Any time you're ready.
All right, hang on a sec.
Okay, you can try it now.
A natural born talent on that horn.
No, I'm serious.
You could make a fortune at it.
Please.
I'm not going to do it.
You can do it.
I'm not going to do it.
I'm serious. You could make a fortune at it.
Playing concerts?
I can see it now.
John Gage, the auto horn hyphids.
Tonight only.
Jack.
Well, for a guy with no musical talent at all, this could be a great career.
Battalions one and seven.
Call the mechanical engineer, Elly Otis.
That was not a good thing to do.
Why is that?
I know him.
I know that look.
You just started something, you're going to live to regret.
As a matter of fact, we all will.
We will what?
Squad 51, man collapsed at Snyder's nursery.
1192 East Lancashire Boulevard.
Cross Street, Farragut, timeout 951.
Squad 51, 10-4, KMG 36 foot.
Are you the one who called?
Yes, it's my dad. He's awfully sick.
He doesn't have a regular doctor.
I didn't know what else to do.
Excuse me?
He's shaking all over. He can't get his breath.
Please hurry. I had to leave Larry with him.
He's really scared.
Who's Larry?
My cousin. He works for us.
They'll take care of him now.
I'm sorry.
He'll be all right, won't he?
Well, no more we examine.
Has he had any recent illnesses?
Well, he hasn't been feeling too well lately.
Like how?
You know, fatigue, aching muscles.
Well, has he had any history of heart disease, allergies, injuries, history of epilepsy?
No.
He cut his hand.
He did it a couple weeks ago.
He was splitting cans on some lemon trees.
He didn't tell me.
But he wouldn't. He'd think it unimportant.
Slumbar muscles are rigid.
Larry, you go watch for the ambulance.
I had them send one.
Okay, good.
Rampart, this is rescue 51.
Larry, do as I ask.
Rampart, this is rescue 51.
Larry's home is such a bad scene.
We've sort of taken him in.
My dad's been like a second father to him.
Keep him alive, please.
51, this is Rampart. Go ahead.
Rampart, we have a male, approximately 45.
No recent history of illness or allergies.
He's stuporous, stiffness of jaw.
He has rigidity of the facial muscles, sternocleidomastoid muscle.
Abdominal and lumbar muscles also rigid.
Rampart, spasms are occurring.
He's having difficulty breathing.
All the vital signs seem to be normal.
51, insert an esophageal airway.
Has the patient had any recent cuts or lacerations?
10-4, Rampart.
Yes, he has.
About two weeks ago, a cut on his hand.
It is infected.
The patient also works in a greenhouse nursery.
51, has the patient ever had a tetanus shot?
I don't know.
I think he may have a long time ago when I was a kid.
I can't remember.
Rampart, we don't know.
Tetanus?
Oh, dear God, no.
Rampart, muscle spasms are occurring again.
Administer D5WIV.
10-4, Rampart.
Standing by.
51, as soon as the patient's condition stabilizes,
I want him brought in.
You will avoid any unnecessary movement or noise.
10-4, Rampart.
Thanks, Dex.
They'll be set up in two by the time they get here.
He's ready to go watch that esophageal airway.
Hey, is Roy going to be all right?
No, we're taking him right to the hospital.
He's going to be well taken care of there.
I'm going with you.
No, no, I don't think you can.
You can come with me.
Betty, what's wrong with him?
Tell me.
They think it's tetanus.
Lockjaw.
Our gardener died of tetanus.
A little prick from a roast thorn.
He died.
Larry, he is not going to die.
Look, they've given him medicine.
They're going to do everything they can.
If he dies, what's going to happen to me?
Stop it.
He's the only family we have.
Give him 5,000 units of human tetanus antitoxin.
I am.
This area around the cut will infiltrate with the antitoxin,
then excise and debride.
How's he doing?
We're controlling the spasms with diazepam.
We're going to have to do a temporary trach
to help his respiration.
His daughter and nephew are waiting.
What's the prognosis?
It's touch and go, Dix.
His chances are 50-50.
Ready, Mike?
Ready.
Thank you so much.
How long before we know anything?
Hey, kid.
Hey, you look like he was in pretty bad shape.
You look pretty sick, poor little guy.
Dr. Baker, outside call, please.
May I help you?
I guess so.
Is it your son?
Yes, ma'am.
Donald's real bad.
Boyd here didn't want to bring him in,
but he just ain't getting no better.
I'm awful worried.
Come on over here.
I'll have to get some information from him.
Tell me, did he become ill all of a sudden?
He'd been sickly ever since we'd come to Los Angeles.
But this morning, it got lots worse.
He had a cramp so bad, he couldn't set up.
Lynn, this child is going to be admitted.
Would you get all the info from Mr. Clements?
Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Clements.
Mr. Clements.
Yes, Ms. McCall, as soon as I finish this report.
Well, that report can wait.
This child is very ill.
We're here to take care of people first.
I'll get back to you.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
Fill this form out, please.
Here.
You can write.
Yes, ma'am.
I can write.
Dr. Cantor, treatment room four.
I'm afraid I was right.
Yeah, I'm not quite sure.
How'd that happen?
Do you live in an old apartment building?
Yes, sir.
It's just a little place.
Boyd don't have a job yet, but I'm working part-time as a waitress.
You ain't got to tell him all that, Mary Kate.
Dr. Early isn't trying to pry.
He just wants to help your boy.
Yes, ma'am.
Did you ever notice Donald chewing on the windowsills?
Oh, well, yes, sir, I did.
And I've been trying to stop him from doing that,
but he's teething now.
What are you getting at, anyway?
Mr. Clements has some of these older apartments.
There's lead paint, layers of it,
under the new latex-type paints.
Children teething often chew through the older paint,
ingest it, and become ill.
How bad?
Well, it depends upon the amount of lead ingested.
Judging from the lab report,
Donald received a relatively mild dose.
Then he should get well, right?
I don't know if his injuries are good,
but I want to start treatment at once.
We'll have to keep him here for a little while.
For how long?
Until the poison's completely out of his system.
Please, Boyd.
If they can take care of Donald, we can't.
I don't know. I'll think about it.
Boyd, this is our son we're talking about.
He's all we're ever gonna be able to have.
I know that.
Boyd. Boyd.
I'll take care of it, Joe.
We'll start with an oral dose of magnesium sulfate.
Yes, doctor.
Dr. Adler wanted in surgery.
Come on with me.
Now, what's the trouble? Money?
It ain't Boyd's fault.
He's worked hard.
We just couldn't seem to get ahead back in Pony Cove,
and it took nearly everything we had to come west.
Will you listen to me?
No one has ever been turned away from Rampart General.
It's a county hospital and accepts all patients.
Even if they can't pay?
I don't know.
Boyd don't like taking charity.
Back home, they call that rocking chair money.
Well, now, what's just more important to him?
His pride or his son's life?
Oh, Boyd, it's just gonna have to come around.
That's all there is to it.
Donald's the only child I can have.
And believe me, he's gonna live.
We done signed him in, haven't we?
Yes.
Then he'll stay here till I sign him out.
And we'll do everything we can for Donald and Mary Kate.
Just have to trust us.
Listen, ma'am, I do.
Good.
Well?
He's ours.
Never underestimate the power of a woman's love, Joe.
Do you think there'll be any permanent brain damage?
I can't say at this stage.
But there's something else that worries me just as much.
Yeah?
How old would you say Donald is?
Oh, two and a half, three.
According to the records his parents gave us,
he's four years and nine months.
But he's so little.
Too little.
I'm gonna have to run some more tests.
And I'll need his parents' permission.
Correction?
You'll need his father's permission.
Why bagpipes?
Can you think of anything more irritating
the way he plays it?
No.
Remember what we were talking about?
I mean, you understand now, Roy?
Roy?
Johnny, you want to come here for a minute?
Johnny?
What?
Look, can you stuff cotton in that thing?
Well, then I can't hear it.
Yeah, well, that's the whole point.
See, we're all gonna be deaf within a week.
You gotta find something else to play.
I just got it.
What's something else?
Harmonica, tambourine, anything.
You know, maybe you're right.
My mouth tastes like an old wallet.
My lungs are shot.
Well, there are hundreds of other musical instruments.
Yeah.
Yeah, there are.
Station 51.
Power pole hit by truck. Wires down.
Northridge and Beaumont.
1421.
Natural Disaster
Looks like the brakes fell and just rolled down the hill.
I don't know where the driver is.
We'll have those wires cut in a minute.
You'd think the driver would be looking for his truck by now, wouldn't you?
Yeah.
Hey, here he is over here.
Watch his head. Watch...
Marco?
He's cold.
I need blankets and a data scope.
Right. He must have hit his head when the truck collided with a pole.
Showing some irregularity. We'll patch him up from EKG.
D-13 requesting ambulance Northridge and Beaumont. Roger, D-13.
Rampart, we have a male patient, approximate age 25.
He's unconscious. He's got a possible concussion.
A victim was trapped in a wrecked ice cream truck.
The vital signs are blood pressure, 130 over 60, pulse 60, respiration 20.
We're setting up an EKG now. We stand by.
The pulse is increasing.
Ambulance on the way. He gonna be okay?
Yeah, he'll live.
Bet he doesn't eat any ice cream for a long time.
Hello.
Well, hello. How's your father?
Better, thanks.
We found out Dad did have a tetanus shot a long time ago. That helped.
Good. Is he gonna have to stay here for very much longer?
Afraid so.
Listen, how would you like to have a cup of coffee?
I should get on back to the nursery. Larry hasn't visited yet.
Just a half cup?
Okay.
Listen, do you know anything about musical instruments?
What kind?
Any kind.
Well, I did play the trombone in the high school band.
I don't believe you.
Now, you stay out of this, Mary Kate. I listened to you once.
You authorized the test, Mr. Clements.
That's because I didn't understand exactly what you wanted him for.
If I had, you'd have never gotten my permission.
It's not only my conclusion.
Dr. Zachary, a specialist in pediatrics, has verified the results.
First you tell me my boy may have suffered brain damage caused by some kind of lead poisoning.
Now you tell me he's gonna be a dwarf, some kind of freak.
You misinterpreted what I said.
Donald's responding very well to treatment.
The chances of permanent brain damage are very slight.
There's also a cure for deprivation dwarfism.
Well, I want to know how it got that way.
And I want to know who brought it on.
We don't know.
We'd have to have the child's complete history up to now.
Well, you say there's a cure. What is it?
Yes, we'd give Donald injections of growth hormones.
This is fairly recent development. It's proven highly effective.
Where do these growth hormones come from?
From the pituitary glands of cadavers.
You mean dead people?
Yes, Mr. Clements.
Dead people who can still help the living.
No, sir. I won't allow it.
Now, Boyd...
No, sir!
Now I see why you let our boy in here free.
So she could turn him into some kind of guinea pig.
You know he can't get no money out of us, so now you're trying for flesh and blood.
Now you get your stuff together, Mary Kate. We're leaving.
No!
Now, I'm not gonna take Donald out of here, Boyd.
I can tell he's getting better.
And I want my son to grow up well and strong and tall, Boyd.
Can't you see nothing?
He ain't no little boy to him.
He's just some kind of animal he can experiment on.
Mr. Clements...
The greatest satisfaction I have is to see a child or an adult go out of here.
As your wife just said, well and strong.
But you're free to remove your son any time you want to.
Now, Boyd, you promised me that they could take care of him.
Just until the lead poison is cured. After that, we're taking him out of here.
Now, get your stuff together. We're leaving.
Now, don't you make me tell you again.
Now, let's go home.
Up here! Up here!
Up here! Up here! Please, hurry!
This way. Over here.
Is she still conscious?
No, sir. She collapsed in the nurse's arms.
We couldn't even find the pulse.
Get back, girls. Back, girls!
Come on, now. Move back.
Come on. Back, back.
You'll have to move back or else.
You stay back now.
She just collapsed right in my arms.
She was mumbling and dizzy and then she just fainted.
What's she on, do you know?
Reds, I'd guess. I don't know. We've got this terrible problem around here.
But this is the worst, though.
You want to hold this, please?
Yes, of course.
What does she need to take?
Oh, Edith. Get her purse. Hurry.
Rampart, this is rescue 5-1.
Rampart, this is rescue 51.
Sally, get Dr. Brackett and 301 Stant.
Right away, Miss McCall.
51, this is Rampart Bayes. Doctor on the way.
Rampart, we have a 15-year-old female unconscious at a high school.
There's no apparent injuries.
There's a possible overdose. We're attempting to find out what kind of an OD.
Mrs. Loring, I know she bought a dozen reds this morning. I was with her.
A dozen, huh? Are there any left in that purse?
None. She must have taken them all.
Oh, my dear God.
She was in a bad space. I tried to talk her out of it.
She promised she wouldn't take them all at once.
I lent her some money.
Rampart, a patient is probably OD'd on secobarbital.
Possibly a dozen.
51, can you send me the vitals?
Hold for vital signs, Rampart.
Carol, are we set up in four?
No, heart attack victim, but I could set up two for you.
All right, good.
Rampart, vital signs are respirations down 4 to 6 per minute.
Falls down to 35. BP, AD over 43.
She's not responsive to pain. The pupils are reactive.
51, start an IV with D5W. Is she on O2?
10-4 on D5W. Affirmative on O2.
51, insert an esophageal airway and hook up her an EKG.
10-4.
Not good?
No, not good at all. Heart rate's about 40.
Ventricular rhythm.
51, piggyback isopateronol.
1 milligram to 500 cc's D5W.
10-4, Rampart.
Rampart, rescue 51.
Condition is more stable. Color is better.
We're still supporting respiration.
Heart rate is now 70. Ambulance is now at scene.
51, continue to transmit EKG and transport as soon as you can.
10-4, Rampart.
51, what's your ETA?
We're a couple of minutes away from the hospital.
10-4, we're all set up. Get her in here stat.
Stand by with oxygen, Dale.
Get her.
Get a barb level, Dick.
Her rate's up to 76. Sign us with him.
Bolus lidocaine, 50 milligrams.
B-spib, paddles, Mike.
Let's go 200 with her.
On 200.
Clear.
Go.
No conversion.
Clear.
Go.
Make it 400.
400, good.
Clear.
All right.
They said my daughter Beth was down here.
Mrs. Rogers?
Yeah, that's me. Where's Beth?
Dumb nurse at the high school tried to tell me my daughter's on drugs.
She don't know nothing about no drugs.
Oh, are you the doctor?
Yes, ma'am.
I'm Mrs. Rogers. I want to see my baby.
I'm so sick of this nonsense about drugs and pills.
Is she in here?
Mrs. Rogers, your daughter died about five minutes ago...
from an overdose of cecobarbital.
Are you kidding?
You gotta be kidding. She...
Man, I cannot believe the look on that woman's face.
She did not believe that her daughter was on drugs.
I don't think she'll ever have the courage to admit that to herself.
Then she'll have to admit she might have been at fault.
And a lot of parents can't live with that.
My parents weren't that indifferent.
Neither were mine.
But we're living in another age, Johnny.
Yeah, I know.
You know, sometimes I look at my kids...
and I wonder whether I'm doing right by them.
Engine 51, squad 51, manned vehicle.
Engine 51, squad 51, man injured in glider landing.
Simmons farm, on Lawson Roo.
Cross Street, Malcolm, timeout 1512.
Squad 51, 10-4.
How's he doing?
Seems all right.
Except for banging his nose on the instrument panel.
I'm stuck. What?
Stuck. Stuck.
Why don't you lean your head back a little bit?
Let me take a look there.
Noice, please.
Where'd you come in from?
Elsinore.
I got caught in an updraft, you know.
It was my first solo flight.
I guess I must have panicked.
You better radio in. Let him know he's all right.
I'll need some information.
Huh? Oh, yeah, well, my name is Homer Breedlove.
And the rest of the information can wait till you get me out of here.
You mean the guy who was in the car?
The rest of the information can wait till you get me out of here.
You mean you can't get out of here?
I seem to be jammed in somehow.
My legs are all twisted around.
What do you think?
Well, better cut him out, maybe.
Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
Oh, no, no, no, no cutting, no.
Hey.
Time is running out.
Call the mechanical engineer at the office.
10-4-1-4-1.
ETA gas company, 10 minutes.
What, is he stuck?
Sure is.
Ah.
Oh, no, we're not gonna be able to get him off this way.
Oh, why don't you try pulling? Come on. Come on.
You know, you see, you might have an internal injury
or a minor concussion or something.
Yeah, look, I got a nosebleed, that's all.
And you're not gonna cut any of this sailplane.
It isn't mine. Come on.
I can do it.
Ah.
Yeah, okay.
Okay, okay, okay.
Okay, okay.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Whoa.
Oh.
I guess I'm gonna have to lose some weight.
What?
I said I guess I'm gonna have to lose some weight.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
Yeah, I guess so.
You might try learning how to fly one of these things
while you're at it.
Shh.
Dr. Thompson, emergency area.
Well, I'll open this up.
You know where I can find Dr. Early?
Yes, Dr. Early's just gone down to emergency treatment.
Which way?
Oh, you can't see him just now.
All right, then I'll just wait if that's all right.
Why don't you come with me?
Okay.
Dr. Early, I come to get my boy.
Sorry, Clement, you'll have to wait.
Dr. Marcus, admission desk.
Bill, can?
What?
Is that someone in your family?
My son.
He and my wife were driving back from the supermarket
and some drunk broadsided them.
Oh, my.
I'm terribly sorry.
How's your boy doing?
My wife's in recovery.
Pundesodamia.
She may have to have plastic surgery.
My son.
Dr. Early doesn't know.
My son's only seven years old.
Do you know Dr. Early?
Sort of.
Is he a good doctor? I mean, is he your doctor?
He's taking care of my boy Donald.
I mean, my boy was real bad.
Hey, but don't you worry.
I mean, he brought my boy through just fine.
That's good to know.
Some of these doctors are quacks, you know.
That's a fact.
Oh, I'm sorry. You had business with Dr. Early.
Oh, I don't matter.
I mean, him taking care of your boy.
Well, that's what counts.
Dr. Mendez, receiving room.
Boy. Boy, honey, it's been hours.
What are you doing here?
Dr. Early's in there.
Honey, I'd like you to meet...
Harry Matthews.
Mr. Matthews, my wife Mary Kate.
Hello.
Pleased to meet you.
Dr. Early's working on Mr. Matthews' boy.
His boy got hurt real bad in a car wreck.
Oh, I'm sorry.
Dr. Reed, outpatient area.
Boy, you still got the papers?
Yeah, I got them.
We start the hemorrhaging.
This condition is stabilized.
Will he live, doctor?
He's a pretty strong little fellow.
He'll have a fighting chance.
Thank you.
Dr. Feldman, treatment room 4.
Now, Mr. Clements, what is it?
You're here to take your son out, right?
No, sir.
You keep my boy here until he's well.
And I mean all well, you hear?
I hear.
Boy.
I ain't all that smart, doctor.
But I ain't no fool.
Come on.
You know, Dicks,
some days I'm glad I ate all those peanut butter sandwiches
to get through med school.
Would you like an ice...
ice cream? We have tons of them.
No, thanks.
Gage!
I've had it. This is it.
No more.
What's the matter with you?
You are gonna drive me nuts.
I'm gonna lose my hearing.
I'm gonna fail my engineers exam
because of this mania of yours.
What did you do?
I have to ask something to play.
Well, try an electric toothbrush,
but not in the station.
If you break this, sir...
Saved by the bell.
Station 51, man trapped under house.
205 Stretmore Road.
Off Mendocino Canyon Road.
Time up, 1747.
It's a town, my neighbor.
He's caught under the house.
Is this your house?
No, no, no.
I'm not a man.
I'm a man.
He's caught under the house.
Is this your house?
No, no, it's Tom's.
We've been getting some earth slickages here.
Tom's calling on the house to set up some railroad ties
under the foundation.
Then what?
Well, the house started to settle.
I guess we must be on the fisher line.
What have we got, Roy?
A man trapped under the house.
Round back here.
Oh, man.
Will you look at this?
We're going to have to take as much pressure as we can off that slope.
Chet, you and Mark,
I'll go up and move the engine and the rest of the vehicles back up the hill.
And bring back the pry bar
and all the forcible entry tools you can carry.
And the big beam.
Let's take a look.
Is your friend still conscious?
Yeah, says he's pinned down by one of the shoring beams.
Shoulder and arm are caught.
Man, he's in a lot of pain.
How long has this been going on?
What? All this work.
About a week.
If there was slippage, it should have been reported.
Well, why should we? Then you condemn the house.
There's an awful lot of spectators falling.
And now get them out and back them up.
All right.
All right, let's go back up, please.
Come on, ladies. Give us room to work.
Cap, look, if I get that port-a-power in there
and then lift off one of those beams,
we can just bring him right down this way.
Yeah.
And then we'll have to get him out of there.
And we'll have to bring him right down this way.
Yeah.
Michael, get stoker to help you bring the port-a-power down.
What's his name?
Tom.
Tom?
We're coming...
Tom?
This is the fire department.
We're coming to get you.
Come on.
Come on, let's get out of here.
Johnny, come on now!
We better go in through the floor. This is like trying to run a minefield.
Alright, now it's gotta be right in here, someplace under here. So let's clear ourselves some space.
Tom, listen, we're gonna come in through the floor, but we gotta know your approximate location.
You got a hammer or something you can hit the floor or beam with?
Can you hear you?
I don't know.
Tom, it's Al. Now listen, listen, here's what we're gonna do.
Alright, good. Well, let's have a listen. He should be pretty close to this wall.
Tom, you gotta try and let him know where you are. Kick your foot, hit on something.
Alright, he's here. Let's see, that beam was about there. We're gonna have to cut about three feet away from him.
Right in here.
Where's his family?
Went with some neighbors to the mountains for the weekend. Just as well, you know.
Yeah, really.
Okay, that's enough.
I can see him. I can get it. I need that flashlight.
Can you hear me?
Yeah, I can hear you.
Alright, we're gonna try to get this beam off of him. You just hang in there, okay?
Yeah.
Okay.
Need your gloves.
Alright. Is there anything hurt beside his shoulder there?
No, just the beam on his shoulders. I think I can get it off with port-a-par.
Alright, I'll get the port-a-par.
You gonna need me down there for anything?
No, I don't think there's gonna be enough room.
Okay.
Gage has got the port-a-par. They'll get him out now.
Alright, now listen to me, Tom.
Yeah?
We can't work on you here.
Everything's falling down around us.
Alright, look, I'm gonna have to move you out of here.
Okay.
Now, it's gonna hurt like hell, but there's nothing else I can do, okay?
Just get me out.
Alright, now, Tom, listen, are your legs hurt?
I don't think so.
Can you move them?
Yeah.
Do you think you can stand?
Can you help me?
Okay. I want you to give me your good hand. And then pull yourself to me.
Okay.
I'm bad, my shoulder.
Okay, okay, hold it, hold it. Here.
Turn around.
In your shirt.
Now, keep it still. Keep it still.
Alright, I'm gonna lift you up.
Oh, let's get out of here.
Alright, folks, this is Johnny Gage.
I'm gonna get you out of here.
Beat's the bag, pipes.
I'm gonna get you out of here.