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KIM BALDWIN. “Yup.” Gable followed her to the door
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“Yup.” Gable followed her to the door.
“Good. I’ll see you then. And maybe we can get together this weekend?”
“We’ll see. Thanks again for dinner.”
Erin paused at the doorway. “Thanks for the chat.” She reached out and hugged Gable. “I’m so glad we met.”
Gable hugged her back, allowing herself the brief thrill of holding her.
“Me too,” she whispered after Erin had gone.
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Tim corralled her the next night as she was getting out of her Jeep at the F rehouse. “Thanks, Gable. I owe you big-time.”
“Oh, you don’t either, Tim. Just be good to her, okay?”
“You don’t have to tell me that.”
“She say yes to your date?”
“Yeah, this afternoon. We’re going out to dinner and a movie Friday night.”
Too much information, Gable thought, picturing them at a romantic candlelit table. Tim with his arm around Erin in a darkened theater.
“That’s great. We better get inside, don’t you think?” She led the way into the large conference room, where Erin was chatting with two other F reF ghters, both men. There were about a dozen other people milling about, none of whom Gable recognized.
“Okay, looks like we’re all here,” Chief Thornton announced, motioning everyone to the folding chairs that had been set up. Erin came over to sit between Gable and Tim.
“We’re happy to have Leslie Franks with us. Leslie is with the local Red Cross and will be doing the training with us this week.”
Leslie, a tall, thin woman with graying hair, stood and waved. “Hi, folks. Glad to be here. Don’t be afraid to ask questions as I go along.”
“And for those of you who don’t know him, Tim Scott…” The chief motioned toward him and Tim waved his hand. “Tim’s an EMT
with the county ambulance service. He’ll be going around and helping out, making sure everyone is doing everything right.”
The chief then acknowledged the strangers among the gathering.
“I’d also like to say welcome to the teachers from the Pine River schools who are joining us tonight to get their CPR certiF cation. Okay, I think
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we’re ready to get started. Leslie?”
“Thanks, Roger,” Leslie said. “Okay, folks, tonight we’re going to cover CPR—that’s cardiopulmonary resuscitation, as most of you know…and AED, that’s how to use an automated external deF brillator.
I’ll be back tomorrow and Thursday to teach Standard First Aid and Preparedness, and how to administer supplemental oxygen.”
Chief Thornton wheeled out a TV and VCR on a stand while she was talking and set it up in front of the chairs, then plugged them into a nearby outlet.
“First I’m going to show you all a video. Then we’ll do some hands-on training. Can someone get the lights?”
“Haven’t you done this already?” Erin whispered to Gable while they waited for the video to begin.
“Yup, back in Tennessee. But my certiF cation was going to run out in a couple of months anyway. I thought I’d take it again with you, in case I could help you out.” She glanced past Erin at Tim and forced herself to smile. “I didn’t know you’d have your own EMT at the ready.”
The video interrupted any further discussion. It was a good thing Gable knew CPR as well as she did, because she missed the entire screening. She kept glancing sideways at Erin and Tim in the dim light cast by the TV, expecting to see them holding hands or something.
When it was over, Leslie hit the lights.
“Okay, F rst we’re going to practice on Resusci-Andy,” Leslie said, gesturing toward a f esh-colored mannequin the chief carried in and laid on a mat in the front of the room. “He was developed especially for CPR training. You can actually do the breathing on him and watch for the rise and fall of his chest. Plus, he’s got an air-pressure device in him that will help you gauge how hard to press when you do the compressions. When all of you have had a turn with him, we’ll split up into pairs and you can practice on each other so you can get a feel for what to do with a real person. Okay, who’s F rst?”
After they had all had their turns, they cleared away the folding chairs and set up mats on the f oor.
“Okay, if you’ll all split up into pairs now,” Leslie said. “You can take turns practicing on a real person. Remember the key elements.
A-B-C. Airway, breathing, and circulation. Simulate the breathing, and don’t really press during the compressions. We don’t want any cracked ribs tonight!”
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