Good luck guys.
You don't think?
Uh-uh, thanks.
This is F 69.
I am connected.
Good luck, Papa.
You got it.
That's the curious learn about him.
Your first time up with us, isn't it, Doc?
Yeah, Mac.
Dr. Salinger thought I'd find the operation interesting.
Well, so far, carrying doctors with us on weekends has been a real help.
In fact, you should have been with us yesterday.
Yeah, well, I heard that one before.
That's practically the unofficial motto of the fire department.
Well, we were going all day. Eight runs.
Yeah?
Yeah.
Sounds like our emergency room.
You never know what's gonna happen next.
Yeah.
Now, where are these going?
To the camps.
They fly camp crews into the brush fires and support them with water drops.
Uh-huh.
Just a reminder, always walk around the nose of the helicopter and never uphill away from it.
Okay, don't worry. I haven't got any intention of being the first patient today.
Ha-ha.
This is Larry Yonkers. He'll be our crewman today.
Hi, Doc. How you doing?
Very nice to see you.
Nice to see you.
We do a routine equipment check. Our triage kit, the hair splint, and defibrillator are all in here.
Mm-hmm. What about G-suits?
Uh, one adult, one child. Good.
Why don't we go on up to the cabin?
This is our oxygen system. Suction, inhalation for two, and resuscitator.
Oh, one other thing, Doc. If we get a brush fire and they need an additional copter for water drops, we'll have to dump you out.
On the ground, I hope.
Yeah. Well, let's mount up. Let's do it.
Okay.
Copter four, 10-8 to Camp 9.
Copter 14, 10-8 to Camp 9. Copter 14.
Copter 11, 10-8 to Camp 10. Copter 11.
Copter 10, 10-8 to Camp 9. Copter 10.
What's the range? Do you read me?
Yeah, go ahead.
What's the range on this thing, Mac?
We cruise at about 115 miles an hour and carry two hours of fuel.
That sounds like my car.
LA Copter 10 to Camp 9, available as our ambulance.
We operate out of this camp because it's the most sensitively located spot for a response to the northern end of the county.
When we get inside, I'll show you exactly where we are on the bed.
How many camps have you got?
We have five big camps.
How about a cup of Wayne's coffee?
Sounds like a good idea. Fantastic view.
Are all the camps like this?
More or less. There are four 10-man fire crews based here under the command of Captain Reed.
There's the office, the dormitory, and the mess hall.
The coffee's lousy, but the food's great.
The new annex is 30 by 80. Concrete block, no windows, one door out here on the street, loading docks back here.
Will we still make the hydrant on commerce?
Right, no change.
What's the roof like?
Gravel and asphalt over wood, no sweat cutting in if we have to ventilate.
Now, they figured to start using this thing in a week to 10 days.
Now, on the inside...
Station 51, Copter 10.
Traffic accident with injuries, a tank truck and a camper, both off the road, Route 126, about eight miles south of Little Seaco.
Route 126, eight miles south of Little Seaco. Time up, 1428.
Station 51, GMG 365.
Copter 10.
Thank you. Informant reports punts of chemicals are stored in tanker. Use caution.
Station 51, this is Rampart. Can you send me some EKG?
10-4, transmitting EKG. We're sending you a strip. Vitals to follow.
Balsus 160, the victim is in extreme pain, Rampart.
Station is in V5. Rampart, we have lost the victim's pulse, beginning CPR.
We're defibrillating victim, Rampart.
We've defibrillated victim, he's in sinus rhythm. Minister, two amps sodium bicarbonate, insert in airway.
Start in IV, 51.
Life data in records.
Squad 51, continue monitoring vitals and transport immediately.
On our way, Rampart.
LIE, Copter 10. Have Engine 51 switch to frequency 3 to maintain contact.
10-4, Copter 10. Engine 51, did you copy?
Engine 51.
Mac, what's our ETA?
About 10 minutes if we got an accurate location. Larry, get the map out.
We're coming up on Route 126, start locking Larry.
It might be kind of hard to find, the brush is pretty thick down there.
Nothing yet.
Should be somewhere along here.
LIE, Copter 10, we've covered the road three miles either side of the location.
No sign of an accident. Do you have any further information on the location?
We've had two calls from people who have talked to the truck driver on CB radio.
They report he's tapped in the cab and repeats the same location.
We'll turn around and take another look.
Mac?
Yeah? What's the problem? We're going to have to keep looking.
Usually on these kinds of runs we don't get an accurate location.
Still don't see anything. You want to try the other side of the dam?
Might as well.
Engine 51, Copter 10, we're checking the other side of Little Seco Dam. We'll advise.
Copter 10.
We're southbound just below Little Seco.
Copter 10.
Engine 51, did you copy Copter 10's last transmission?
Squad 51, 10-4, we're now southbound on Little Seco Road.
We've checked everything within a 10-mile radius of the location. Still no sign of anything.
We'll keep searching as long as our fuel will allow. Copter 10.
Got it.
Larry, I think I see something down there.
Got it.
LA, Copter 10 at sea. Copter 10.
Engine 51, Copter 10, we have them in sight. We're one mile north of the cutoff.
Engine 51.
Looks kind of bad.
Check for wires, Larry. I want to try to land at the bend in the road.
You're clear.
What's your ATA?
ATA, three minutes.
Let's go, Doc. I'll take the trauma box for you.
My daddy, sir! He's in there!
All right, son, just stay there. I'm coming down.
Hurry, please!
Just take it easy.
He's certain I'm sure.
All right, son, we'll take care of him.
You heard any place else? Is there anybody else in there besides your dad?
Just my dad.
Larry, take him back up, huh?
Hey, Doc, come on, son.
Come on, step on him.
That's good.
Okay, let's go on up. That's good. Keep moving on up. Come on.
Get the real line down here, Chet. Marco, we need some safety lines down here, babe.
Want to come down over here?
Yeah.
I guess this is the best way.
Help! Somebody get me out of here!
All right, take it easy. What are you hurt?
My shoulder and my ribs.
Your shoulder and your hip?
My ribs.
Your ribs? Okay, then just stay still. All right, down low. We'll bring you right in to get you.
Roy, I think this way would be best.
Okay, now don't look up here, okay? We're going to be knocking some brick down here.
Roy, I think he's got his watch.
All right, we're coming down to get you.
Yeah, okay.
Can you handle it?
Yeah, I got it.
Roy, I'm going to pop this window down here. Put this turnout on him, okay?
Okay, we're coming down in there.
I need a cervical collar.
All right.
I can't breathe.
Okay, just take it easy. We're going to pop this windshield, so I'm going to put this corner on you, okay?
Yeah.
Hey, Marco, we're going to need a backboard.
Okay.
Okay, you're going to pop down. Come on, just stay still, all right? Don't move.
Okay, you hurt anyplace else? No? It's your shoulder and your ribs, right?
Yeah.
You got any tingling or numbness at all?
No.
You got any trouble breathing?
No.
Okay, you tell me when this hurts, all right? It's right there?
Oh, no.
Right in here.
Oh.
Cap, give me a triangular bandage, a roll of Curlex, roll of Colban.
You're going to wrap you up and then move you out of here, okay?
Yeah.
Down in here?
Oh, yeah. Let's give you something for that. Will you?
Let's just wait on that, okay? We're going to have to get you immobilized first to get you out of here.
We got a doctor here. When we get out, I'll check with him, all right?
A little more this way.
Okay, I see. Yeah, right. Got him?
Yeah.
All right, hold his head, Marco.
Yeah.
Good.
Let me just get one strap here.
Okay.
And then the other side. Can you strap that over there?
Yeah.
There you go.
Okay.
Oh, easy.
All right. We're going as easy as we can.
Oh, that hurts.
I know. Okay, that's fine, Cap. Okay, now I'm going to bend you down. Ready?
Easy.
Okay, all right, all right. There we are. There we are. Okay, you're going to be all right.
You're going to be okay. Let's just check you out here real quick.
All right, let's see if we can ease him out now a little bit, and then we can fix it better
outside.
All right.
There we go. Okay. How you doing?
Now.
Okay.
All right, okay.
Steady.
Okay.
Okay, good, Marco. Listen, once you get lured, help me take down a couple of stokes, okay?
Yeah.
Johnny, get a BP, huh?
Okay.
Doc, you got a busted clavicle over there. It's possible fractured ribs. BP's 110 over
7.
Okay.
The pulse is 90. Respiration's 18.
All right, start an IV with D5W. Any head injury?
I had MS. Five milligrams, I have.
Okay, thanks.
His stomach's pretty stiff, Johnny. Let's start a D5W here, too.
D5?
Yeah.
Okay.
Miss McCall. Eddie Lapeer. Miss McCall. This is John Gage.
Hi, Eddie. Nice to meet you.
Hi, Eddie.
How's my dad?
He's gonna be just fine. Do you like to see him?
Yeah.
Come on.
Better tidy him up a little bit.
Why? I think he looks kind of cute.
He's pretty thirsty, so I got him a grape drink. You know, kids get pretty dehydrated.
What's your excuse?
Oh. I was pretty thirsty myself.
Dehydrated, huh?
Yeah.
How's the father?
Well, possible skull fracture, internal injuries.
He's gonna be around for a while, isn't he?
I'd say. How about yourself?
You told.
Mother gate.
What about Eddie?
Well, all his family lives up in Seattle. He's got no relatives down here, so I guess we're gonna have to put him in a county foster home for a while.
I think he really wants to stay with you, Roy. You know, you've found yourself a real friend.
Oh, it had crossed my mind.
I know his father'd be really appreciative.
Yeah. Yeah. But you know, I got my own kids to take care of.
Yeah, but it would just be for a couple of days. Maybe overnight, you know, until we can locate the mother.
Yeah, the mother would want to pick him up right away. Or as fast as she can, anyway.
Well, you know, foster homes aren't bad. I mean, they got some nice families.
Yeah, but they're strangers.
Plus, you've already got something in common with a kid. Dehydration.
You know, he's been through an awful lot, Roy.
All right, I'll talk to Joanne.
Emergency in two. Excuse me.
Emergency in two.
You thirsty?
Yes, as a matter of fact, I am.
Put them in two right there.
Dix?
104.2.
Starting IV with D5W.
Carol, I didn't see anyone come in with him.
We went out and checked to see if we could find out the boy's name and bring you back a consent form.
I'll be right back.
Carol, I didn't see anyone come in with him. We went out and checked to see if we could find out the boy's name and bring you back a consent form.
Let's get a CBC, glucose and lights. Also bring an X-ray technician in here.
Chest, skull and spine serious.
Right.
Motion, please.
Dr. Allen, 63.
Hand, or hand?
How has Ben?
We have some doctor early. Why don't you sit there?
What's wrong with him?
We don't know for sure yet.
Oh, then it's serious, isn't it?
No, well, there may be nothing to worry about at all, really.
But if he's still unconscious...
Well, it means we should start treating him as soon as possible.
I have a consent form. I'll need your consent to do a lumbar tap.
That's to draw some fluid from the spine so we can test it.
Somebody has to sign this.
It's the next to kin. It's just a standard form, a legal requirement.
Yes, I understand.
When did you want to do it?
Right away.
Well, maybe I'd better just look this over.
Certainly, God had.
Mrs. Hand, how long has he been unconscious?
Oh, I talked to him...
When?
At 2.30.
Then I looked in on him again at 3.30.
I took him some juice, and I couldn't wake him.
I was petrified.
I understand.
Do you remember when he started feeling sick for the first time?
Well, Ben said he had a headache last night.
Did he have any fever?
This morning, yes.
Now, Ben's name goes where, Dr. Early?
Thank you.
Right there.
And this lumbar tap? It's important.
It's vital.
Did he complain of any pain or stiffness?
Just a headache.
Has his stomach been upset?
Oh, yes.
Is he on any medication?
I think he took an aspirin.
Dr. Early, this...
Lumbar tap?
Yes. Is it dangerous?
I'd say it's about...
not dangerous.
I've never had any difficulty.
I've done quite a few of them.
Well, then, can't we wait a little bit?
I mean, do we have to do it right away?
What for?
He's not going to get any better, Mrs. Henry,
until we start treatment.
Is there any problem?
No, I, er...
Well, I just wanted to be sure, you know,
that I was doing the right thing.
Believe me, you are.
Okay?
Thank you very much.
Thank you.
Miss Hurtado, I got the pressure.
151.
Now let's draw some fluid.
How much is the X-ray?
Five or ten minutes.
You know what to order.
CNS, gram stain, protein, glucose, and cell count.
Wait for the tests.
Then we'll start right away
in the appropriate antibiotic.
Right.
And Dick's called County Health.
Let them know we have a meningitis.
Station 127, this was an automatic fire alarm.
No other information.
Roy, there's a phone call for you in the office.
It's the hospital.
It's probably but Eddie, huh?
I said it before and I'll say it again.
Roy's making a mistake getting mixed up in that.
Oh, Cap, there's no problem.
Joy said it was okay for the kid to spend the night.
I don't see the problem.
Besides, the kid was all shook up and everything.
I don't care.
You see a lot of misery in this job
and there's only so much you can do about it.
You start trying to go beyond that
and you get your emotions torn up over and over again.
It never fails.
I think this is a different situation.
Yeah, besides, that's probably
the mother on the phone right now
talking to Roy about picking the kid up tomorrow.
Maybe even tonight.
I suppose so.
Still.
It's about Eddie.
The hospital called his mom up in Seattle
and she can't come down here and pick him up
and she's a little concerned about him
coming up by himself on the plane.
So it looks like he'll stay with us for a while.
Martha.
Oh, I came over
as soon as I got home.
How's Benny?
They don't really know yet.
What exactly happened?
Excuse me. Is this Hannah?
Yes. Maybe you can tell me
what's going on.
Are you two related?
No. But my son is in this hospital
and I don't know why.
And your son is?
Ben Hannah.
Dr. Early, I'm Martha Felt.
I was babysitting.
I didn't know where to reach you.
Ben seemed so sick, so
when Dr. Early asked me to sign the consent form
I sent.
For what?
Lumbar puncture.
You did something to his spine?
What were you thinking of?
Mrs. Hannah, I did not know
where to reach you.
It's inexcusable. I never heard of such a thing.
Ben is my son.
I never gave you the idea that you could take it upon yourself
to do such a thing.
Ladies, will you please be quiet?
What do you use for a brain?
Don't you realize that the child isn't something that you can just go ahead
and do that to?
Mrs. Hannah, your son has meningitis.
Oh no.
I'm so sorry.
Had something gone wrong on the test
you could be in trouble.
Oh, she still is.
I'm going to call my attorney.
Wait a minute. I want you to think about something.
With some forms of meningitis
speed is starting treatment.
It could be vitally important.
Well, there's no way of knowing for certain, of course.
And what Mrs. Felt did was wrong.
It's quite possible she saved Ben's life.
You still want to call your attorney?
No.
Now, why don't we talk about your son?
It's too bad it didn't work out.
Didn't work out?
I gotta do something about him today.
Today?
Well, I didn't give you much time.
I was called to the hospital.
I have the county table.
I'm sorry.
I was called to the hospital.
I have the county table.
I want to see the engine.
Not now, Eddie. Look, why don't you just wait?
That's okay, fellows. I'll get it.
No problem.
We'll go see the engine.
That Mr. T. Sota is really mean.
He sure is.
Roy.
Come on.
I bet he's gonna want to hear that air horn.
When the cops came, that was the last straw.
The cops came?
Monday, he's playing with the neighborhood kids.
They've got goldfish.
Eddie decides to put them into the toilet.
Then the neighbors called the cops?
No, no. We just had a fight, that's all.
Then I went and scooped the goldfish out of the toilet bowl.
Neighborhood kids didn't seem to want them anymore.
And then the cops came.
He spoiled.
When he wants something, and he wants everything,
and you don't give it to him,
he tells you about his parents always give it to him, right?
And then if you still don't give it to him,
he starts crying and crying and crying and crying.
And then if you still don't give it to him,
he starts crying and crying and crying.
And I...
I mean, he's not mine.
I can't punish somebody else's kid.
What the...
Well, you can if it's self-defense.
I know what you're saying.
I'm beginning to get a good idea.
Well, multiply it by three.
By three?
Yeah.
My kids, my two kids saw what he's doing,
and now they're starting in.
Ouch!
I didn't hurt you, old engine.
Why don't you just go sit down?
What happened?
Little turkey bit me in the finger.
Oh, yeah, I forgot to warn you about that.
Well, tell me about the cops.
Yeah, well, five minutes after he breaks the plate and glass...
Well, I...
I can live with an occasional blast on the air horn,
but he just knocked all the pins out of my wall map.
You gotta do something about him.
I know.
Oh, you think it's funny, huh?
No, I didn't think it was...
I didn't think it was funny.
You have to keep the boy.
I told you.
I do explain to the father, but he's got this thing against foster homes.
I mean, the man's gonna be released in 48 hours.
Even 10 minutes, you don't understand.
Joanne's gonna divorce me.
No, you never did tell me about the cop.
Huh? The cops.
Okay.
I'm off it now.
Why don't I take him?
Because I like you too much.
Yeah.
Yeah, I got a couple days coming.
I wonder if he'd like Disneyland.
Yeah, he'd like Disneyland, he'd like Marine Land,
he'd like Knott's Berry Farm,
he'd like Magic Mountain, he'd dig bush gardens.
So he can take his pick?
Yeah, well, he's gonna pick all of them.
He's gonna throw a tantrum if you say no.
I've got an idea.
Why don't you tell her about the cops,
and I'll just listen in.
Yeah, 1 o'clock, 1 o'clock a.m. last night.
He won't go to bed a reasonable hour.
He's around chasing my dog with fire tongs,
trying to pinch him.
I go for the tongs, they sail right through the plate glass window.
Can you believe that? That's the only time I touched him.
The neighbors call the cops.
I don't blame him. The kid's screaming bloody murder.
No, I...
Do you have a better idea?
I'll pick him up by 12.
Look, this could ruin a beautiful relationship.
M'Roy, take it and run.
I think I can handle him, Roy.
Okay.
I'll come by the station.
And for Pete's sake,
keep him away from the dogs, will you?
Station 51, engine 36, truck 8, engine 10,
battalion 14, structure fire,
113, Devon Street,
cross street Maple, time out, 2312.
Station 51, BMG 361.
What do we got here?
Somebody's out here.
Air help to the side.
Marco, get that ladder on the side of the house and cover engine disorder.
LA engine 51, respond me in ambulance.
Kelly, get that exposure.
Engine 36, engine 51, bring a line in with you and shut off the gas.
We got a lot of shingle ropes around here, so watch for stock fires.
There's no way we're going to save this house or just start hanging those exposures.
Watch it.
Watch yourself, Marco.
Okay.
Watch those ropes.
Got it.
Okay, engine 51, use the area ladder to hit the roof on the north side of the street and check all adjacent roofs.
Is he alive?
Yeah, he's okay. He's going to be fine.
Get him back.
Okay.
Get in here, folks. Get those lines in here now.
Okay.
Okay, I got a rope fire behind me. Move around and knock it down.
Are you sure he's going to be all right?
He is, baby. He's going to be fine.
Everything's going to be okay?
He's going to be fine.
Go ahead, 51.
Rampart, we have a male, approximately 30 years old. He's got third degree burns on 9% of his legs.
We've got him on a burn pack. We've got six liters of O2 on him for smoke inhalation.
10-4.
BP is 100 over 80.
Rampart, BP is 100 over 80.
Rampart, IVU with normal saline.
Ambulance is here. How are we doing?
Looks like it's going to be okay. Luckily, it almost made it to the windmill when we got here.
LA, engine 51. This fire is under control.
Engine 51.
I'm terribly sorry about your house, but there was really nothing we could do.
I don't care about my house. I'm just grateful that my husband's going to be all right.
I never thought that you'd get him out alive.
I'm sure they never had any doubts. Did you?
Yeah.
Anyway, I finally got the dog calmed down. He doesn't run underneath the bed every time I look at him.
I went over and got the neighbors a couple new goldfish.
You know something? I'm wondering how Dix did.
I'm not looking forward to seeing her today.
You don't have anything to feel guilty about.
Yeah, I do. I'm feeling so happy that she's got him instead of me.
He survived.
Survived what?
He survived Eddie.
What about him?
Where is he?
Over there.
Eddie, say hello to the boys.
Yes, ma'am.
Hello, Mr. DeSoto. Hello, Mr. Gage.
Oh, so bad.
And thank you, Post, for all your help.
Eddie, I think it's about time you meet your daddy in the lobby.
Yes, ma'am.
How'd you do that?
Same way I handled Joe and Cal.