TOLEDO, Ohio — Licensed practical nurse Hailey Clinton says Friday night was one of the most traumatic and adrenaline-pumping situations she's ever been in after helping save two children from a deadly Fulton County car crash Friday night.
Clinton was able to share the harrowing experience she faced as she happened to drive upon the scene shortly after it happened. She says she is thankful she was in the right place at the right time.
Clinton was taking her daughter to her dad's house when she and her wife noticed shimmering glass on the road.
Once they reached the car the parents were traveling in, she said the mother was already dead. She said the younger child was nonresponsive when they pulled her out. The girl had a contusion to the left side of her skull causing it to swell.
"I couldn't even open her left eye to see her pupil," Clinton said. "I later got her on the grass and immediately put my fingers in her mouth to make sure her airways were open, and I started CPR."
She performed the life-saving measures until EMS arrived at the scene to take the girl and her sister to the hospital.
"That little baby, she just was fighting for air and life the whole time," Clinton said. "It felt like a lifetime before EMS finally showed up, but I think it was like five minutes."
Clinton said she later found out she was the only nurse on the scene until authorities arrived and took over.
She said the experience was terrifying, but it did not stop her from stepping in and using her expertise.
"It's almost like your intuitions as a nurse, they just kick in full force and you just do what you have been trained to do," Clinton said. "Because she was just so small and just so fragile that I had to help this baby."
WTOL 11 spoke to the family of the two young girls who say they are currently in medically induced comas. The family says they are thankful Clinton was there to help save the girl's life.