Number 03: Animal Bite

One in a series of humorous short stories about Jonothan Byrne, an Intensive Care Paramedic responding to emergencies in Brisbane, Australia (5,416 words):

This shift Jono is working with Bree McLoughlin, a fiery Irish redhead with a sarcastic nature that rivals his own. The cab-based banter is running thick and fast when they get dispatched to a child who’s been bitten by a snake. It’s only at this point that Jono discovers his fearsome crewmate, “Hates feckin’ snakes!”