Arthur, King
Patient Intake Information-
Weight: 9.55 stone
Height: 65 inches
Blood Type: O-
Blood Pressure: 70/40
X-rays: NA
MRI: NA
CT: NA
The patient is brought into the ER by a friend by the name of Sir Bedivere. Upon arrival, the patient is bleeding profusely from a laceration on the top of the skull. The patient is immediately taken into a surgical room (OR #4) while background information is gathered by the friend. The friend starts his story with some unnecessary details. He claims that the nephew of the patient was the perpetrator, and that he was ruling the kingdom while Arthur was away punishing another traitor. He states that the wicked nephew's name is Sir Mordred, and that he was not fond of the king or queen. He follows by saying that Mordred allowed deeds to go unpunished in the kingdom, and thus evil took over the country. On top of that, he claims that the knight conjured up a rebellion against the patient. Said rebellion led to a battle in which the man claims to have lost many fellow knights. At this time, he says that the patient had told him the night before the great battle that the king had a dream of his own death on the battlefield. He states that the battle did happen on this day, and that everyone except for the king, himself, and Modred were all dead before sunset.
At this time, the nurse is checking for any wounds on Sir Bedivere as there is concern of blood stains on him as well. Stitches are now placed on Bedivere's head for a minor laceration above the eye. No other injuries are fatally concerning.
The patient continues the story as he is assessed further. He claims that Mordred lifted up the sword of Excalibur, and swung it on the helmet of the patient. The patient is wearing armor that appears to have broken upon impact, allowing the sword to slice through skin, break the skull, and expose the brain's dura mater and cerebral cortex. At this time a tear is shed by the Bedivere as he proudly is claiming that the patient was able to land one last blow on Mordred in order to kill him. He claims that the patient forced him to take the sword of Excalibur and throw it into the lake. He finally states that the patient wished to be taken to the lake himself to die, but that he decided to carry the king to the ER instead. Final injury assessment of Sir Bedivere is the single forehead laceration, and bruising to the ribs and right shoulder. No further treatment is necessary.
While this account is taken, the patient is being rushed into surgery. Before anesthesia can be administered the patient loses a pulse. CPR is administered for three minutes as the patient is losing too much blood. Blood-flow to the heart is insufficient and defibrillation is required as the heart completely stops pumping blood. Paddles are charged to 300 volts and administered four times. The brain loses too much oxygen and heart rate is never recovered.
Time of death-22:39
*ADDITION: Sir Bedivere is referred to psychologist upon received news about patient's death.
Author's Note: Of course I wanted to end with the main character that we all know and love... King Arthur himself. A lot of people at least have a general idea of the story of King Arthur and his knights of the round table, or at least about Merlin, but when you really think about it we don't really hear much about his death. I decided to use this as my last story to end with a little bit of sadness, but also to bring the project to a close overall. In the original story, Arthur is betrayed by Sir Modred in his death scene, but luckily gets him back just before dying. Instead of Sir Bedivere throwing the sword of Excalibur into a lake and letting the body of the king have its final resting place on the barge of ghosts, I decided to have the king taken to the ER. The pure sadness of Bedivere was heartbreaking in the original story, and I wanted to try to add a little bit of that into the story. I think by having him bring the king to the ER in hopes of having him saves really adds that layer of compassion to the character, and allows the bravery of the king (even in death) to be shown.