:13:00
Here.
:13:08
That's good.
:13:12
What happened, chum?
Did you misjudge your altitude?
:13:15
It was a dive.
:13:17
I couldn't pull up.
:13:20
Blacked out.
:13:24
Why don't you doctors
do something about that.
:13:30
Yeah, why don't we. Here.
:13:33
Here's the pressure
on the spine right here.
:13:36
That can only be relieved
by an immediate operation.
:13:39
Well, he's pretty weak
from shock and loss of blood.
:13:42
There's a chance if we wait for him
to regain strength.
:13:44
Wait? Of course, it's your responsibility,
but did a case ever improve by waiting?
:13:50
He'll never regain consciousness unless
we go in now. I wish I wasn't so certain.
:13:57
- Who's caring for Larson?
- Commander Martin, Lieutenant Lee.
:14:00
- You saw him. He's still alive?
- He was, yes, sir.
:14:12
I'm Larson's squadron commander.
How is he?
:14:14
A concussion, possibly skull fracture.
:14:16
Also, the x-rays showed a dislocated
vertebra pressing on the spinal cord here.
:14:20
It's a problem of whether
to operate now or wait.
:14:22
I don't wanna be insistent,
but we're wasting valuable time.
:14:25
- What'll you do for him?
- Does he have family in Honolulu?
:14:27
- No.
- We're his friends.
:14:29
We haven't time to worry about that.
:14:31
Allison's just published a complete
record of over 300 cases of cord injury.
:14:34
Each single case that recovered
was operated at once.
:14:37
Every minute the pressure was unrelieved
lessened the chances of recovery.
:14:40
- What more can I say?
- Perhaps you're right. Come along.
:14:49
Sponge. Sponge.
:14:54
Scalpel.