Number 05: Back Pain

One in a series of humorous short stories about Jonothan Byrne, an Intensive Care Paramedic responding to emergencies in Brisbane, Australia (4,369 words). The books can be read in any order as the number in the title refers to the codes used to dispatch ambulances: 

Jono is assigned a new crewmate, Connor King, who’s been transferred to the station due to undisclosed ‘issues’. His character flaws become blatantly obvious within the first few minutes of meeting him and Jono is left wondering how he'll survive the rest of the shift.