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“Also, rien saturation has re at one hundred percent, and there aren’t any face burns, so maybe she won’t need intubation, but we both kno quickly that can change”

Intubating a child if she didn’t really need to was never soent need arose wasn’t either Ede the tube into the airway al, the quicker she got intubated, the easier the feat would be accomplished

Looking at the child, Sarah knew she’d be intubating

“Gag reflex still present?”

“As of two o, yes,” Paul answered

“Get a war her hands and gloving up as she did so “Were you able to get all her clothing removed?”

“Had to wet down the area on her right side, but otherwise her clothes came off fairly easily Most of the burns are superficial, except that one and her hands”

Sarah nodded, and lifted the thin sheet to run her gaze over the girl’s body First-and second-degree burns on her arht torso and hands

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Sarah’s heart squeezed

Injured children were her least favorite aspect of her job Every protective instinct inside her cried out at the injustice of a hurt child

“Sorry,to have to step back,” Paul told her neighbor as the paramedic bumped into him on the opposite side of the stretcher from Sarah

Her neighbor didn’t budge “I told you, I pro to”

His tone said they’d have to call Security to have hiirl’s ar onto one of the few areas on the girl’s arain, as if he needed to be touching the child to let her knoas still there Was the child someone he knew?

Sarah didn’t want to deal with a coht of her neighbor being dragged out of her eency department didn’t sit well