文档介绍:9、At the Critical Moment
Looks like they'll drift right off1 to sleep, Jennifer Jackson thought with a smile as she snapped her 17-month-old son Noah and daughter Cassidy, three, into their car seats.
Taking advantage of the bright afternoon, the 31-year-old mom had brought her kids to a park near their quickly fell asleep as she began to drive, and Jennifer hoped a little extra sleep was all he 'd been unusually clingy2 since the morning,wanting to be held and crying if she put him back in the stroller3.
Jennifer had driven just a few miles when she heard a strangled4 screech5 from the back seat of the car. Noah's eyes were rolled back in his head! His face was contorted6, and his body and head jerked from side to side, slamming him violently against the seat!
“ Noah!” she screamed, swerving7 the car across two lanes and bringing it to a stop on the shoulder8.
Jennifer burst out of the car, tore open the back door and pulled Noah from his car seat. He was still shaking, and his skin was scalding9 to her touch.
You have to be calm, she told herself. She tried the only life saving techniques she knew-CPR10 and the Heimlich maneuver11-but neither seemed to help.
She looked down the road. Cars whizzed by to their destinations, seemingly oblivious12 that her baby desperately needed help. And yet, Jennifer sensed, in that line of cars lay her o