Gasping for air, pt. 1

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Subject: Gasping for air, pt. 1

Date: Sat, Mar 1, 1997 12:12 PM

From: LCdrBlurox

 

 

 

{{The following is a joint log by Blu, Erinna and Chell}}

 

::Blu awakes, coughing and gasping, her lungs burning from the lack of oxygen, now feeling each alveoli and bronchial beginning to expand and fill once again.  The dizziness and cloudy vison begin to clear, as she tries to remember where she was, and what had been happening. ::

 

::At that moment, she feels a touch on her arm.  Turning her head, she finds herself looking at Erinna. At least, Erinna's body, and everything comes flooding back to her.  However, she is not sure if this is Errina or Ariende, but see's that whichever it is, the body is breathing and starting to rouse.  Knowing that there is a chance that Chell had suceeded, and this may truely be Erinna, she decides to take a chance.::

 

::The door of the storage compartment beside Erinna's slumped form is ajar, and Blu seeing this, reaches past her, taking out a few of the emergency air masks that she knew were stored in the emergency kit there. Blu reaches over and places one of the masks on Erinna's face to help stabilize her breathing.::

 

"Chell....!! " ::She turns in shock, realizing she hadn't checked on Chell yet, and finds his still form lying on the floor behind her, apparently not breathing.  Blu crawls over to him and checks for breathsigns and a pulse.  Seeing no lifting of the chest to indicate breathing, she bends down, placing her ear near his mouth, trying to hear any breath intake.  Hearing none, she places the digits of her paw against his carotid artery, and makes out an extrememly faint pulse. Good!!  There is still time

to help him... but she'd best be quick about it, so as to prevent brain damage or worse, death.::

 

:: Positioning him flat on the floor, she gives him a good shake::

 

"Commander !"..."Commander Chell !"..."come on sir, breathe"..." We need you...wake up, Commander! "

 

::Seeing he still has not taken a breath, she tilts back his head, and reaches into his oral cavity, making sure his tounge is not blocking the airway.  Normally at this time, she would have called sickbay for an emergency beamout, but due to not knowing the situation with Erinna/Arienden, she knows that they may have to do this all over again.  She was not going to let Erinna leave this shuttle until she had some answers, and for that, she needed Chell. Blu however, did not know that Chell had already

released the safety seals on both the shuttle and bay.::  

 

::Kneeling beside Chell, she lifts his chin, while pushing down on his forehead, placing his head in a neutral position, listens once more for breath sounds, and hearing none, does another quick sweep to make sure the tounge is out of the way, trying carefully not to puncture anything with her claws.  Pinching his nostrils closed with one paw, not an easy thing with her short digits, and maintaining pressure on the forehead, Blu takes a deep breath, makes as tight a seal over his mouth with her's as she

can, and breaths into his mouth twice, completely refilling her lungs between breaths.  She watches his chest rise with each breath, wishing frevrently, that he do it on his own. She listens again, and hearing nothing, repeats the procedure. Still nothing...and her own lungs were still bothering her as well.::

 

" Blazes, Chell...Breathe!!"  She bends and starts delivering the next pair of breaths, and after the first, she begins to feel a resistance against her breath.  She pulls back, as Chell expells a cough, arching his back, and takes a big gasp for air.::

 

"Sir, hold still for a moment please, this will help you."  ::reaching over his head, she places one of the masks on him as well, and helps to get him in an upright position.::

"There you go sir...catch your breath, then we have something we must deal with."