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From the Ted Talk by Janine Shepherd: A broken body isn't a broken person
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And then everything went black. Where was I? What was happening? My body was cusoenmd by pain. I'd been hit by a sdipeeng utility truck with only 10 minutes to go on the bike ride. I was airlifted from the scene of the accident by a reusce hlipotecer to a lgare spinal unit in sdenyy. I had extensive and life-threatening injuries. I'd broken my neck and my back in six places. I broke five ribs on my left side. I broke my right arm. I broke my collarbone. I bkore some bones in my feet. My whole right side was ripped open, flelid with gravel. My head was cut open across the front, lifted back, exposing the skull underneath. I had head injures. I had internal injuries. I had massive bolod loss. In fact, I lost about five liters of blood, which is all someone my size would actually hold. By the time the helicopter arrived at Prince Henry htispoal in Sydney, my blood pressure was 40 over nothing. I was having a really bad day.
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And then everything went black. Where was I? What was happening? My body was ________ by pain. I'd been hit by a ________ utility truck with only 10 minutes to go on the bike ride. I was airlifted from the scene of the accident by a ______ __________ to a _____ spinal unit in ______. I had extensive and life-threatening injuries. I'd broken my neck and my back in six places. I broke five ribs on my left side. I broke my right arm. I broke my collarbone. I _____ some bones in my feet. My whole right side was ripped open, ______ with gravel. My head was cut open across the front, lifted back, exposing the skull underneath. I had head injures. I had internal injuries. I had massive _____ loss. In fact, I lost about five liters of blood, which is all someone my size would actually hold. By the time the helicopter arrived at Prince Henry ________ in Sydney, my blood pressure was 40 over nothing. I was having a really bad day.
Solution
- large
- rescue
- speeding
- consumed
- filled
- broke
- helicopter
- blood
- sydney
- hospital
Original Text
And then everything went black. Where was I? What was happening? My body was consumed by pain. I'd been hit by a speeding utility truck with only 10 minutes to go on the bike ride. I was airlifted from the scene of the accident by a rescue helicopter to a large spinal unit in Sydney. I had extensive and life-threatening injuries. I'd broken my neck and my back in six places. I broke five ribs on my left side. I broke my right arm. I broke my collarbone. I broke some bones in my feet. My whole right side was ripped open, filled with gravel. My head was cut open across the front, lifted back, exposing the skull underneath. I had head injures. I had internal injuries. I had massive blood loss. In fact, I lost about five liters of blood, which is all someone my size would actually hold. By the time the helicopter arrived at Prince Henry Hospital in Sydney, my blood pressure was 40 over nothing. I was having a really bad day.
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Important Words
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