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E.: My friend isn't breathing.
O.: How long has your friend not been breathing?
E.: I don't know.
O.: Can you estimate for me? One minute? Five minutes?
E.: Two or three minutes, I think.
O.: Okay. How old is your friend?
E.: Twenty-eight, I think. Or nine.
O.: Nine years old?
E.: Twenty-nine years old.
O.: How did you notice that your friend wasn't breathing?
E.: She was pale. Now she's blue!
O.: Calm down, calm down. Has your friend taken any strange medicines or eaten anything unusual lately?
E.: No, no. I don't think so. No.
O.: No allergic reactions to, say, a bee sting?
E.: No.
O.: Maybe a horsefly bite?
E.: No!
O.: Do you see any food lodged in your friend's throat?
E.: Um. Hang on.
O.:
E.: No, but --
O.: Okay, I'm going to send an ambulance.
E.: Don't bother. I can't find her pulse.
O.: No pulse? Huh. All I deal with are breathing difficulties. Let me transfer you to the No Pulse emergency hotline. Please hold.
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