there were a lot of them , and you had to do them all : speak to them , raise an arm , check the pulses including the one behind the ear , check for breath with a mirror ... and she 'd always been so nervous about getting them wrong that the first time she 'd had to go out to deal with someone who looked dead-a young man who 'd been in a horrible sawmill accident-she 'd done every single test , even though she 'd had to go and find his head .