Number 08: Carbon Monoxide

One in a series of humorous short stories about Jonothan Byrne, an Intensive Care Paramedic responding to emergencies in Brisbane, Australia (5,027 words). The books can be read in any order as the number in the title refers to the codes used to dispatch ambulances: 

Jono tries to shake off a headache caused by his crewmate, Maxine Radcliffe. She’s a very keen, but often incapable student who he’s certain could talk under wet cement. Twelve hours is a very long shift when you not only have to work, but also teach your offsider. And the day started off so well…