and
This is engine 60. Respond in ambulance to us.
She's back here. It's a real mystery. She's got all the symptoms of a flu, but I've never
seen it in this bed before.
She's hot. About 102 or 103. What's her name?
Jenny.
She's drowsy. Diaphoretic.
Her rate's about 90. It's an infection of some kind.
Jenny, can you hear me? Do you have any pain anywhere or a headache?
My head hurts. My chest hurts, too.
When did this happen?
About an hour ago. No warning. It just collapsed into a chair and started shaking.
She vomited quite a bit before you got here, DeSoto.
Thanks, Donnelly.
PP's 110 over 82. Her respiration's okay.
You know what it is?
We ought to be able to find out soon enough.
It's got to be the Asian flu.
Rampart, this is rescue 51.
Go ahead, 51.
Rampart, we have a girl 24 years old, suffering from fever, chills, and nausea.
Also, a head and chest pain. She's somewhat drowsy.
The vital signs are BP 110 over 82, pulse 90.
Pupil's sluggish. She has diaphoretic.
The temperature is...hold on, Rampart. Coming up.
Temperature's 105.
Temperature's 105.
51, how long has she been like this?
A little less than an hour. Hit her all at once.
She's had no unusual diet or accident.
Also, she's had no history of ailment other than an occasional cold.
Start cooling measures and bring her in when you can.
10-4.
Yeah, let's transport.
Rescue 51, a word of caution.
Just in case whatever it is is contagious,
keep contact with the patient to an absolute minimum.
10-4.
I guess I'd rather stick to working fires than being a paramedic.
We'd better be going, don't we?
Sure would make a good pet, wouldn't he?
Mm.
10-4.
What do you got, John?
Infection of some kind.
Fever, chills, nausea, head and chest pains.
Spinal tap shows a slight elevation of pressure, too.
Besides the run-up, get virology to begin a cross-check against positive serum.
Right.
Temperature's 105. Sudden onset.
She was just fine at breakfast.
Have you ruled out malaria, encephalitis, brucellosis?
Symptoms are more similar to Asian flu, possibly rickettsial fevers.
What about polio?
She's had the vaccine.
What's her history?
Clean, except I'm not sure where she's been the past couple of months.
All over Southeast Asia.
A USO tour.
Jenny's a dancer. Got back a month ago.
She also spent a weekend camping since she got home.
Big bear.
So we're stuck with three possibilities.
A strain of Asian flu, A2 or worse, or some kind of tropical fever.
Typhus, malaria, Q fever.
Or a local rickettsial infection, like Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
What kind of protection did she have for her tour?
See if you can get her shot card.
With a USO, she'd have had a military service card.
All we can do is monitor until we hear from the lab.
Better get a blood smear for malaria.
If it is a straightforward malaria, or Rocky Mountain spotted fever,
we could begin treatment right now.
And if it isn't?
Did you get ahold of Dixie?
Yeah.
Jenny still has a high fever and she's drowsy.
The lab's been working 48 hours straight.
Can't find the virus. I got USC working on it.
I figure she's going downhill.
Poor kid.
I mean, it must be bad to be sick and not know what from.
Let's figure it out at Rampart.
In time?
Squad 51, person trapped.
336 Courtly Boulevard.
336 Courtly Boulevard, Cross Street, Bathurst, timeout 1115.
Squad 51, grab your wallets.
Come on, Hanson.
What do you got, Roy?
Don't know anything yet.
Over here. Over here, please.
It's my son, Mickey. He's upper sminere syndrome.
Disease of the inner ear?
Right. Well, that's what's wrong now.
Now, Mickey gets frequent attacks.
My husband tends to keep him close to home,
and Mickey doesn't like being treated like an invalid.
Well, as a result, well, you can see for yourself, he's...
he's up there.
He ran away again last night,
and I only discovered it this morning when he called out for help.
He's been silent now for a half hour.
I think it must be a severe attack.
I hope, please, help him.
Yes, ma'am.
Uh, Johnny, better call for an engine.
We're gonna need a Stokes.
Bob, can you give him a hand?
Sure thing.
He'll be terribly sick to his stomach.
Even the slightest movement is extremely irritating.
I don't know how you're gonna get him down without aggravating it.
Don't worry, ma'am. We'll get him down.
Mickey, please stay away from that trap door.
Please.
Hi, Mickey.
How you doing?
I can't hear you.
You're gonna be okay.
Now, you better turn on your side here.
Keep your eyes closed.
Make as little movement as possible, all right?
Johnny, I'm gonna need a sedation and IV
before we can move him out of here.
Also, get a line up here
and make fast a drug box on the end of it.
Okay.
Excuse me, ma'am.
He's only needed an IV once before.
It's only a precaution.
Plus, it's a good way to administer a sedative.
Deletation of the endolymphatic channels in the cochlea.
Correct?
See, I've been studying up on it.
All right, stay back.
Roy!
All right, Roy, it's coming up.
Can you take this over for me?
Thanks, Bob.
Rampart, this is rescue 51.
Rampart, this is rescue 51.
Go ahead, 51.
Rampart, we have a 14-year-old boy
who has some acute vertigo due to Meniere syndrome.
He is presently 30 feet off the ground in a treehouse.
Roy's up there with him now,
requesting IV and sedation.
Over.
Rescue 51, stand by.
Sally, check on Dr. Early or Dr. Morton.
We've got a field emergency.
Run away, Miss McCall.
Rescue 51, we'll have Doc here in just a minute.
Stand by.
10-4.
Johnny, I'm gonna need you up here!
Bob, can you monitor the radio for me?
Sure, Johnny.
Thanks.
Okay.
Rescue 51, this is Rampart.
Understand you've got a 14-year-old
with Meniere syndrome suffering vertigo.
That's affirmative, Rampart.
Who is this transmitting?
This is Deputy Pauling
from the L.A. County Sheriff's Department.
Your two paramedics are up a tree.
I'll relay your transmissions. Over.
10-4.
Can they start an IV in their present situation?
Also, is there a relative present
who knows the boy's history?
Affirmative on both, Rampart.
They've got the drug box up there right now,
and the boy's mother's standing right here next to me.
Okay, tell the Soto to start an IV with D5W.
Make sure he uses a plastic bag instead of a bottle,
and administer one ampule of Diasepam.
Half of it I am, and the rest of it IV.
Over.
10-4.
Hey, Roy, Rampart says you should start an IV using D5W,
and you should use a plastic bag, not a bottle.
Also, you should administer one ampule of, um...
Of what?
You need a barb?
No, it starts with a D.
Uh, Rampart, say again on last drug.
One ampule of Diasepam.
Half of it intramuscular, and the rest IV.
10-4.
Diasepam.
One ampule.
Half of it intramuscular, the rest IV.
Got it?
Yeah, got it.
They give them faster service here than they do at the clinic.
Yeah, well, those two guys are the best team in the business.
Oh.
Well, I'm sure glad the Gialotti's are on vacation.
They wouldn't appreciate all this in their backyard.
They say Vertigo has a psychological effect.
Makes you angry.
Oh, he's pretty calm now.
I guess this is old stuff to him.
Got a kid up in the tree fort, bad case of Vertigo.
Gage and De Soto are up there now.
They're gonna have to carry him down.
Will, I need a ladder, and we can use their stokes.
De Soto, you got a line up there?
Yo.
I'd just like to get a few facts, ma'am.
What is your son's full name?
Mickey.
Mickey.
Mickey.
Mickey.
Mickey.
Mickey.
Mickey.
Mickey.
Mickey.
Mickey.
Mickey.
What is your full name?
Mickey, I mean, Michael Bryden.
B-R-Y-D-O-N.
And his date of birth?
March 28th, 1958.
Yes.
And your full name is?
Mrs. Jean Bryden.
And this is 336 Courtly Boulevard.
Is that correct?
Yes.
All right, I want you to keep your arms in here.
I don't need to remind you to keep your eyes closed.
No, sir.
All right, take it easy. You'll be down no time.
I know you're moving.
Mickey.
Mickey, I promise.
I'll speak to your father about the operation.
You know, there's an acoustic nerve division that's sometimes successful.
They get to the vestibular portion intracranially.
They do?
I thought you studied it.
Yeah, well, I guess I didn't study it well enough.
The empty?
Yeah.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
EMT.
McCall in emergency.
We have a vertigo patient in four.
Can you send someone down?
All right, thanks.
Oh, Kell.
We just had a call from the lab at USC
repeating the same thing,
that Jenny's virus has no known counterpart anywhere.
How are they doing with their cultures?
Nothing yet.
The lab found an elevated white cell count in spinal fluid.
I've got a call in the Communiculacy Center in Atlanta.
The lab found an elevated white cell count in spinal fluid.
I've got a call in the Communiculacy Center in Atlanta.
The lab's preparing Jenny's blood samples to send off.
I've just been to see her.
She's going downhill fast.
My father would sure like something definite.
My father would sure like something definite.
So would her doctors.
Mrs. Smith, 65, please.
Tim said something about a new
super strain of Asian flu.
Super strain of Asian flu.
Whatever it is,
he didn't have it at lunchtime.
Are you his wife?
Yes, I'm Mrs. Tim Duntley.
My husband's a fireman.
Whatever he has, there's nothing to worry about, is it?
Well, we're not sure, Mrs. Duntley.
And worry never does any good anyway.
And worry never does any good anyway.
Better get him to isolation.
Joe, if he responded on the Jenny Hollister case,
we could be in for real trouble.
Whatever we've got, it's contagious.
Only nobody knows how contagious.
Better get on the phone to Atlanta.
Bring him up to date. I'll get Martin working on samples.
104.
Up a half a degree in five minutes.
Same.
Exactly the same, even to the speed.
On set, two to three hours.
Symptoms confusing.
Antidote unknown.
You're leaving out the worst part.
I wish I could.
Okay, Dix, time to hit the limited panic button.
I want everyone who came in contact with Jenny
in the past three days in for a checkup.
Everyone?
No choice. And, Dix, do it as smoothly as you can.
And whatever happens, don't let the press get it.
Not yet, anyway.
I especially want to see Gage and DeSoto
and any other firemen who came in contact with Jenny.
Also her father, the deputy on the case,
and the ambulance people.
And in the meantime, order code two quarantine for Jenny.
Let's keep her down here.
No need to spread it throughout Rampart.
Right away, Kel.
Atlanta needs more time.
They brought in Yale's arbovirus research team.
All they can say so far is that it's similar to the virus
that causes Bolivian fever.
Did you check their opinion on Otto Yuroksevang?
The effect unknown against a virus like ours.
They advise waiting.
Maybe they can convince him to stick around long enough.
I don't know.
They can't keep him around long enough.
Up another half.
It's 104 and a half.
He isn't going to wait.
Maybe it's time we took our own advice.
Isolation procedures from now on.
Squad 51, that's...
Squad 51, LA.
Squad 51.
Squad 51, we have a request from Rampart Hospital.
They want you in for a checkup.
It's urgent.
Uh, 104.
It's a little girl.
Swallowed a package of birth control pills.
Figured it would bring her a baby like a mother.
She must have misread the label.
But anyway, the family doctor just arrived
and everything's under control.
She's okay now.
Squad 51, what is your status?
LA, Squad 51.
Put us 10-8 to Rampart.
Squad 51.
Squad 51.
See you later, Vince.
See you.
I wonder what this is all about.
Could be about two paramedics who might have the plague.
I know that you've been exposed
the same length of time as Duntley
and I believe that you feel okay.
I'm only doing what Brack had ordered.
I want blood samples.
Wait a minute. What about you?
You're just as vulnerable as we are.
That's where you wrong gauge.
Aside from occasional teetzy fly,
nothing like this ever bothers my people.
You know, if they want to check us out,
whatever Jenny's got must really be contagious.
Yeah, they'll probably have to go through everybody
she's been in contact with for the past month.
Including our monkey.
I wonder where she got him.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
Probably the same place where she got her fever.
Hold on. You might have something.
Stat. Ident doctor in treatment room three.
Hey, Dr. Early. It's DeSoto of 51.
Apparently, Jenny Hollister brought back a pet monkey.
And Tim Duntley was playing with it the day they brought her in.
That's our first break.
Get someone in the Hollisters right away and bring it in.
Well, Mr. Hollister's in the cafeteria waiting for news of Jenny.
Find him. Take him along.
Only isolate the monkey as much as possible.
I'll tell Dr. Brackett and alert the lab.
We're gonna have the little guy picked up, and thanks for the tip.
Doctor, is Tim Duntley any better?
No. I'm sorry to say that Duntley's been placed on the danger list.
I'm sorry to hear that.
Well, no more than we are.
Take care.
What did he say about Tim Duntley?
He's just been put on the critical list.
You know...
I kind of played with that monkey, too.
No apparent pathology.
He could still be the carrier.
The question is, how does Cokie transmit whatever it is he's got?
Well, apparently Tim Duntley touched him.
Could be saliva-borne.
You can't rule out fleas. He's got a pound of them.
I'm gonna see what Jenny can tell us.
Better keep Cokie sealed off down here for now.
I'm gonna go get some water.
Nurse?
Don't try to talk now, Jenny.
But I need to know how's the fireman.
Sure and why aren't you wearing your mask?
Oh, I'm sorry, Doctor. I was...
You're taking an unnecessary chance.
Not just for your protection. You could be carrying something out of here.
How you doing, Jenny?
We've got Cokie down in the lab.
I wanted to ask you if he'd ever been sick.
Yes, just after I bought him.
Roger and I, that's the choreographer,
found him in a marketplace in Kuala Lumpur.
He was an orphan.
Then two days later he got a terrible cold.
Lasted a week.
Do you remember if he had a temperature?
I think so. And he threw up a lot.
He's all right now, isn't he?
Yes.
But we might have to...
There's a possibility we might have to put him away in order to do an autopsy.
You couldn't.
I don't know what I'd do without Cokie.
Jenny, Tim Dutley won't make it unless we find a cure for his fever fast.
Cokie might be our only chance.
If it'll save his life...
then you take Cokie.
It could help you too, Jenny.
I know.
You do what's best, Dr. Rackett.
Just got the latest lab report.
They finally isolated the virus.
Totally new strain, akin to Asian A3 flu.
How are you feeling, Jenny?
Pretty good. Thanks.
Trouble is, they've never seen anything like it before.
Neither here or Atlanta.
They've warned us to take every precaution.
They're hoping the newer anti-tumor drugs will work.
In the meantime, did they recommend I'd owe you oxygen?
Sorry, Cal.
Cal, you want to take a look at this and run away power more.
It's a hell of a mess. He's gonna need surgery immediately.
Will you handle it, Mike? I've got a patient who's critical.
Dr. Rackett, I know you have a lot on your mind.
No, not a lot. Just one lousy little virus.
I can't find anyone to tell me how Tim's doing.
Not very well, I'm afraid.
We've isolated the virus, but we can't find anything that'll stop it.
If you can't, he'll die?
Don't worry about me, Doctor.
I'm a fireman's wife. Remember?
I'm dead in one.
Can I have a doctor in treatment one?
Downhill.
I think we should start treatment.
I wish we knew of a treatment.
I know of one. I'd owe you oxygen.
Too much of a gamble.
Any more of a gamble than he's taking?
He's got one foot in the morgue already.
I'd know you'd put his other foot down there, too.
Or save his life.
Atlanta's gonna recommend a newer drug sooner or later.
They'll have no alternative.
Krasnagree, so do the people at the Med Center.
Trouble is, poor Duntley might not be around to play guinea pig.
We ought to wait for something more definite from the lab.
Give him another hour.
Ask him to do that, Joe. Not me.
There is an alternative.
We could put him on 200 milligrams of imatidine.
That might have worked when he was first exposed.
Now he'd be better off with a candy aspirin.
You watch.
They'll come through when it's too late.
They're doing their best, Kel.
It's not good enough.
Glad to see you still got the energy to eat.
Barely.
Any news?
Jenny's stable.
What about that young fireman?
I've seen patients in the worst condition.
And they've been dead.
Doctor, what's the matter?
I don't know. I was a little dizzy.
I always get a headache when I work too hard.
I think you deserve a night off.
There's some school kids coming in for a tour, Gage.
Oh, Kel, I'm bushed.
Roy's better with the kids. Let him do it.
Roy's filling out the log. Let's go.
Station 51, truck 210, man trapped on a scaffold.
Number 35, Roxborough Street West.
Number 35, Roxborough Street West.
Cross Street Young, time on 1531.
Station 51, 10-4.
Want some coffee?
I'd owe you Roxadine.
Pardon?
I'm gonna use it, Dix. Whether Atlanta approves or not.
I know Dr. Kresnel will understand. He might even agree.
Never happened, Kel.
The staff at the Med Center are against it.
Yale says no. Atlanta knows more than we do.
Nobody's dying in Atlanta.
Miss McCall, may I ask Alan?
What'd you say then again?
It just came in on the wire.
Amantadine dangerous and non-effective in doses above 100 milligrams.
Urgently suggest you stop treatment.
Our findings indicate out-of-uroxidine 50 milligrams to start,
increase at two-hour intervals most effective.
Thanks.
Atlanta says you're right.
I say to discontinue everything else.
How much? How soon can we begin?
Right away, 50 milligrams.
Start with Dudley, then Jenny.
I want precautionary shots for every...
Oh, Kel.
Just as he started to let himself down,
all of a sudden he just let out a yell and collapsed.
The block kind of jammed. He'd have gone all the way down again.
Slow it up a bit, will you?
What's holding the scaffold up now?
The line on the high side's okay, but the strain on it's gotta be terrible.
Sounds like a cardiac. We'd better move.
Listen, the ladder isn't gonna make it. We're gonna have to go over.
How about swinging him over and bringing him through a window?
No, we couldn't move that scaffold safely.
Hey, let me go. He's my friend.
We're paid for it. Come on, Johnny.
Let's rig a bullet on a bite.
Wait a minute. Repelling would be faster.
No, no. By the time we get an anchorman down there, it wouldn't.
Yeah, you're right.
Listen, you guys may be trained for a lot of things, but let me tell you something.
I've walked up and down the outside of more buildings you've ridden the elevators of.
Look, I can understand you wanting to help your friend.
Come on, Johnny. Let's go.
You want to take this line over to him?
Uh, no. Sitting it down.
Okay.
Okay.
Slack!
Hey, Johnny, are you okay?
Yeah!
I'm fine.
Engine 51, have the ambulance send up another stretcher.
Gage is in trouble.
10-4.
It won't work. Now, he's tangled, too.
I'm going to go over after him.
Make his line fast. I'm going to need you on mine.
You guys ought to leave this kind of work to people who do it every day.
Sometimes I wish we could.
More slack!
He's in full cardiac arrest.
Give me more slack!
All right, take out the slack. Let's move him out.
Okay, pull him up a bit.
All right, take him up slow.
Pull him up a bit.
All right.
All right.
Man, I think I got him.
Yeah, yeah, take it easy.
It's 103 in climbing.
I'm going to increase to 100 milligrams.
I know it's been less than two hours, but he seems to be getting worse.
We've got to do something to keep his temperature down.
Well, I'm with you, Joe, but I think you should have started at 150 milligrams.
Joe?
Yeah?
How are Jenny and Dudley doing?
Jenny's stable, but still serious. Dudley's slipping.
I knew we... I knew I should have started treatment sooner.
My hesitation might kill him.
Hi, Dix.
I never thought I'd be looking up at you from here.
Oh, that's only temporary.
This place would fall apart at the seams without you on the job.
I wouldn't say that.
Dix, has anybody else been?
Yes, Kel.
John gauges on his way in with 104 temperature.
Dr. Hoffman, 64, please.
Mrs. McCall?
Yeah.
Can you tell me how Tim is?
Well, I'm on my way to see him now, Maddie.
Dr. Morton said that he... that he...
No, he isn't responding to the drugs yet.
But the Hollister girl isn't going downhill.
We think she's built up some immunity being exposed to coquille for so long.
Some people have all the luck.
Maddie.
Maddie, listen to me.
Your husband is still alive,
and the doctors here and in three other labs across the country
are doing all they can to find an answer.
You won't do him any good by blaming it on luck.
What chance has he got?
If we got a little of that on her side,
it'll be okay.
All my married life I've been preparing for Tim to get burned to death
or choked, crushed.
Not for this.
I didn't bargain on some lousy virus.
None of us do.
Dr. Allen, 63.
Mrs. Smith, 65, please.
What happened to the cardiac arrest?
He didn't make it.
How's Johnny?
Not so good.
Where'd Dr. Brack hit?
Worse.
104 and climbing.
What about the others?
Johnny's stabilized.
Duntley's on his way out, I think.
Is anybody else kind?
Not yet.
Let's run 50 milligrams to start.
Does anybody know what causes it?
They've isolated the virus.
Something quite new.
Nobody knows how it's communicated.
Something to do with the monks.
They're all over the place.
What's the problem?
They're all over the place.
What's the problem?
They're all over the place.
What's the problem?
They're all over the place.
Nobody knows how it's communicated.
Something to do with the monkey.
What was his temperature?
104, steady.
Not anymore.
It's up a full degree.
Increase the dosage to 100.
Fireman Roy DeSoto?
Yeah.
I'll pass that on.
Tim Duntley just died.
Let's go.
Let's go.
Get the warden for me, will you, Roy?
Come on, Maddie.
Let it out.
Not today.
Maybe tomorrow, the day after.
Maddie, I'm sorry.
Me too, Roy.
Just don't let anyone else die, huh?
Dr. Morton, Dr. Early wants to see you.
Your gauge is getting worse.
I think you should go.
I think you should go.
Thank you.
Sharon.
Yes, doctor.
I've been carrying the virus for over a month,
and it hasn't killed her yet.
Yes?
She's built up a certain immunity to it, hasn't she?
She's pretty sick herself, doctor.
Yes, yes, but the least sick of all of us.
Sharon, I need Dr. Early as fast as you can.
He mumbled something about Jenny having immunity.
She will have, but only if she's luckier than Tim Duntley.
Yes, Kel?
Joe, listen.
Listen, why can't we use Jenny, sir?
It won't work, Kel.
Sure it will.
Only when she's better.
She's still running 101.
Sure, her blood serum is developing antibodies against the virus,
but they're still living.
Dr. Allen, 63.
Stat, ident doctor in treatment room 3.
Dr. Allen, 63.
Oh, I was hoping I'd see you.
Oh, sit down, please.
No, I just wanted to tell you that Mickey's doing fine,
and the doctors say there's a good chance the operation will cure him.
I really just wanted to thank you, and thank your partner for me.
Yes, ma'am.
Stat, ident doctor in treatment room 3.
He's okay, and I have to listen.
Well, now, that kind of talk's not going to help him.
Yeah.
Yeah, you're right.
Is he okay, Johnny?
Fading.
Dr. Brackett, too.
Only your daughter seems to be showing some signs of recovery.
Miss Jones, receptionist, please.
Your partner's waiting for you out in the squad.
My temporary partner.
Has Atlanta found out anything more yet?
Only a new name for the virus.
In honor of your monkey friend.
Officially, it's the coquie fever virus.
That's fitting enough.
Poor little coquie was the only one to get it before I did.
Except for Roger, I guess.
What did she say?
She said except for Roger.
Who's Roger?
He's the choreographer with our dance troupe.
He's the one who helped me buy coquie.
Was he sick, Jenny, like you've been?
But he got better so quickly, I'd forgotten about it.
Cal, you hit it.
Jenny's still too sick, but her choreographer isn't,
and he had the same bug.
We can use his serum.
He can't hear you, doctor.
We'll do it soon enough.
Roger, the fact that you've had a mild case of the infection
and recovered means you've built up an immunity.
And we can transfer that immunity.
Yes, Rampart General will cover that.
You just call him, we'll meet you.
As fast as you can.
The lives of two good friends of mine are at stake.
He's on his way.
So anyway, there I was, 500 feet straight up in the air
on this crane.
We were just inching across, hand over hand.
Hey, Johnny.
How you feeling?
Oh, not bad, not bad.
Of course, I'm still awfully weak.
Boy, it was rough.
I'll tell you what's really rough, and I'm not going to lie.
I'm not going to lie.
Boy, it was rough.
And that's having young Romeo here as a roommate.
You know, maybe I shouldn't say this,
but he was sure a lot easier to live with
when he was still in a coma.