Sentences with phrase «minute life or death»

It wasn't a 10 minute life or death situation, those are actually rare in birth situations.

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They are maybe five years old, these three moppets, and I hear Their bus groaning a ways behind me, but they are totally into sculpting Little hills and ridges of leaves, and I can hear them giggling, and in one Minute the bus will hold out its arms and absorb them, and the parade is Starting to move in front of me, but for another perfect instant I can hear And see them skiffling and giggling, and smell the sharp savory death of The brilliant leaves, and see the shoulder of the mom or aunt or neighbor In the lee of the apartment building, where she is just lighting a cigarette, And we get these moments all day long, don't we, we get them all month And week and year all our lives, such a flood and flow of them, too many To count, too many to endure, they are too generous and savory and holy, We could not bear to see and savor and sing them all; we would go blind.

Cord prolapse, abruption, meconium aspiration, an undetected congenital malformation... there is a long list of potential catastrophes where life or death can be decided in a matter of minutes.

Neonatal loss is the death of a baby shortly after birth, whether they lived for a few minutes or a few days.

It may be possible to reduce all - cause death rates among older adults, including those who are obese, by promoting regular physical activity, such as brisk walking for 30 minutes or more on most days of the week (about 8 kcal / kg per week), which will keep most individuals out of the low - fitness category.43 Enhancing functional capacity also should allow older adults to achieve a healthy lifestyle and to enjoy longer life in better health.

Three minutes into US Airways Flight 1549, Sully and co-pilot Jeffrey Skiles (Aaron Eckhart) had to make life - or - death decisions under extreme duress as their plane lost power.

The effect is not over some life - or - death last minute procedure, but of his debates with the doctor over his father's caffeine intake.

From the minute a dog or cat sets paw inside an animal control vehicle or shelter, the clock is ticking on decisions, procedures and practices that can spell health or illness, even life or death, for that animal.

When it comes to clinical roles, it is difficult, if not impossible, to capture all of the minute, yet life or death details that go into their everyday jobs.