That calm decision under pressure saved the boy’s life. In less than 10 minutes, the boy was stabilized and headed not toward the nearest hospital but to the best trauma center in the area. One member took the children aside and reassured them while the others attended to their little brother, Will. Rick and other crew members calmed the children by explaining what was happening. Still, the boy’s siblings were in the room, and the situation could have quickly turned to panic. Luckily, the adult babysitter was a nurse. He had fallen over a railing and landed hard on his head, fracturing his skull. But when paramedic Rick Allgood arrived, he found a 7-year-old boy unconscious. That was the case when a call came into an Indiana station about an injured person.
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