So, as you can see, that gives us the same capability in the field as you and the doctors
have in the hospital. With this radio, I can hear the doctors virtually in the field with
us at all times. And that, ladies, concludes the demonstration.
It must be a real challenge being a paramedic. Oh, it is. When you think of all the people
that are depending on you, you really think how important that responsibility is. Mostly,
I try not to let it go to my head. I hope you're better at medicine than you are
at modesty. Squad 51, first aid rescue, possible holdup
victim, 9527 Clemens Street, 9527 Clemens Street, cross street Elm, timeout 1057.
Squad 51, 10-4. Why were you being so nasty?
I was nasty, wasn't I? We have two. Prior to possible heart attack,
the gunshot victim holdup suspect. Ambulance is rolling.
All right, stand aside. Let him in. It's a good shot, dear. That's the owner.
I didn't want to shoot him. Keep this on.
I have no choice. Don't worry about me. See to the boy.
My partner's taking care of him. Better?
Not good. What do you got?
A heart. What about yours? Stomach wound.
Better get another IV set up. Right. Excuse me.
Rampart Base, this is rescue 51. You can't act like a human being around here.
Then get yourself transferred. Rampart Base, this is rescue 51.
I'm supposed to be the hard man's around here. Rampart Base, do you read me?
51, this is Rampart Base. Go ahead. Rampart, we have a male victim, approximately
50. He has pains in the chest, numbness in the
extremities. He's having trouble breathing. He's diaphoretic.
His pulse is too rapid to count. Rescue 51, we read you.
Start an IV with D5W. Give 10 milligrams morphine sulfate.
Do you have your patient hooked up for EKG? It's an affirmative. We'll transmit it to
you now. 51, we're receiving EKG and we read VTAC.
Apply counter shock. 400 watt seconds. The pressure, there's a terrible pressure.
51, do you read me? Apply counter shock. 400 watt seconds.
Rampart, we read you, but negative under counter shock.
Patient is conscious and talking. Vital signs are blood pressure 90 over 50,
pulse thready, respiration's 30. Give him 100 milligrams lidocaine.
His ambulance arrived at scene. If so, transport as soon as possible.
10-4, we have one other victim. We have a gunshot victim, male, approximately
23. Lower abdomen, 22 caliber bullet.
Slight blood loss visible, but palpation indicates internal bleeding.
Vital signs, pulse 60, respiration 12, blood pressure 80 over 40, eyes sluggish.
10-4, start an IV, lactated ringers. Transport as soon as possible.
10-4. We've got two emergencies coming in, one cardiac, one gunshot.
Get inhalation equipment ready also a defibrillator.
Right. Put the cardiac in three.
Yes, he's still breathing. He doesn't look a day over 20.
Stop blaming yourself, mister. You just don't understand how it feels to
shoot someone. All right.
All right. All right. All right.
I'm sorry.
Wh oppeIoof.
Dr.AIden suite directory.
Crime 5.
I need a portable x-ray in five, staff.
In here.
Hook him up for an EKG. His pulse has dropped considerably. Blood pressure 120 over 70.
Thanks.
Do you think you can put that in position without maiming the patient?
Yes, doctor.
If you don't mind.
He's a robbery suspect, Doc.
And you think he's in condition to run?
No, but I didn't make the rule either.
Name, please, sir.
Gray, Arthur Gray.
Address?
412 Hinton. Is this inquisition necessary?
Feeling rotten?
The pressure is awful.
Just relax. We'll relieve that pressure.
How's the boy? Did he stop bleeding?
Let us worry about him, huh?
Take care of him first. I'm all right.
That boy you're bouncing all over this table?
So I've got some chest pains, but he's dying.
Doctor, take care of him.
He's being taken care of.
Now, you just relax.
Keep your eye on that school. We'll be right back.
Hang a bottle of plasma.
Did you do a crit?
Shock, some internal bleeding.
As soon as he can be moved, send him to surgery.
Take a look at this.
Chest leads.
The doctor's right. Why should I worry about him?
He held me up.
This reading isn't any good.
You're gonna have to lie still if we're gonna get a reading that means anything.
Four times I've been held up in the last three months.
Please, Mr. Gray, don't move just for a few minutes.
The insurance company canceled me out.
I couldn't stand by and watch my life savings go down the drain.
I've got a wife and two children in school.
Do I have to tie you down to keep you quiet?
So I bought a gun.
It's just a little one.
I never wanted to use it.
All right, that's better.
Now, just hold steady for a couple of minutes.
Don't move, you'll start the bleeding again.
My wife, Bitsy.
555-7301.
Teller.
What's your name?
Clive.
Clive Jonas.
Tell my partner, will you?
Well, we'd better get going.
Yeah.
Dr. Feldman, treatment room four.
The gunshot patient is conscious.
He gave a phone number. He wants his wife, would you?
She's on her way. I got his ID from his wallet.
That'll make things easier.
Matter of fact, I'd better wait for her at the entrance.
Come on, let's go.
Squad 51, available.
Squad 51, you know what bothers me?
What?
When I first started on the job, I couldn't stand the sight of blood.
I'd give a nickel for the number of times my stomach went sour.
I still fight my stomach.
My wife says I've become callous.
Go explain it to self-protection.
Dr. Hoffman, administrator's office.
Listen, she's not just another pretty face.
Yeah, I know. She's deep.
Why is it you always pick the disagreeable ones?
She's not hostile anymore.
Little concentrated gauge charm, and she's a pussycat.
The two of you will lap up a bowl of cream together.
Not yet, but soon.
Yes, right away, please.
You've had a myocardial infarction, Mr. Gray.
You know the fact that you're still alive to those two paramedic firemen.
I know, I know. I'm grateful. Believe me.
Now, we want to keep you alive, so you're gonna have to cooperate.
Of course I'll cooperate. You think I'm stupid or something?
By cooperate, the doctor means lie still and be quiet, okay?
We're gonna transfer you to the intensive care unit.
You don't want me around.
We no longer consider you an emergency.
He's in room five.
Dr. Roberto Almonza. Dr. Roberto Almonza.
That's his wife?
Yes, it is. Excuse me.
She's so young.
You can't be responsible for the world, Mr. Gray.
Yeah.
If he wants to make his living stealing, that's his business.
Why didn't he come in asking for a job instead of with a gun in his hand?
I begged you not to.
What do you want me to do, go on welfare?
That's better than being shot.
I'd rather be shot.
Maybe a job would have come along.
How many pounds did you lose waiting for that miracle to happen, huh?
He's got to go to surgery now. Why don't you go home?
I don't want to go home. Can I stay, please?
There's a coffee shop down the hall.
We'll let you know when you can see him again.
Is he gonna be all right?
Doctor?
Well, he won't be doing any dancing for a couple of weeks, but after that...
Jail.
Mind if I say something, Doctor?
Not at all.
Don't put down my nurses in front of attendants or patients, please.
She was clumsy.
No. The equipment was at fault.
Doctor, you know your medicine, but you've got a lot to learn about tact.
Well, maybe I did lean a little too hard.
I'll apologize to Nurse Park, okay?
Okay.
I've got my rounds to make, Doctor, if it's all right.
Go ahead.
Obviously, you heard and disapproved Dr. Brackett.
Slightly.
I don't like you leaning on my doctors any more than you like your nurses being called in.
If you want to argue...
Argue what? That you're right? I already know that.
In that case, I'll buy you lunch.
If anybody buys lunch around here, it'll be me.
Let me buy the lunch.
This situation calls for an impartial referee.
If there's anything I am, it's impartial.
I can think of a few other things you are, Joe.
I'm not so sure I want him to share our fight.
Why not? After all, he's our dearest friend.
And he's picking up the tab.
Dr. Early.
You two go ahead and lay the ground rules. I'll be right with you.
Stop him! Stop him! Stop him!
I thought this shot was taking effect when Zingo...
He came out of it.
Stop! Stop this coming to the crunch!
Slightly, there's nothing in this room except you mean that there's a lie down here.
Here, old woman!
Come on, you gotta help me!
Prepare another one.
Let me in. Trust me. Trust me.
Sure, sure, I trust you.
I wouldn't lie to you.
There's nothing trying to get at you except your own imagination.
Oh, no!
No bugs like the last time, no snakes.
Just this terrible stuff you're pouring in your system.
You sure, Doc?
I'm sure.
The freak?
And your mechanic.
Think of your body as an automobile.
The fuel pumps your heart.
The gas tanks your stomach.
The fuel lines your arteries.
So, Doc!
I'm an automobile!
Put that stuff into a car and it fouls up the carburetor.
It rusts the fuel lines.
It puts a hole in the gas tank.
You know what it does to your body.
It erodes the lines of your stomach.
It burns out your heart.
Look, I promise.
I promise I'll never drink again.
Never.
I know.
Look, I'll make a deal with you.
If you do drink again,
promise me you'll drink from the bottom of a label on it.
So, Doc, you're done.
You're done.
Well, he kept asking about that kid.
Not caring about himself.
I hope the old boy makes it.
Paramedic rule number one.
Don't get hung up on a patient.
How many nice guys do you meet in a lifetime?
I don't know.
Here come the doctors.
How many patients you boys see today?
Very funny.
Hey, Doc, I've got this very peculiar sound in my head.
Like an echo.
What do you expect from an empty space, Bells?
Hey, let's eat already. I'm starved.
What is it?
Hash. Again?
If I don't get a rescue at a restaurant soon, I'm gonna starve to death.
Who did it?
I did. You wanna make something out of it?
Make something out of it? I don't believe it.
Saved by the bell.
Squad 51, unknown type rescue.
6412 Somerville.
Cross Street, Grant.
Timeout 1304.
Second Street from Indiana.
Squad 51104, KMG 365.
LA clear, KMG 941.
I was talking to her when all of a sudden she passed out.
I tried to help her, but the dog came at me so I beat it out of there.
It's locked.
I can see her from the window here.
I was talking to her. I sell encyclopedias.
You know, she queried us by mail.
Anyway, I rang the bell and she answered.
I hadn't said too much to her when she started to fall.
So I reached in to help her, but the dog came at me so I slammed the door to protect myself.
I'll have to go in through the window.
What are we gonna do about that dog?
We'll take care of him.
I'll put out coats and an air bottle.
Could you bust this window?
Yeah, sure.
That dog sure wants a piece of you.
All right.
Very neatly done.
Nothing to it.
She doesn't seem to have any difficulty breathing.
Better check the medicine cabinet. It might be an OD.
Right.
Bring in the resuscitator.
Rampart base, this is rescue 51.
51, Rampart base. Go ahead.
Rampart, we have an unconscious female, approximate age 25.
There's no friends or relatives at scene.
We're checking vital signs and setting up for an EKG.
Dr. Brackett to base station.
Dr. Brackett, base station, stat.
Rampart, blood pressure is 120 over 60.
Pulse 100 and threading.
Respiration is at 12 and shallow.
Eyes responsive.
EKG shows possible a fib.
Rampart, we found diuretics.
Only two out of a bottle of 50.
Name and age on prescription bottle doesn't match victim.
51, start an IV with D5W.
Is ambulance at scene? EKG shows a fib.
It's on its way.
It's on its way, Rampart.
Transport as soon as possible.
10-4.
Mrs. Jonas, I thought you went home.
I started to.
We can't help him there.
Where did they take him?
Jail ward.
You know, the best way to help him is not to give him a hard time about what he's done.
There's nothing a patient needs less than a lecture when he's coming out of the anesthetic.
But don't you think he did wrong?
I'm a nurse, not a judge.
Now, Bitsy...
I know.
Another way to help him is to go home and take care of myself.
He won't be able to see you for a while yet.
I'll phone you when I can.
In here.
Here.
These are them.
What's your name?
Grace Corbett.
What have you been eating and drinking?
Not much. I've been on a diet.
Have you been taking these?
Yes, sir.
When you take diuretics, it's essential you have a controlled diet.
Have you been taking potassium?
I don't know.
Bring a bottle of D5, half normal saline, 40 milligrams potassium.
You've done a foolish thing.
You took somebody else's medicine.
It's not medicine. It's just a reducing thing.
No diuretic is just a reducing thing.
This prescription calls for 50 pills. There's only two left.
I only took three a day.
For 16 days straight?
I feel terrible.
Whose medicine was it?
My friend B.
Her doctor let her take them. Three a day.
She weighed more than I do, maybe 10 pounds.
And she lost weight, a lot of weight.
So she refilled the prescription and gave it to you.
Don't you know you shouldn't take anybody else's medication?
It's only a reducing thing.
She lost over 50 pounds and never had a sick day.
If it worked for her, why not for me?
Because her doctor knows all about her.
What her system can tolerate, what kind of medication she can handle.
And I'm sure he examined her periodically.
She gets called for dates all the time now.
I'm tired of staying home alone with the TV.
All the time.
So you used her diuretic and dehydrated yourself.
You could have died.
Now if you'd rather do that than sit alone by the TV, go ahead and be done.
Use other people's prescriptions.
I don't want to die.
I just want to have someone.
Women's vanity.
Men's blindness.
Any particular men in mind?
You tell me.
How is she?
She seems stable now.
How's the holdup man coming along?
He's going to make it.
At least to jail I guess.
Kind of short handed on this shift, aren't you?
You're looking for Ellen Bart, right?
You said the name of the week, he's hooked again.
Not for long.
You've heard of people marching to the sound of their own drum.
Ellen's got a whole five and bugle chord.
I kind of have a feeling for bugles.
You know, I'll bet she's over in supply.
Roy, I was thinking we need some IV solution.
Yeah, I know what you were thinking.
And it has nothing to do with IV solution.
I'll be in the squad, make it fast.
Feeling any better?
A little dizzy maybe.
I'm sending you upstairs to a general ward.
You're not coming?
Of course I'm coming.
I want to make sure you're comfortable.
Italian 7, engine 95, engine 41 are drilling at main and El Segundo.
Squad 59, cancel your response.
Squad 51 returning to quarters.
Squad 51.
How long are you going to keep that silly smile on your face?
Friday night at 8.
Her first night off.
That's like discovering the cure for polio.
Almost.
She's a very wild chick, Roy.
Very funny ideas and peculiar attitudes.
You'll be quite a combination.
Very peculiar attitudes in your one track mind.
Friday night.
Isn't that the night you take your kid to Indian guides?
Hey, hey.
Hey, man.
How do I get some help around here?
What kind of help?
My buddy, he's outside.
What's the matter?
How would I know?
Well, doctor, I think he's dying on you.
Let's go, let's go.
Ident in one.
It's an OD.
OD?
No, no way, Doc.
Overdose.
I know an overdose, but I see it.
What were you taking?
Nothing.
We're clean, I tell you.
We can't help him unless you level with me, man.
What were you taking?
Nothing.
Look, Doc, you're way off.
Look, why don't you stop lying?
What was it?
Acid, speed, a little heroin?
Forget it.
You're looking at Billy's hair and all you see is a trip.
Let's go.
Hey, Dr. Jose Estrada.
Listen, Doc.
Look, the best way for you to help your friend is to tell me the truth.
How can I convince you?
You're not telling me, damn it.
Start an IVD5W.
Get him out of my way.
Don't you worry.
We'll take care of it.
You wait here.
Patient in treatment room five.
I'll take his BP.
Get his clothes off.
Check between his toes, underneath his fingernails for needle marks and any other areas he might
use.
Get the information from him.
Could you give me his name, please?
His name is Billy Martin.
Address?
Where does he live?
We were crashing in an old shack on an Alameda canyon.
You can't give me a specific address.
No.
No needle marks, Doctor.
Get this to the lab.
Why are you preparing a spinal tap tray?
We couldn't find needle marks.
The patient's friend claims he took nothing.
Since there's doubt as to the reason for the patient's condition, I thought a spinal tap
would be ordered.
There is no doubt.
About what?
We have an obvious OD, Doctor.
Patient's comatose, skin dry, eyes not responsive, and shortness of breath.
Did you draw blood?
It's at the lab.
Well, I will know for sure soon enough.
And for sure, the blood will show signs of drugs.
My guess is heroin.
Treatment five.
Thank you.
Lab report?
Negative.
No sign of drugs.
Sugar is negative.
Spinal tap.
liers.
It's clear.
No evidence of head trauma.
Looks like an insect bite.
Get any venom down here.
All we've got.
When did this happen to your friend?
Oh, 30, 40 minutes ago.
Where were you when it happened?
Where?
I mean, were you asleep, standing up on the highway in a building?
We were just sitting outside the cabin, you know, just rapping.
Suddenly Billy got this terrible pain in his gut.
Wham.
Where? What place?
Oh, I already told her.
Alameda Canyon.
Do you think it might be a black-wooded spider bite?
Maybe.
What's holding up that antivenom?
I'll find out.
It may take a little while, but he'll be all right.
We'll let him rest here for a couple of hours.
I examine him thoroughly.
Why didn't I see that insect bite?
Because you were too convinced you were going to find something else?
Where diagnosis is concerned, Mike, you've got to keep an open mind.
He's going to be all right.
You can go home now and come back tomorrow.
Maybe he can go home then, too.
Thanks, Doc.
Listen, I'm sorry.
I really thought that...
Hey, it's okay, Doc.
You can't help your prejudices.
Nobody can.
Sure.
See you, buddy.
You know, Dix, nobody likes anyone who's right all the time.
Well, I keep trying to make mistakes.
And nobody likes a wise guy either.
Come on, let's go get some coffee.
I'm coming for that.
Keep an eye on him.
Cap, you know, you got like 5% more carbon monoxide in your system than the average American?
No, I didn't know that.
Our only captain's that lucky?
It says here, a survey has shown that for each two years a fireman is on active duty,
he absorbs one half of 1% carbon monoxide into his system and it never goes away.
How long you been on the job, Gage?
Oh, four years.
That means you got about 1% carbon monoxide in your system, right?
According to this.
Does that article mention that it's been proved carbon monoxide destroys a man's sex drive?
Funny, very funny.
Where's DeSoto? His wife's on the phone.
Huh? Oh, I'll get him.
This is the horn button. That's the siren button down there, dummy.
Don't worry, anybody can make a mistake.
We don't have any dummies.
We just have slow learners and fast learners.
And medium learners. That's what I am.
And between.
Do you know how many gallons of water we carry?
500.
Right. These are the discharge gates.
We hook the hoses here for the water.
We can pour that 500 gallons of water on a fire in just a few minutes.
And don't kids ever ask about the squad or the paramedics?
When you were a kid, were you interested in IV bottles and defibrillators?
Oh, your wife's on the phone.
You kids ever hear about the paramedics?
Well, the paramedics are firemen too, you know.
Only they just go...
Listen, mister, we gotta be going now.
Yeah, sure, honey.
Yeah, sure, I'll remember.
Station 51, truck 127.
We've got a response, sorry.
Man trapped in tower.
Xenith chemical plant, Manson and 10th Street.
Manson and 10th Street, timeout 1437.
Station 154, came to the recent fire.
L.A. clear, KMG 941.
["The Star-Spangled Banner"]
Engine 147, squad 39, party.
1313 New Ridge.
Cross Street, Elwood.
Timeout 1452.
My pipe fenders caught under that beam up there.
What happened?
We were moving a beam on the overhead crane.
Cable broke, the whole mess came through the roof.
See the result.
What do you think, Cap?
What's going on in that pipe?
Butyl acetate.
Got a 72 flash point, but you won't need masks.
Vapor density is four to one.
We can get to him from this ladder here.
Well, what do you figure we'll meet up there?
Well, it's kind of hard to tell from here.
We can either lift the beam or cut through the pipes.
We gonna use a K-12 with all this stuff on the floor?
Well, if it's butyl acetate, it's slightly soluble in water.
Get a protector line on that leak up there.
Set up the foam donkey, we'll lay a blanket on the floor.
task when in a
The 94 will be holding me.
And the 94 will turn.
Here, itches in under the saw pulled up from up top, okay?
Here are the belts.
How much weight will those sealing brackets hold?
He designed to hold that rack of pipes. That's several thousand pounds.
That was before the bean fell off.
Inchon 51, bring in the 24 foot extension ladder.
That far.
I bet you have a few aches and pains.
Oh, some dismay.
Might be a broken finger.
Captain, we're going to need a traction split.
51, bring in the traction split.
That far.
Hook it to that line.
Get a fog pattern on that leak.
Grab those lines.
Inchon 51, charge the line.
That far.
Home 127, start the generator.
We're going to have you out there soon.
Can't stand watching all this.
Hang in there, buddy.
We're going to need all the help you can give us.
Shut down your phone generator.
Okay, start cutting now.
I better cut this side first.
There we go.
All right, grab a hold of that pipe and pull yourself forward.
All right, pull on the ropes.
All right, I'll be right back.
Why the long face?
We were saying goodbye.
I thought I had it made.
Friday night, wouldn't it?
She's called it off.
She's going to be on the high seas.
Just to get away from you?
She's applied for a job as a nurse on a cruise ship.
She's going to be gone for six months.
At least you'll know where she is.
Are you kidding?
What am I going to do with a girl on the high seas?
Squad 51 available.
Do you know that there are 320 nurses in this hospital, 120 of which are over 25?
That brings it down to 210. 12 of them are over six feet tall.
That brings the desirable ones down to...
Why don't you get married instead of feeding your neurosis?
Seven of them, I know for a fact, over 150 pounds.
You know, half the nurses in this hospital are married.
Most of the other half want to be.
Now, the ones that want to be and aren't, you got to admit, they got a problem, right?
Now, the ones that aren't and don't want to be, Roy, that's a little weird.
Now, I ask you, how many days does this place leave me?
Not very many.
You ask me if I got a problem.
I've got a problem, all right.
Pretty soon I'll have to be taking out candy strippers.
Can't you see the guys at the station?
I need you taking out candy strippers.