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What a code blue feels like when CPR fails

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…

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 …

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What a code blue feels like when CPR fails