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PASSAGE EIGHTY-FIVE

Come forward

1.It was a cold March day in High Point, North Carolina. The girls on the Wesleyan Academy softball were waiting for their next turns at bat during practice, stamping their feet to stay warm.

2.Eighth-grader Taylor Bisbee shivered a little as she watched her teammate Paris White play.

3.The two didn’t know each other well—Taylor had just moved to town a month or so before.

4.Suddenly, Paris fell to the ground,“Paris’s eyes rolled back,” Taylor says.“She started shaking.I knew it was an emergency.”

5.It certainly was. Paris had suffered a sudden heart failure. Without immediate medical care, Paris would die. At first, no one moved.  

6.The girls were in shock. Then the softball coach shouted out, “Does anyone know CPR?” CPR is a life-saving technique.  

7.To do CPR, you press on the sick person’s chest so that blood moves through the body and takes oxygen to organs. Without oxygen, the brain is damaging quickly.

8.Amazingly, Taylor had just taken a CPR course the day before. Still, she hesitated. She didn’t think she knew it well enough.  

9.But when no one else came forward, Taylor ran to Paris and began doing CPR. “It was scary. I knew it was the difference between life and death,” says Taylor.

10.Taylor’s swift action helped her teammates calm down. One girl called 911. Two more ran to get the school nurse, who brought a defibrillator, an electronic devices that can shock the heart back into work.  

11.Luck stayed with them: Paris’ heartbeat returned. “I know I was really lucky,” Paris says now. “Most people don’t survive this. My team saved my life.”

12.Experts say Paris is right: For a sudden heart failure, the single best chance for survival is having someone nearby step in and do CPR quickly.

13.Today, Paris is back on the softball team. Taylor will apply to college soon. She wants to be a nurse.  

14.“I feel more confident in my actions now,” Taylor says. “I know I can act under pressure in a scary situation.”

第八十五篇

挺身而出

1.这是北卡罗莱纳州高点三月里一个寒冷的日子。卫斯理学院垒球队的女孩们在训练中等待着下一次轮到她们击球，她们跺着脚取暖。

2.八年级学生泰勒·比斯比在观看队友帕里斯·怀特比赛时有点发抖。

3.两人并不熟，泰勒一个月前刚搬到镇上。

4.突然，帕里斯倒在地上，泰勒说:“帕里斯的眼睛转了回来。”她开始发抖。我知道这是紧急情况。”

5.确实如此。帕里斯突发心力衰竭。如果没有及时的治疗，帕里斯会死的。起初，没有人动。

6.女孩们都惊呆了。然后垒球教练喊道:“有人知道心肺复苏术吗?”心肺复苏术是一种救生技术。

7.做心肺复苏术时，你按压病人的胸部，使血液在全身流动，并将氧气输送到器官。没有氧气，大脑损伤很快。

8.令人惊讶的是，泰勒前一天刚刚参加了心肺复苏术课程。不过，她还是犹豫了。她觉得自己还不够了解。

9.但当没有其他人站出来时，泰勒跑向帕里斯开始做心肺复苏术。“太可怕了。我知道这是生与死的区别，”泰勒说。

10.泰勒的迅速行动帮助她的队友们冷静下来。一个女孩拨打了911。还有两个人跑去找学校护士，护士拿来了一个除颤器，这是一种可以电击心脏使其恢复工作的电子设备。

11.幸运一直伴随着他们:帕里斯的心跳又回来了。“我知道我真的很幸运，”帕里斯现在说。“大多数人都活不下来。我的团队救了我的命。”

12.专家说帕里斯是对的:对于突发性心力衰竭，最好的生存机会就是让附近的人介入并迅速做心肺复苏术。

13.今天，帕里斯又回到了垒球队。泰勒很快就要申请上大学了。她想成为一名护士。

14.“我现在对自己的行为更有信心了，”泰勒说。“我知道在可怕的情况下，我可以在压力下采取行动。”