An excerpt from House of Perdition.
Ten minutes into the code, and I could already feel the difference. I could feel her broken ribs grind against each other with every compression. The first set of compressions had been stiff, like trying to force a thick textbook to bend in half, the sternum protecting the heart and lungs. Each compression was unforgiving, and the chest recoiled with a force equivalent to …
What a code blue feels like when CPR fails
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