A terrible accident on the Beltline in the dead of night. A 7-year-old child is thrown from the back seat of a car.
Paramedics arrive, assess the child’s condition, and one of them calls University Hospital’s trauma center to report that the child is bleeding from the mouth and ears. They expect to get him to the hospital in 10 minutes.
The nurse who takes the call consults with a physician, and they determine that the child is suffering from a massive head injury, and the wheels are set in motion.