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The call to British Columbia Ambu-
lance Service Station 261 at Columbia
Street and West Seventh Avenue is
elded by Jason Davies and Scott Bailey.
As the howling ambulance speeds over
the Cambie Bridge, Battersby is still on
the loose somewhere below. That's typi-
cally bad news for rst responders and
victims alike. "It's very rare that we get
immediate clearance when there's an
active shooter," Davies says. But on the
worst day of his life, Dragan is starting a
remarkable run of good luck. Because
Berda and Gri…ths have been able to
con†irm that Battersby has f led, the
paramedics are instantly cleared for
action. And this is just the team you want
to have for a serious gunshot wound—
advanced life support paramedics with
extra training for emergency situations.
By the time Battersby reaches
Science World, an unmarked car is
already on the walkway to the south
while other of†icers are in place.
Battersby charges out from his hiding
spot and toward the car, ring his .44.
A bullet shatters the passenger-side
window, and Const. Nadia D'Andrea is
struck by Œying glass. Battersby runs
to the driver's side of the car, chas-
ing Const. Josef Mancin around to the
back of the vehicle. O…cers open re.
The suspect drops, wounded in several
places. Berda and other o…cers swarm
in to cu' him. "What's your name?"
Berda asks.
"Don't you know who I am?"
Battersby replies.
Despite all the shots red, Battersby's
wounds and D'Andrea's glass lacerations
are the only injuries. Except, of course,
for the man lying in front of Starbucks in
a spreading lake of blood.
Dragan has no pulse. Davies, Bailey
and the remen get him into the ambu-
lance and strap him down. Davies drills
into the bone behind Dragan's knee to
start a transfusion procedure. As a re-
ghter performs
CPR, Bailey inserts a
tracheal breathing tube. Davies begins
pumping a saline wash and a shot of epi-
nephrine into Dragan's system. He has
a pulse again. But there's not much to
circulate—Dragan has 75 per cent less
blood than he started the day with.
A relatively quiet Tuesday morn-
ing at Vancouver General Hospital has
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