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I suppose I should not have been surprised; I knew that Bill had worked in
heavy construction-for a space habitat, that means p-suit work, with safety
drills and training. But it's not enough to be trained; in a clutch it takes
some smarts and a cool head to apply even the best of training.
Bill showed us what he had done, not to boast of it, but because he
realized that some of it might have to be done over:
In sealing Auntie's suit in a hurry he had not been able to get at the
wound in her arm to stop bleeding, and did not know whether or not it had been
cauterized by the bum. If she was bleeding, that suit would have to be opened
again, a pressure bandage applied to the wound, then the suit closed again-
fast! In view of the location-an arm-the only way to do this would be to cut the
suit fabric to make a larger hole, get at the arm and stop the bleeding, patch
the bigger hole, and wait counted seconds for one endless minute before
subjecting the patched suit to pressure.
There is a very narrow limit on how long a patient can take vacuum. Auntie
was old and wounded and had had it done to her once today. Could she take it
twice?
There was no question of opening her helmet. The bolt that had hit her
there had carved a slice into the top of the helmet but not into her head-else
we would not have been considering whether or not to open her sleeve
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