The Battle for a Breath
“No pulse! She’s in V-fib!” the medic shouted, dropping his bag and ripping open his kit.
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Elias quickly grabbed Toby and moved him into the hallway, standing like a wall between the boy and the sight of the medics working on his mother. He didn’t want the boy’s last memory of her to be the violent rhythm of chest compressions.
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“Is she mad at me?” Toby asked quietly, staring at Elias’s boots. “Because I couldn’t wake her up?”
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Elias felt his heart break. He knelt again, ignoring the dust of the hallway. “No, Toby. She’s not mad. She’s just very sick, and you just gave her the only medicine that could save her.”
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Inside the room, the defibrillator charged with a high-pitched whine. Clear!
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