Chapter3, sections 1 through 13 Summary

At Orange County General Hospital, Hatch is taken to the Resuscitation Medicine Project overseen by Dr. Jonas Nyebern. The other members of the resuscitation team are Helga Dorner, a circulating nurse, Gina Delilo, an RN and surgical tech, and Dr. Ken Nakamura and Dr. Kari Dovell. They work together whenever there's a victim who qualifies for the resuscitation procedure. In Hatch's case, the fact that he drowns in very cold water and had few other injuries makes him a prime candidate, better than the typical victim who has suffered some trauma. There is a pause in the action as Dr. Nyebern debates whether Hatch is likely to be resuscitated with no ill effects, having been clinically dead for almost an hour. Nyebern finally makes the decision to go forward. Over the next hours, the team works to revive Hatch...