May 19, 2006 17:49
The Infirmary is quiet, save for a subdued beeping noise from a few of the monitors. Beds stand ready and equipment if freshly cleaned and organized. The wide space of the Infirmary is mostly uninhabited these days, save for a few patients where the curtain is drawn around the bed.
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He almost asks Hank if he knows what drugs are in Angie's system, but stops himself, seeing the worried expression on Kim's face. Better if he asks Hank later, in private. He's not sure he wants Kim to hear the answer.
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"I...I can't..."
It's too hard.
Her eyes roll back into her head and her breath stops, her lips slightly parted, her body going completely slack.
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"She's in respiratory arrest! Jack, start breaths. Every two, stop and listen to see if there is any sound. Kim, here's my keys. Behind this monitor a drug cabinet, get me the hypospray marked Zefellin. Go!"
He tosses the keys to Kim and immediately moves Angela's head into position and places a stehtoscope on her shirt. He listens for breath sounds and curses as he hears none.
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The cold metal against her fingers brings her back to reality and she runs to the cabinet, the key missing the hole once because her hands keep trembling, but she gets it open and finds the hypospray.
She goes back to Hank and hands him the Zefellin, heart racing, unable to stop looking at Angie and her Dad performing CPR without the compressions and no...no...this can't...
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