You about finished?
Yeah.
What's your problem this morning?
Nothing.
Unit 10-8 identify.
It's just that...
You sort of...
Well...
Well what?
He looks sort of scared.
The captain said he was sighted for valid twice in the last three years.
Are you kidding?
No.
Huh.
Yeah, well this is a different kind of job than just straight firefighting.
No, he just finished three months training.
Paramedics, rampart.
They wouldn't have passed him if he wasn't qualified.
In theory.
Ten-four, assistant one.
I checked the squad.
We're all set.
Good.
What do you want to handle this morning if we get a run?
The patient?
I mean you guys will be there in case I mess anything up.
You're not going to mess anything up, but we're going to be there.
I can't get paid if we're not.
You know, things are going to be a lot different from the hospital.
I know.
I don't know, it's not going to be all that bad.
You're not going to have orderlies and nurses around the hand you think.
You're going to have to get used to working with hysterical relatives who are around you when you're working on the patient.
I mean they don't understand what we're doing.
You just have to concentrate on your job.
Speaking of our jobs.
Station 51, man injured and fall.
1756 North Murray Road.
Oh dear.
Oh my goodness.
Oh doctor.
Oh doctor, temple.
Oh you hurt badly.
Oh my.
Oh dear.
Oh doctor.
Oh you're all right.
Oh my.
Oh come right in please.
Come right in.
Oh I'm sorry about this.
I can't believe it.
Are you his wife?
No I'm just the housekeeper.
He's right in here please.
Right over here.
Oh doctor.
Doctor are you all right?
Of course I'm not all right.
I'm not all right.
Look at this mess.
This must have been a gas explosion.
We better get this thing off of him.
First thing we'll check out the mains.
Come on.
Oh be careful.
Be very careful.
Careful.
You got it?
Oh.
Okay.
Bye.
Here you go.
Thank you doctor.
Are you all right?
I think we should start an IV.
What do we get the vital signs first?
No look we'll take care of him now man.
But I would like you to give his medical history to this pharmacist.
I can do that young man.
No sir you just relax now.
What is his name?
Dr.
What is his name man?
Dr.
Andrew Temple.
T E M P L E.
How old is he?
He's 75 born in 1897.
Has he had any history of a heart disease?
No.
Oh no.
Rampart this is rescue 51.
Go ahead 51.
Rampart we have a male injured by a fall of a bookcase.
He's aged 75 conscious and coherent.
But he's having difficulty breathing.
We got a lot of tenderness and abrasion here on this left side.
I think we got a possible rib fracture.
We're going to need that IV Johnny.
Rampart we have a possible rib fracture on the left side.
Request IV.
Where is violence 51?
Hole for vital signs.
BP is 140 over 90.
140 over 90.
The pulse is 110.
Okay.
The pulse is 110.
110.
Respiration is 26.
26.
Rampart vital signs.
BP 140 over 90.
Pulse 110.
Respiration 26.
Go ahead with the IV 51.
D5W.
10-4 Rampart.
I've been up since 4 AM.
Looking for a French translation of the Epic of Kumbari.
Yes, it's an ancient Hittite myth.
Look, don't try to talk now, all right, Dr. Temple?
Is the breathing any easier now?
A little.
Emma, make yourself useful.
Try to find that book.
Now you just do what the man says and for once try to be quiet.
Oh, sure.
Quick, let's get him up.
My chest, my chest.
What's wrong?
I can't breathe.
He's going to pulmonary edema O2.
Oh, God.
Rampart patient is going into pulmonary edema, administering O2.
Let's have a new set of vital signs, staff.
10-4. Billy, get a new set of vital signs.
Billy.
Roy, here, take this.
Doesn't look good.
51, administer MS, 5 milligrams IV.
10-4.
Mr. 5 milligrams MS IV.
What will that do?
It's just to make him more comfortable.
Good.
Vital signs are about the same.
How about clearing some of those debris away?
You want to put that in upright position, please?
All right, he's ready to go.
Please, can I go with him in the ambulance?
No, ma'am, but you can meet us there.
We'll be a rampart general.
Rampart general.
I'll see you.
What's wrong?
I blew it, man.
What do you mean?
Well, when he went into pulmonary edema, I...
I didn't know what to do.
Well, now, you can't learn everything in three months.
It's the reason for field training.
Now, come on, don't con me, Roy.
You and Johnny hadn't have been here, he could have died, couldn't he?
Yeah, but...
I didn't know what to do.
Gail, set up and treat with one.
Okay.
Did you say one, Dix?
Yeah.
Sorry, we got a skull fracture coming in.
I'll set up in two, then.
Hey, Kel, did you say skull fracture?
Yeah, Skyler Tyler, third basement for the Cowboys.
That bean in a practice game.
I thought they wore those protective helmets.
Yeah, well, just like seat belts, he wasn't wearing it when he needed it.
Get the lights on.
Kel, I better check Mr. Michaels.
All right, Joe.
Come for every dilation.
Doesn't seem to be any maxillary or mandibular fractures.
Blood pressure's still 130 over 70.
His pulse rate's still decreasing.
Respiration's slow and deep.
They have some reflexes.
We're still trying to locate his wife.
Any sign of consciousness?
He came around briefly, vomited and lapsed back.
Probably tore them in the ninja artery.
There's a definite Babinski.
Mike, we may have an extradural hemorrhage.
Let's get a spinal tap.
Right, right.
We're gonna need a neurosurgeon.
Take Schiccio back in here and have him take a look, huh?
Right.
How's Skyle doing?
Has he come around yet?
Well, the doctor's still examining.
Oh, you don't have any idea where Mrs. Tyler might be, do you?
Skyle and Kathy just broke up.
She moved out.
We don't know where she is.
Well, would you please try and locate her?
She might want to know.
Wouldn't you?
Treatment, too.
Hey, Dix.
Dix, have you got any new training?
Sure have.
That is any good?
That's what you're supposed to tell me.
Good luck, Billy.
Thanks, Ms. McCall.
Hey, uh, what's wrong?
That's nothing, man.
Hey, we got a run.
Let's move it.
Uh, what's wrong with him?
Thinks he fouled up on a run.
Why?
He's got an ambulance at Broadsided at an intersection.
What happened?
I think all we'll need is a drip box.
Okay.
What about the patient and the ambulance?
Routine transfer.
He's just shaken up.
Uh, the driver's been behind a wheel.
The attendant's the one who really needs help.
All right, Kelly, why don't you lift this up?
You go in there, and I'm gonna check around the side.
Okay.
Hey, are you all right?
I'm all right.
Take care of the attendant.
Okay.
Kathy, what's going on?
Is there anyone shutting this water off?
Well, we're never gonna find the shutoff valve on this hydrant.
Look at the water coming in.
Come on, let's get it off.
All right.
LA Engine 51, we have a sheared-off hydrant in our location.
Can you get the water company to come and shut it down for us?
Okay.
How do you feel it?
It's not good, Cap.
She's really stuck.
Well, forget about it.
We'll pop out the windshield.
Right.
How you doing, Billy?
We're gonna need an IV.
All right, look, can you get rampart?
Okay.
We're gonna need a backboard.
Can you get this?
Drug box?
Yeah.
Okay.
It's almost ready to come now.
Come on, easy.
Careful.
Here's Kathy.
Easy.
Not too hard.
You're sick.
You all right?
Ready?
Yeah.
Okay.
Ten-four rampart.
We're gonna need a backboard.
Okay.
Easy.
Oh, God.
Okay.
You been doing this for some time, son?
What?
You're pretty doggone good.
Thanks.
Dr. Mendes, receiving room.
Miss McCall, I'm Mrs. Skyler Tyler.
Oh, Mrs. Tyler, I've been trying to reach you all morning.
I was in Palm Springs.
I had to fly in.
How's Skyler?
Can I see him?
Well, has anybody told you what's happening?
Only that he had been injured in practice and was unconscious.
Oh, well, why don't we sit down over here?
He's in surgery having a blood clot removed from his brain.
Skyler may die.
He's young.
His age and his physical condition are on his side.
And I'll have been partly to blame.
Oh, come on.
It was just an accident at practice.
His mind was on me.
We just split up.
Yeah, I know, but he's a pro, isn't he?
He's the best on his way to the top.
He eats, sleeps, and dreams baseball.
That was part of our problem.
Well, if that's true, then his mind was probably on his plane.
And it was just an accident.
You know, there'll be a recovery period.
You'll need someone to take care of him.
That's one thing that never occurred to me.
Being needed.
We can't have children.
I felt so useless.
An ornament.
You'll need a wife now.
For a time.
Maybe a long time.
Listen, there's a waiting room down the corridor.
As soon as your husband's out of surgery, I'll let you know.
Thanks.
I'll be fine here.
Okay.
Dr. Reed, outpatient area.
When I need to get in fast, I'll stick with this butterfly.
Of course, if you need volume, a flexible cannula's better.
There's a little bit more technique involved.
It also costs phlebitis quicker than a butterfly, too.
How long would it take for the phlebitis to set in?
Well, the cannula's about 72 hours,
where with this butterfly, you can leave it in for days at a time.
Hey, Hanks, telephone call for him.
Thanks.
Be right back.
What do you think?
I don't know. What do you think?
Well, I think we're gonna have to give him a little bit of responsibility real soon
in order to get his confidence back.
You may have to pressure him some.
You gonna back me up?
Station 51, engine 210, engine 16.
Exposion in a garage, boy trapped.
1344 Casaloma Avenue.
Cross Street, Walnut Boulevard, timeout 1409.
Station 1110, 14G365.
This one's gonna be yours. We'll back you up, but you're gonna call the shots.
Hey, look, fellas, what should we cool it on this one, huh?
Now, look, you're always gonna be making more mistakes.
You're gonna be making them till the day you die.
Some patients you're gonna save,
some patients you're not gonna be able to as part of being a paramedic,
as part of being human.
You let that first rescue eat at you, you're gonna be your own worst enemy.
Hey, look, Roy, I...
I'm not finished.
Now, you think you can't hack it, I'll just pull over and let you off right now.
I never said I couldn't hack it.
10-4, System 1.
10-4 to 10-17.
Look, Billy, you made it through that ambulance crack-up.
Negative, Battalion 8.
Headquarters 2, your destination, DTA.
10-3, Engine 32 will be out of service 45 minutes.
The door won't open.
They've locked it from inside.
I'll get the axe.
This is my...
This is my door.
Kelly, you want to bring that hose?
All right.
Let me get to him, let me.
Please let me.
They'll take care of him.
They'll take care of him, don't worry.
The fire doesn't amount to much, but you better drag somebody, Roy,
before they tell.
Fire's into control here, Cap.
How about passing that on to LA and have them return all units?
Lady, please, please, let me work.
I'm glad you're here. We got an injured kid in there.
How about radioing for an ambulance?
That's right.
Great.
Is he all right?
Yes, sir. Yes.
Ma'am, you're going to have to get him out of there.
Your wife's in a bad way.
You're going to have to get her out of there.
No.
Come on, Betty, let these men work.
Come on.
Art.
All right, baby.
All right.
Rampart, this is rescue 51.
Ma'am, can you tell me exactly what happened?
He was working on his chemistry experiments, I guess.
He must have made something wrong.
What was he mixing?
I'm a CPA. How do I know what he was doing?
I never did.
How old is he?
He's 12.
Is he allergic to any drugs that you know of?
No.
Come on, honey, let's let him out.
That smoke, what's it smell like to him?
It's probably acidic, why can't you tell?
No, I can't smell a thing.
He's breathing better now. I'll get the BP.
That can wait. Let's wash out his eyes.
Can't acid burn. You need this physiological saline, right?
Right.
It's all your fault.
Well, honey...
You haven't given him that stupid chemistry set for his birthday.
It never would have happened.
Come on, honey. Come on, now. You're upset.
Get a hold of yourself.
M4, Rampart.
Braggart says to start IV, D5W.
Butterfly?
Yeah.
Good man.
There we are.
10-4.
Braggart says to check for abdominal injuries.
I already did that once.
Doesn't he think I know what I'm doing?
Hey, now, take it easy.
He just wants a better look at the boy's condition, that's all.
Okay, it's negative.
Negative, Rampart.
He's got a good strong pulse. He was lucky.
Rampart, ETA in 20 minutes.
What about his eyes?
We won't know that until we get him to the hospital.
Stan, I'm dead doctor.
Treatment room 3.
I understand squad 51's on its way.
What's up?
Boy's chemistry set blew up in his face.
May have some eye damage.
How'd the squad do?
What you mean is how did the paramedic trainee do?
Just motherly interest.
I'm judging from this end, okay.
That's a start.
Okay, give me 10 minutes, then I'll take over.
Yes, Ms. McCall.
Dr. Brackett. Dr. Brackett. Dr. Allen. 63.
Mrs. Peregrou?
Oh, yes.
You can see Dr. Temple now.
Oh, thank you. How is he?
All resting comfortably.
Two cracked ribs, face slimmed down for a while, though.
Well, I'm so glad. He needs a rest.
Thank you.
You found it.
Take it easy. We don't want any complications.
The main complication, young lady, is to my schedule.
You may not know this, but Dr. Temple is one of the leading authorities on ancient Middle Eastern civilization.
Emma, please.
Well, it's the truth.
And his new book will be the definitive study on Hittite civilization.
Whenever I can get out of here and back to work.
Well, this isn't your first book, I'm sure, Dr. Temple.
Oh, certainly not. It's 15th.
At least it's going faster than the last one.
Oh, how long did that take?
Ten years.
Smoked kinda guaranteed, didn't it?
You go soft training at Rampart.
Regular hours, pretty nurses to run your errands for you.
Don't worry. It'll pass in a couple hours.
No, I'm afraid not.
I got into an ammonia leak about a year ago.
Ever since then, if I get into a lot of smoke, like back there at the garage, cough settles in for a couple days.
Oh, you can't smell anything?
Yeah.
Roses are garbage. It's all the same to me.
Can anything be done?
Well, I could get a nose transplant or some new lungs.
Do you see him? Look.
Hey!
Oh, wow. I'm glad you're here.
What happened?
We need you desperately.
There's a guy over here with a snake on his stomach.
What's up?
There's a guy over here. He's got a snake on his stomach.
I mean, come on, hurry. He's really... he's uptight.
I'd be uptight too if I had a snake on my stomach.
Don't run, please.
Don't come any closer. He's quiet now.
How'd he get there?
I don't know. I was here studying with some of my friends.
I fell asleep. When I woke, he was there.
Well, we don't carry any snakebites around, do we?
How come?
We have to keep it refrigerated.
Johnny?
Billy, go get a broom and some CO2.
Well, lift a shirt up, sweep it off his stomach with a broom,
and then zap it with some CO2.
All right.
All right, Billy.
Billy, you're going to have to handle the CO2.
Yeah, I know. I got the shirt, right?
Yeah.
I don't know.
What are you going to do?
We're going to lift up your shirt,
and we're going to knock that snake off with the broom,
and then we're going to freeze it with a fire extinguisher.
Are you ready?
You're going to get it.
Oh, man.
Yeah.
It's rubber.
That's some friend you got.
They're going to get it.
Is that book any good?
Well, the cast of characters isn't much,
but the plot's pretty good.
You're going to refresh your course for me.
What did you do before you got this job?
My father ran a salvage yard.
I worked for him for a couple years when I got out of service.
I didn't really like it much, though.
I wanted something a little more exciting, more important.
You're pretty excited about being a paramedic, aren't you?
That's what I really want to do.
I just hope I can cut it.
There's no reason to think that you can't.
Yeah, but I worry about it, Tom.
We all do.
That's part of the job.
The day comes that you don't worry,
that's when we're going to start worrying about you.
Well, I think I'm going to hit the sack again.
Hey, Roy.
Thanks, man.
Yeah.
You better get some sleep, Billy.
Yeah, right away.
Hi.
How's it going, Billy?
Okay, I guess.
Where's Johnny?
We left him in the squad.
We thought we'd come in and pick up some supplies for him.
Sure. What do you need?
Three infusion sets, some three, five, and 10 cc syringes,
and about a half dozen small arm boards.
Anything else?
No, I can't think of a thing.
Come on.
Hey, you and Roy did a nice job on the Lewis boy.
How's he doing?
Oh, fine.
Except for one thing.
What's that?
Well, he won't tell anyone what he was mixing or where he got it.
Say, do you think you two could pry it out of him?
Oh, I can try. What do you say?
Okay.
Wow, what happened to him?
Well, he was tripping out on LSD,
jumped through a second-floor window,
liked it so much he decided to do it again.
Oh, Gail, I'm going to pediatrics for a minute.
Here's a list of things for the guys.
Yes, Mr. McCall.
Brad, you have a couple of visitors here.
These are the firemen that helped you out.
Hi, Brad.
Hi.
Hello.
It's a little early for a burger and a shake, isn't it?
It's my breakfast.
They said I could eat whatever I wanted to.
Dr. Kander, go to the emergency entrance.
Dr. Brackett said what you did saved my eyes.
Well, we were only doing our job.
I sure was dumb using those chemicals.
Well, I think what you were using,
you didn't get out of your chemistry set.
What were you using, Brad?
Where did you get it?
You'd tell my folks.
Well, it's God's honor, I wouldn't.
But you're going to have to give up those experiments.
Dr. Hoffman, Administrator's Office.
That's over.
I'm not that dumb.
Okay, I'll tell you.
Engine 51, Squad 51.
A man trapped by fallen cars at Adlin Brothers Wrecking Yard.
3511 Barrel Road.
Come on, we better get going.
We'll see you later, Brad.
So long, Brad.
Now, I want to know where you got this stuff.
Uh-uh.
You're a woman.
You'd tell my mom for sure.
Not in here!
In there!
Where is he?
Bottom car. Right in there.
That's the man.
Yeah.
I guess we ought to try to get him out of there.
You can't blame this on us.
The boss was always letting this guy poke around.
I told him time after time, I said,
Sam, it's dangerous to let this guy keep poking around in here.
And he never paid any attention.
You know, just laughed and walked on.
He won't laugh from now on.
Right, Johnny, want to have a look around back?
You mean he was out scrounging for parts and this just all fell on him?
Right, yeah.
Is he conscious?
Yeah.
He shouldn't be.
Be careful, huh?
Man alive.
Yeah, let's hope he stays that way.
We're going to follow your lead, Hanks.
Right.
I'm going to go get the drug box and bottle for him.
All right.
Listen, we got to get some bracing under the stairs.
He's going to get hurt.
Listen, we're going to need an ambulance.
How about a radio phone, will you?
Okay.
Yeah.
Can you give me something for the pain?
Hang on, mister.
We'll have you out of here in a minute.
You've got to give me something.
How's it going in there, Billy?
He's in a bad way.
He's in a lot of pain.
You want to give him MS for the pain?
No.
No, he's bleeding too badly.
He's starting to go into shock.
I don't want to risk an analgesic.
Just give me a BP kit, a tourniquet, some bandages and gauze, all right?
Kelly, Lopez, bring a couple of those over here.
Rampart base, this is rescue 51.
Easy, easy.
Hold it, come on.
Boy, all those ricks are going to come right down if we don't tie that pile off some way.
What do you want me to do?
The boss is out of town today.
He leave you in charge?
Yeah.
Does that crane work?
Yeah, yeah.
How about bringing it over here?
Take the pressure off of this for us.
Oh, no, not in your life, not me.
Anything goes wrong, it's my neck.
Look, this guy may die.
Well, he had no business in here in the first place.
Yeah, thanks a lot.
Kelly, why don't you go do it for him?
Come on, show me how to start it.
All right.
Anything goes wrong, don't blame it on me.
This guy should have been in here right there.
The race between the two stacks, above the car with the big...
Kelly.
Right in there, yeah, that's right.
Hey, somebody give him a hand over here.
Okay, you got it, that's good enough.
Affirmative, Rampart.
Hold for vital signs.
They want the vitals.
Billy, vitals.
Okay, the blood pressure is in the blood vessel.
Okay, I'll go get the blood pressure.
Billy, vitals.
Okay, the blood pressure is 90 over 40.
BP is 90 over 40.
Respiration is shallow.
Pulse is 100 and thready.
The patient is stuporous, considerable blood loss from the right leg.
I've already applied a tourniquet.
The patient is stuporous, there's considerable blood loss from the right leg,
so I've applied the tourniquet, Rampart.
10-4.
Watch it, Billy!
Come on!
Come this way a little bit.
Come this way!
Okay, good.
Okay, Jack, I'll go right on out.
One more.
Swing it!
Okay, a little more.
Okay, Kelly, take it up easy.
Real easy, okay.
Okay, whoa, whoa.
That's enough.
Easy.
All right, hold it.
Hold it back.
Yeah, good.
Jack, stand up on your cable, will you?
Get it there and tight up.
Okay.
This is the one that worries me.
We're just going to have to gamble that it stays where it is.
All right.
Hanks, watch it in there!
Hanks, how you doing?
Okay, Mark, we're going to have to do it.
Let's wrestle that door out of there.
I think we're in business.
I'll get the backboard in the splinter.
All right.
I got it.
Okay, now easy on the steady.
Okay.
I'll go under this board.
All right.
Here's the backboard.
Okay, steady.
Okay.
All right.
Ready?
Got it?
Yeah.
Give me the stethoscope.
You grab the splinter.
All right, everybody, move away from the stack.
Get away from there.
That's about everything, huh?
That's it.
All right.
Go.
Then I'll blame you.
I like it too.
That was a good run.
You sure you wouldn't like to work in a auto-wrecking yard?
Well, I thought about it.
But I decided I could become a fireman instead.
You know, somehow I feel like I graduated today.
No, it'll never happen.
There's something new to learn all the time.
Every day's a school day, right, Johnny?
Right, Doctor.