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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

  1. large
  2. rescue
  3. speeding
  4. consumed
  5. filled
  6. broke
  7. helicopter
  8. blood
  9. sydney
  10. 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.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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internal injuries 2
spinal cord 2
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Important Words

  1. accident
  2. airlifted
  3. arm
  4. arrived
  5. bad
  6. bike
  7. black
  8. blood
  9. body
  10. bones
  11. broke
  12. broken
  13. collarbone
  14. consumed
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  16. day
  17. exposing
  18. extensive
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  20. feet
  21. filled
  22. front
  23. gravel
  24. happening
  25. head
  26. helicopter
  27. henry
  28. hit
  29. hold
  30. hospital
  31. injures
  32. injuries
  33. internal
  34. large
  35. left
  36. lifted
  37. liters
  38. loss
  39. lost
  40. massive
  41. minutes
  42. neck
  43. open
  44. pain
  45. places
  46. pressure
  47. prince
  48. rescue
  49. ribs
  50. ride
  51. ripped
  52. scene
  53. side
  54. size
  55. skull
  56. speeding
  57. spinal
  58. sydney
  59. time
  60. truck
  61. unit
  62. utility