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surgery by the numbers(challenge by the numbers)

“COME ON PEOPLE THERE ARE 3 TRAUMA VICTIMS IN BAY ONE , THEY NEED 2 GURNEYS AT STATION 15 AND YOU 3 NEED TO GET TO AID STATION 7 ,24 AND 9 , NOW MOVE
“Now should we proceed with the replacement of the new 7192 valve?”
“Yeah this only the 25th time i have done this surgery in 90 days. i could do it with 1 eye.”
The surgeons daydreams in his own world while muscles takeover “3 dogs got 6 flea packs each that is 18, that means that i’ll run out of the 7 bags of dog food i bought 9 days ago, 14 days before the 18 flea containers and i’ll make an extra trip 19 miles to the vet.”
DOCTOR NUMERALO YOUR PREP IS FLOPPING IN 17 HER PRESSURE IS 37
7 UNIT OF EPINEPHRAM AND PULL AN INTERN FROM 17 TO CLOSE THIS 1 NOW

1 hour later.
“She can’t be dead she can’t be..Chief there were so many numbers flying… i could have sworn you said 17 units.”

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