Engine 51 squad 51 trucking.
Possible cardiac victim trapped in an elevator.
225 Overland. 225 Overland.
Cross the down cut. Time of 910.
Station 51, 10-4, KMG 365.
Hello. Hello.
Darned elevator stuck again.
Yellow wire coat hanger?
Coat hanger? Yeah, I got one right here.
Our dispatcher says something about a possible heart attack.
Oh gosh, I don't know for sure.
But when I called him, I was just afraid of what might happen.
You see, I got on the elevator phone.
And somebody mentioned something about being sick.
And about then the cockeyed phone went dead.
I can't get it to work again.
How many people are in the elevator?
Oh gosh, I don't know.
I got the mechanic coming though.
But gosh almighty, last time it took him over an hour.
Well where's it stuck?
It's between three and four.
Darned old elevator. It's so old.
I'm surprised it's lasted this long.
It's right between floors.
Someone's in there with a heart attack.
Now our weight on the mechanic isn't going to help.
It seems to me we could get at him from the fourth floor.
All right.
Have our gear set up.
Get the gear.
Well it looks easy enough.
It's no good here.
Let's try the escape hatch.
What was that?
Those cables are vibrating.
Brake drum slipping.
Let's get down there.
Oh my God.
Thank God, what happened?
What happened?
What's going on?
What happened?
Bring in the roof ladder.
I'll check them out.
Oh dear.
Okay, bring in the stokes and some rope.
Oh.
Oh, Mrs. Harry.
Hello, Mr. Harry.
Freddie, you all right?
Oh, Mrs. Harry.
Freddie, you all right?
Oh, golly.
I'm sorry.
How are the other two?
No way they're going to walk up that ladder cap.
My guess is the old woman's got a cardiac problem.
How's the old man?
Well, he's feisty enough, but he didn't go far on a broken leg.
Engine 51, bring in the K-12 sawn and asbestos blanket.
How is she?
She's kind of shaky.
She's stable enough for now, but I don't know how long this is going to last.
I'm really surprised she's not worse.
Well, I'll let you use the sam here.
Eddie doesn't need a broken leg.
It's enough.
She's got a lot of trouble.
How'd you do it, Sam?
When this contraption let go, I gathered her up in my arms.
I figured if I kept her off the floor, she wouldn't get hurt bad.
I'd say that was pretty sharp thinking, Sam.
I just hope it was enough.
She did mighty good to me, that Annie.
Took care of me for a couple of months when I was sick.
Cooking my food, picking up my social security check.
She didn't have to do it, but she did.
Okay.
Right neighborly, you know?
She sounds like quite a lady, Sam.
Yes, sir. Please, just take good care of her.
You guys ready?
Yeah, just about.
Use this while we cut it open.
All right, you can take that ladder up.
We're going to have to get her out of here fast.
We're going to be here a while, huh?
Won't be long, Sam.
You just lie there and take it easy.
Thank you, sir.
Okay, bye.
Get the Stokes ready.
Okay.
She's still throwing PVC's.
We better keep this EKG going while we move her up.
All right. Captain?
You got the Stokes ready?
Okay, Gretcher, coming down.
Okay, throw it down.
All right, we'll be back for you in just a second, Sam.
Thank you, but don't worry about me.
Take care of Annie.
You're gonna be all right, honey.
You're gonna be fine, believe me.
She's still throwing PVC's.
We better keep the EKG going while we move her up.
Okay, take it up.
Who is it?
Oh, Annie. Annie.
It's all right. You're gonna be all right.
Just take it easy.
I'm gonna help you.
She's gone into bradycardia.
Can't get a pulse.
We better start CPR.
Give me a hand over here.
Vampire Beast, this is rescue 51.
51, this is Rampard.
Go ahead.
Rampard base, patient has now been removed from the elevator.
She's gone into bradycardia.
Rates dropped to 20.
D5W drip.
It's still going.
We've begun CPR.
Rampard base, 51.
Give me a reading on the vital signs.
Stand by, Rampard.
Rampard base, the patient is unconscious.
His sporadic respirations.
Can't get a BP.
51, can you get a carotid pulse?
Rampard base negative.
I lost it about 30 seconds ago.
51.104, we'll have the razor rate increase blood pressure.
Administer atropine, 1.0 milligrams.
IV push.
Administer, stand by for lead 2 EKG transmission.
Come on, lady, pick it up.
51 V5, defibrillate 400 watt seconds and move it.
The other way.
Clear.
Okay.
Again.
Clear.
Rampard base, we have defibrillated successfully.
10-4, 51, send me another strip and give her 1 amp sodium bicarbonate.
10-4.
51, start a lidocaine drip.
She appears stable.
Get her in there as fast as you can.
10-4, Rampard.
10-minute ETA, take that patient over there, will you?
She's going to be all right, ain't she?
Ain't she?
Right.
51, give me an update on your male patient.
Well, the male patient has got a fractured right leg.
Vital signs are very stable and he's very conscious.
10-4, 51.
That was really great, Dr. Brackett.
A patient miles away from the hospital and it's almost like having a doctor in the hospital right there.
Miss Walters, a nurse is supposed to assist, not get in the way.
Even a student nurse should know that much.
Well, I'm...
Yes, I know.
You're sorry.
Well, I don't want you to be sorry.
I want you to do what you're supposed to do.
Do you think you can do that for me?
Yes, doctor, I'm sorry.
Then get those notes transcribed for me.
We're going to need a record of the drugs when they get here.
I was so...
It's blank.
We can take it off the tape, Kel.
Not we, she can.
You've got five minutes.
Yes, sir, I'll do it right away.
One more thing.
One of these days you might learn to read an EKG,
but you'll find it's pretty hard to do if it's wrapped around your feet.
Don't say it, Dix.
I will say it.
She's just a kid.
Give her a break.
A hospital is no place for kids.
She's supposed to be a nurse.
A student nurse, Kel.
Sure she's impressionable and awed by the surroundings.
You're a big man to her.
She admires you and tries too hard,
but you just don't give her a chance.
So now it's my fault.
I didn't say that.
You didn't have to.
All I'm asking is for you to ease up.
Like, maybe give her a small compliment once in a while.
Compliment?
What's she done to be complimented for?
Plenty.
When you're not around, she's the most efficient student nurse I have.
Oh.
Well, do I have some kind of mysterious power
that causes her to be a foul ball every time she gets near me?
To me there's nothing mysterious about it.
You scare her to death.
Just as you do most of the student nurses around here.
The Ogre syndrome again, huh?
It's known as the Bracket Syndrome, but there is a cure for it.
I can't wait.
It's simple.
Just bring a little of that charming off-duty personality work with you.
It's just not good enough to do a good job practicing medicine anymore, huh?
That's about it, Doctor.
Well, let me tell you something, Dixie.
Dr. Bracket.
Yes, Nurse Walters.
Yes, she's here.
But maybe I can help you.
What's the problem?
We'll see how a little of that off-duty personality works.
Yes?
The tape.
Well, what about it?
How did that happen?
What?
Well, fix it.
I don't care how, just do it.
She forgot to thread the tape and it ran off all over the room.
1,800 feet of spaghetti on the floor.
And you know something, Dix?
I wasn't even close to her when it happened.
And don't tell me that syndrome works by remote control.
Hey, Gage, it looks like one of your army of female admirers dropped off a token of affection while we were out in that run.
Oh, yeah?
My dear Johnny, please accept these cookies in the spirit with which they're intended and please call me at your earliest opportunity.
Fondest regards, Cynthia.
You really have her a hug, Johnny boy.
Oh, swell.
Who is Cynthia?
Ever hear of a fire buff?
Well, she's a fireman buff.
And I guess I'm the current object of her affection.
So don't knock it.
Say, Chet, you know, you really ought to meet her.
She's more your type than mine.
No way.
When old John Gage starts trying to sell a girl to me, something's got to be wrong.
Find yourself another pigeon.
Tell me, how is it I missed all this action anyway?
Who is Cynthia?
Well, remember last week when I TX'd for Kirk on B shift?
Yeah.
Well, I was out taking down the flag when this girl drove up front with a flat tire.
Cynthia.
Yeah, Cynthia.
Anyway, I changed the tire and that was it.
And she's been calling me ever since.
She's what you call a real dog, huh?
Well, no, she's not really that bad looking.
It's just that she's kind of strange, you know?
No, I don't know.
Well, let me put it to you this way.
Any girl that targets in on a guy just because he changes her tire,
well, there's got to be something wrong with her.
Like what?
Well, I can't really put my finger on it, but she's got to be redirected and quick.
Your logic puts me away.
Now, if she is not a dog, then why don't you take her out once?
I mean, see what she's really like.
You know, you've been married too long.
You still don't get it.
Roy, she's chasing me.
I'm not chasing her.
Now, there's something radically wrong with that.
You're enough to stagger the imagination, you know that?
Well, just skip the insults and just tell me, how do I dump her?
I'd say you shouldn't try to dump her.
Why?
A girl like that might be just what you need.
And that's the story, Dr. Early.
Maybe I just better find another career.
You want my opinion?
You like being a nurse?
Why?
Well, I don't know.
I guess because I just feel so good being a part of all this and helping people.
I'd say that's a pretty fair start.
Now, are you good at your work?
Not when I'm around Dr. Brackett.
You do okay with me.
What's the hanging with Dr. Brackett?
That's the problem. I don't know.
You try to do a good job when you work with him?
Yeah, but it just turns sour every time.
Maybe you're trying too hard.
Too hard?
Sharon, look at it this way.
If you just think about your work and not so much about pleasing the person you're working with,
maybe you won't have too many things on your mind, right?
Hmm?
Okay, Mr. Clinton, that should do it.
Now, the next time you start tinkering around with your wife's blender,
I suggest you make sure it's unplugged.
Thank you, Doctor.
Oh, Miss Wallers.
Thank you.
You did a nice job.
You're a bit of all right, Dr. Brackett.
I'm just so my charming off-duty personality.
You see it...
It was an accident, Doctor.
Yes, I know.
You're sorry?
What's the matter with me anyway, Miss McCall?
I feel like a total clutz,
and every time I goof up, there's Dr. Brackett right around the corner.
Well, maybe he just makes you nervous.
Tell you what, treat him like your...
Well, like he was your older brother or someone like that.
My older brother?
Well, maybe it'll help you overcome the idea that he's some kind of a superman.
Then you won't be so nervous when you're around him.
I couldn't do that. Act like he's my brother.
Well, I didn't mean it literally, Sharon.
Just the idea.
So you'll think of him as just another doctor, like Joe Early.
I like Dr. Early.
Do you goof up when you're around him?
No.
But he doesn't make me nervous, either.
Why not?
I don't know.
Sharon, you've got a very serious problem.
I do?
That's right.
You're suffering from an acute case of bracket itis.
That's what I call it. You're just putting me on, aren't you?
No, I'm not.
Could be very serious.
Unfortunately, I've got just the cure.
I do?
Come on, let's have a cup of coffee.
Engine is what? 18, truck 127, tally 1.
Fire. Dock 61, port of Marina.
How are you, the early bird? How are your days off?
Miserable.
You don't look so miserable.
No, no, no, no.
That's now because I finally get it all figured out.
Cynthia, you broke down and took her out.
No way.
She turned you down.
You're a real wise guy, aren't you?
I can't figure you out. I come walking in here,
you're bouncing around like you made your first million,
but you say you were miserable.
I'm not turning you down.
You go running through that girl-crazy computer
you have instead of a normal mind, huh?
You know, she ruined my days off.
She called me at least three or four times.
That's tough. So why isn't all that misery showing?
Because I think I finally solved my problem.
That's why I came in early this morning.
Just a stroke of genius.
I can imagine.
Wait a minute. Just hear me out.
I can't wait.
You remember how I met Cynthia, right?
The only reason why I was out there
taking down the flag that particular day
is because I traded places with Kirk, right?
Right. So the way I figure it,
it's Kirk's fault.
That's amazing logic.
Yeah, you bet.
If he got me in it, he can bail me out.
You collared him before he went on a shift.
Well, let's just say
I sold him on a wonderful opportunity.
He went for it?
Yeah, not exactly.
He said he's gonna... needs more time to think it over.
How much time?
Well, I gave him until 4 o'clock this afternoon.
What's magic about 4 o'clock?
That's what time she's coming to the station.
How do you know that?
I invited her.
I won't ask.
What better way is there to dump her?
If Kirk agrees, I introduce them.
He's off duty tonight.
Who knows? I mean, get a beautiful relationship started.
Did you ever see him?
Did you ever consider the fact
that he just might turn you down?
Don't think negative.
Squad 51, person injured.
216 Ranch Road.
Cross Street, Gailey.
Timeout, 830.
Squad 51, 10-4, KMG 365.
Hey, can you guys pick up on the fact
that this is the first time
I've dealt C in the establishment?
What's the problem?
It's a problem. Look at my face.
Take a loving look at my face.
I mean, I've been basted like I'm a sacrifice
to a sun god or something.
You have had exposure. Is your skin burned?
No, but that's because faith was on my side.
I mean, I've been basted like I'm a sacrifice
to a sun god or something.
You have had exposure. Is your skin burned?
No, but that's because faith was on my side.
I mean, I've been basted like I'm a sacrifice
to a sun god or something.
I'm not about to do that again.
Do what again?
You're not gonna believe this happening, man.
I mean, it was like some weird adventure
out of a science fiction flick.
Follow me. Follow me.
Grubelle Hunter's my name.
And this is my garden of Eden.
Or at least it was till about a half hour ago.
This looks like a garbage dump.
Recycling is called, man.
Behold, you're looking at the world's
largest compost heap.
You mean to say
that you don't have your garbage hauled off?
No way, man.
I've been giving it all back to Mother Earth
for the last six years.
Never know it.
You know something? I got a feeling
there's something evil happening around here.
You know what I mean, you dig?
Well, Mr. Hunter, we're kind of square.
Can you spell it out for us?
Sure. Right here's where it all started.
I dug this hole
by this water pipe. I was gonna hook up
a new faucet. Dig?
I dig.
Get the meter.
Hey, wait. Where's he splitting to?
He'll be right back. Go on.
What are you happening?
Well, if I'm gonna open up a new faucet,
I gotta cut the water line, right?
And when you cut the water pipe with that electric saw,
there was a quick explosion, right?
Right. Far out. You got it, man.
That's it. It must have lifted me off the ground
about two feet.
Hey, how'd you know about that anyway?
Well, it's not hard to guess in this dump.
Besides sanitary reasons,
you know why you shouldn't be
burying your garbage here?
Oh, here it comes.
Is that that flag waving with this lecture, man?
You wanna know why it knocked you in your butt or not?
Yeah, man, but do you have to give me
all that stuff about all mankind, huh?
I wouldn't think of it.
Hey, what's with the divining rod?
What is this, a treasure hunt?
I mean, I thought you guys just did your fire pit.
That was it.
Oh, no, that's a combustible gas indicator
for measuring the intensity of flammable gases.
Now, see, man, you weren't listening.
The hole I was digging was for H.O.2,
not for gas.
No, he's not looking for natural gas.
See, I got a hunt, see, you hit a pocket of methane gas
and that electric saw set it off.
Methane gas?
Well, what would I want with methane gas?
These back-filled garbage holes are built-in tanks.
Wait a minute, wait a minute.
We're losing our way, Spireman.
Now, you're confusing my brain with this, see?
Come here, I'll show you.
This is the only place I can find.
The rest of the place is, uh, clean.
Remember the rains we had three days ago?
Yeah, I remember.
Well, these back-filled garbage holes form methane gas.
Those rains forced it to the surface
and now it's leaking out.
You're putting me on.
I'll show you something. Move back.
Far out, man, that's really heavy.
I mean, I dig that.
If that's the way to have it, then I dig it.
I mean, I dig that.
That's the way it happened to me.
You dig it now.
Yeah, I dig it.
In other words, my whole backyard is one big gas tank
about to blow up.
Oh, no, it's not quite that bad, but you're gonna have to
start calling some of the garbage off.
Yeah, I can pick up on that.
But what am I gonna do about that?
Yeah, that ought to do it.
The built-in flue.
There you are, Mr. Hunter.
An eternal flame for your garden of Eden.
Wow, now, that really turns me on.
Know something?
I think you made him happy.
Squad 51 in.
Squad 51.
What's this Cynthia look like, anyway?
Well, she's kinda average, you know.
Good figure?
I don't know. I couldn't tell.
She was wearing sloppy jeans and an old T-shirt.
Well, Johnny, it isn't like you.
What if it happened to all that boyish curiosity of yours?
I told you.
There's a coop going in.
That girl just does not go stalking a guy
unless there's something wrong with her.
And I don't want to find out what that something is.
But you don't mind if Kirk finds out.
He owes me.
I mean, after all, I did work his shift for him.
Besides, I really think that she'd be good for Kirk.
How do you figure that?
Well, after all, she isn't chasing him, is she?
Phone rings.
Farman Gates here.
Hey, Kirk, how are you?
Oh, come on now.
Would I put you on?
Look, I guarantee it.
You'd go a long way before you'd find a girl quite like her.
All right, I owe you a favor.
What do you say?
Okay.
Thanks a lot, pal.
Fink.
Horns honk.
Engine 51, squad 51.
Industrial accident at the railroad yard.
Alameda at 3rd Street.
Timeout, 1400.
Stay on the road.
Timeout, 1400.
Station 51, 10-4, KMG 365.
Sirens.
I know he was all right at lunchtime.
He's been on the way in here about five minutes ago.
That's why I called you.
Kelly, we're going to need the O2.
Mr., can you talk?
It's hard.
I don't feel good.
My head is dizzy.
Do you have a history of heart problems?
No.
Tank.
Get out of tank.
He was working on the tank cars, cleaning them out.
What's in the tank?
The tank.
At that station, it looked like it文 out a group of tank cars.
At that station, it looked like it would take three minutes to make底 a Battle tank.
What do you mean?
He was cleaning out the tanks with his tank dismissed.
And they were clean and everyone discovered Super jesteśmy tank.
And who was there?
Not the paint or paint job, it was the rounds and everything he dealt with.
What a name.
It's the same old guy...
...trying to say something.
Yeah.
All products ever made.
out the tanks together.
We might just have another patient on our hands if we can find him.
We want a list of all the tank cars containing chlorinated solvents.
Rescue 51 to Rampart Base, how do you read?
Rampart Base, go ahead.
Rescue 51, we have a male operation, approximately age 35 years old.
All right, men, let's take the first row of cars.
You guys start this end, we'll start the other.
Right.
Probable exposure to trichlorethylene fumes.
Dixon, get the toxicology book.
Patient is in a semi-comatose state.
He has difficulty breathing, but he responds to oxygen administration.
Slow respiration is approximately 10.
Pulse rate is 70.
Blood pressure is 95 over 50.
10-4-51, stand by.
51, judging from the vital signs, I'd say exposure is limited.
Maintain oxygen flow.
We'll start an immediate IV using D5W.
Send an amendment.
10-4, Rampart.
Trichlorethylene?
Yeah.
It's a solvent.
It's used as a degreasing agent.
Once it's inhaled or ingested, it starts an immediate breakdown in carbon monoxide.
How dangerous is it?
5 cc's could be fatal.
Any luck?
Not yet.
Did you get any more information from that worker?
Well, he did verify that Andy is still inside one of those cars, an empty one with fumes.
Said he could barely pull himself out, staggered around for a while trying to find help when he passed out.
I'm telling you, he was really disoriented.
Check out row three and that'll take care of the whole yard.
All right.
Hey, Roy.
There's a hose going into this hatch up here.
I'll get the equipment.
Hey, throw me that flashlight.
We found the victim.
Row three.
Yep.
He's in there, all right.
Hey, give me that flashlight.
We're going to need the other resuscitator and a rope.
All right.
Yeah, it's trichloroethylate, all right.
You can tell how they came down here without smelling anything.
Fumes are laying on the bottom.
Hurry up with that rope.
All right, stand by.
Hey, check him out.
Let's see.
He's got his legs.
Okay, bring him out, man.
Easy does it.
Take him to the engine.
Get him hosed off fast.
All right, get back.
Okay, spray him.
Let's get some water on him.
Well, he's still with us. Let's get on the air to Rampart.
Rampart base is the rescue 51.
Rampart base, go ahead, 51.
Patient is en route to the hospital.
10-4.
You do realize that? That man's pretty lucky.
Well, the fact that he passed out and sitting position in the tank saved his life.
You know, another foot lower and those fumes would have finished him off.
Man, that was a freaky accident.
Yeah, aren't they all.
Squad 51 returning to quarters.
Squad 51.
Well, Mr. Cranks, how are you feeling now?
Hey, honey. It's Sam.
I never saw so dang many people pitch in and work so hard on an old man like me.
How come?
Because we like you, Sam.
You be careful. I may get to be liking it around here.
That's not allowed.
You see, the better you get, the meaner we get.
That way, by the time you're healthy, we're so mean that you won't be able to stand us
and you'll beg us to let you go home.
A likely story.
But true.
Please, how is Annie? How is she?
Well, according to Dr. Brackett, I think she'll be on her way home before you.
Oh, that's good news.
We kind of had a hunch you'd think so.
Oh, you did, huh?
Mm-hmm. From what the fellas at the fire department tell me, you've got kind of a thing for Annie.
She's a fine neighbor.
Mm-hmm. Sure she is.
What is it, Mr. Cranks?
You don't rightly know.
Any pain?
Where?
Right here.
Yeah.
It went away.
Come on, Mr. Cranks, spin up. Let me help you.
It hurt. It hurts, Ben.
Kill. 107, Mr. Cranks.
Who's with him?
Sharon Walters.
Come on, let's go. I'll need some help.
What is it?
Some kind of respiratory distress, Doctor.
He had sharp chest pains, rapid respirations, pulse 135 and thready BP 90 over 60.
Oxygen going. Eye follower's position.
Let's get an IV started.
Oh, well, you want a portable x-ray and cardiogram, Doctor?
And some blood tests.
Right away, Doctor.
That chest pain easing up any sand?
A little better, Doc.
Please, what happened?
Without further tests, we can't tell for sure.
But from the way Miss Walters handled things here, I don't think you've got anything to worry about.
I'm gonna give you something to ease the pain.
Pretty efficient nurse, huh, Doctor?
Was it a heart attack, Doc?
You're too tough for that, Sam.
It's what we call a pulmonary embolism.
Fortunately, we caught it in time.
But you have to be still, Mr. Cranks.
You can't be moving around.
Like I said before, there sure is a heap of people around here helping me.
What about that embolism thing?
Well, it was a result of your injury that you had.
A little clot was formed and passed by the blood through the veins in your leg and forced into your lungs.
You felt the rest.
And you beat that.
Could it happen again?
I hope not, Sam.
You just do what Miss Walters says here and everything will be all right.
No moving around.
The medication will take care of the rest.
You have my word.
Well, I'm gonna let Miss Walters stick with Nurse Bart for a while just to make sure.
Let's start him on 5,000 units, Heparin IV.
I want his vital signs checked every 15 minutes.
Yes, Doctor.
She really gained through, huh?
She sure did.
Well, maybe I've been wrong about her, Dish.
Oh?
She was like a veteran.
She did exactly what to do and did it without fumbling.
Oxygen therapy, high-fowler's position.
I noticed.
She was like a different person.
Why the sudden change?
Simple.
I explained you to her.
What's that supposed to mean?
Well, you're not on that big high pedestal anymore.
It was my hear, nervous.
Exactly what did you tell her about me?
Morning, man.
Hey, Kirk.
What are you doing here?
Oh, Trita McKilley.
She's got a very heavy date, he says.
Oh, yeah?
Morning.
Who's the girl, do you know?
No, he didn't say.
Oh.
She must really be some girl for him to take a whole day off.
Sure must be.
Said he was dropping by to borrow my dune buggy.
They're beaching it.
Hmm.
Sure nice day for it.
Morning, slaves.
Sure is one great day for not working.
Mike, can I borrow the keys?
Hey, go ahead.
Hey, Chet.
Who's the girl?
You want to meet her again, Johnny?
Again.
Hey, Cynthia, come on in and meet the gang.
Excuse me.
Cynthia, would you like a cup of coffee?
Sure.
That's Cynthia, right?
The girl you tried to pawn off on everyone all week.
Yeah.
You know something, Johnny?
You're totally out of your mind.
You really are.
Yeah.
Tell me about it.