nodding. That was a relief, at least. He'd just make a grab for... Well, there wasn't exactly a wealth of pillows in here, so he'd wad up his coat, instead. He wasn't wearing it at the moment anyhow.

//It's a pillow,// he stated. And in doing so, it had to be. So there.

"Looks like a pillow to me," he agreed, nodding. "No need for finesse here. I'm not gonna bitch like a whiny baby."

//Good. Pillow. Foot. Splint.// And lo, it was so, as Jono placed the 'pillow' under Alex's leg, folded it up and over, and then reached for the tape in order to secure it into place.

He was going to want that pillow back when they were finished, here.

//And then... We ice that bloody thing, and get you to the hospital.//

Ta-da!

Alex would be glad to give the pillow back, don't worry. He didn't have need for Jono's coat.

"I think I feel better already," Alex said, smirking. "Good job."

//Mm, I did better once I stopped pointing out all of th'things I couldn't do,// Jono replied. There was a hint of a sigh somewhere in there, at that. //You have full permission to punch me out if I start on something like that again. Alright, mate?//

... Jono would spend a lot of time unconscious, if anybody ever went and took him up on offers like this one.

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