"Hang on." And without waiting for Sara to respond, knowing that she won't object to the delay, Mick slides a back board from beneath the thin mattress of the gurney. If the kid isn't in any shape to sit up or move on his own, even with a bad hand break, he doesn't want to risk jostling him.

"We slide it up under him. Then we lift." Keeping him more stable and getting that busted up arm more secure.

What? He's put enough people in ambulances and ridden in them enough to know where just about everything is.