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Okay, next room, Same deal.

Five seconds of Full wide angle fog,

Whip it around high, Shut down both lines, Slam the door.

The steam should Knock down the fire.

Of course, we almost always Have plenty of water At a structure fire,

But this is a very handy Method if we have to Fight a lot of fire

With just the water In our tank, okay?

I'’ll tell you, when I Was just starting out, I worked for an old-time...

I hear we got a new Paramedic trainee On this shift.

Yeah.

Why don'’t we see If we can make him Full-time cook.

Hey, it'’s worth a try.You bet.

...Lines back. Hello?

[ men laughing ]

Hello?

I'’m gonna start giving tests On my old-time chief stories,

If I can'’t get your attention Any other way.

Sorry, cap. But chet here Was talking about The new paramedic trainee.

I just thought Maybe we can make him Full-time cook.

Hmm.

Woman: sorry.

I'’m a lousy cook.

You, I assume, Are the captain?

Yeah, that'’s right. You are the new trainee?

That'’s right. Karen overstreet.

Yeah, captain stanley here. Gentlemen, our new trainee.

This is mike stoker there, And marco lopez.

Stoker, lopez.Hi.

Stanley: that'’s chet kelly Back there.

Kelly.

And these two, You'’ll be working with. This is roy desoto.

Desoto.

And john gage.

Hi, nice to Meet you.

Stanley: We'’ll finish this later.

Welcome to station 51.

Yeah, it'’s real nice To have you with us.

Where you from?

Northern california.Oh.

Redding.

Fire department?

Emergency room. Hospital.

Ah.

[ clearing throat ]

Well, I don'’t know Where we should start.

Well, why don'’t We start by you Showing me the squad.

Yeah, well...

Look, maybe we can Do that in a few minutes.

Why don'’t you grab A cup of coffee?

Yeah, right.

We'’re just gonna Go and talk to The captain real quick,

And we'’ll be Right back, okay?

See you later.Okay, see you later.

Is anything the matter?

No.No.

No, no. Everything'’s fine.

Okay.

Captain, What is going on?

Complaining?

No, sir, I'’m not complaining.Roy?

Well, there'’s no problem, Except why didn'’t you tell us?

I didn'’t know myself till She walked in the door.

You know, this could get A little complicated, Her training with us.

If you know What I mean.

I know What you mean.

I just got off the phone With headquarters about that.

And?

Department policy Is department policy. That means you train her.

But she'’s only gonna Work half shifts,

So that should Uncomplicate Some of the complications.

If you know What I mean.

So, how'’s the fire biz?

Fine.Real good.

Do you guys usually Have such fascinating Conversations or is it me?

Am I that stupefying?

Well, it'’s kind of Unusual, you know.

Well, hang in there. You might even get to like it.

In the meantime,

How are we going to get Past this awkward Preliminary phase?

Oh, my head Is throbbing.

[ groaning ]

Hey, chet, Will you quit kidding?

Hey, I don'’t think He'’s kidding.

Stay back!

[ sirens wailing ]

Gage! Desoto!

I want you to see this. It'’s a classic case...

Ow!

...Of pseudo Cerebral aneurysm.

Well, I was only just playing A little joke on you.

You didn'’t have to rub A hole in my chest.

And you didn'’t have To try and make A fool out of me.

Now, will someone Please show me The squad?

[ alarm sounding ]

Dispatcher: [ on radio ] Station 51, police request You at unknown-type rescue.

Mile post two On old citrus road.

Mile post two on Old citrus road.

Time out, 08:45.

Station 51, kmg 365.

[ sirens wailing ]

[ horn blaring ]

You got the james gang Holed up in there?

Just one old lady With a bird gun And a sick old man.

It'’s a freeway eviction. They'’re putting the new On ramp right through here.

The old lady faced down The marshals,

And they called us. We'’ve got a standoff.

I don'’t wanna have to Shoot my way in there,

And I sure don'’t Want her shooting up Any of my people.

What'’s wrong With the old man?

I have no idea. Are you the paramedics?

Yeah.

Mrs. Hurley, this is Sergeant weeks again.

Two nice young paramedics Are here with me.

They want to come inside And take care of your husband.

Where are they? I don'’t see 'em.

Okay, show yourselves, boys. Real easy now.

All we want to do Is come in

And see if we can Do something for Your husband, all right?

Just don'’t try to take The gun away from me.

I swear, I'’m not Afraid to use it.

No, ma'’am. We just want to See if we can do something For your husband.

All right, come on.

Get the drug box.

Who'’s that With you?

I'’m one of the Paramedics. Do I look Like a policeman?

Are you a nurse?

Yes, ma'’am. She is.

All right. Come on.

Would you shut The door, please?

Ma'’am, can you Please not point That gun at us?

Just do what you Came here to do.

Okay. Karen, Put on the o2.

Pulse is 140. Respiration'’s 40 and shallow.

Okay.

What'’s the matter With him?

We don'’t know Yet, ma'’am.

Does he have a history Of heart trouble?

Is it his heart?

Ma'’am, we don't Really know that.

How long has he had Difficulty breathing?

Two or three hours. I didn'’t know It was a heart attack.

Ma'’am, we don't Really know that.

Rampart, this is squad 51. How do you read me?

[ buzzing ]

Unit calling in, You wanna repeat?

Rampart, This is squad 51.

We have a male In his 70s.

He began having difficulty Breathing about Two or three hours ago.

He is stuporous, He is diaphoretic and He'’s markedly cyanotic.

Stand by for vital signs.

Bp is 40 over zero.

Rampart, vital signs Are 40 over zero on the bp.

Pulse is 140, Respiration is 40 and shallow.

No rales, but there'’s A plural rub on the right.

Rampart, we have no rales, But there'’s a plural Friction rub on the right.

We'’ve started o2.

Request permission To start iv.

10-4, 51. Start an iv with d5w.

Piggyback second iv With d5w,

Add two amps norepinephrine And send me an ekg strip.

Johnny: 10-4, rampart.

Page dr. Brackett For me, please.

What do you want me to do?

All right, I want You to patch him in, So we can send a strip.

Okay, can you Hear me okay?

Sir, can you hear me?

Do you have Any pains anywhere?

Here.

Yeah? Is it a sharp pain?

It really hurts.

Rampart, Victim is complaining

Of a pleuritic pain In his right lower chest.

10-4, 51. Where'’s that ekg?

I think we'’ve got A pulmonary embolism Pretty well along.

They report Pleuritic pain.

51, is your patient An invalid?

Stand by, rampart.

Ma'’am, is your husband An invalid?

He has rheumatism. He'’s hardly been out Of his chair for a year.

Affirmative, rampart. He is semi-invalid.

Are you ready On the patches?

Right.

All right, stand by For an ekg, rampart.

Sinus tachycardia With a rate of 120.

Probably a right bundle Branch block, too.

51, you almost Certainly have A pulmonary embolism.

Continue the norepinephrine, Watch his breathing,

And transport As soon as possible.

10-4, rampart.

We have an ambulance Out here.

I gotta call in The attendants.

We'’re over here.

Now will you Shut the door?

What are you Going to do?

Ma'’am, he hasn't Had a heart attack, But he'’s very sick.

Now he'’s got to Get to a hospital,

You should Come along with him.

Oh, no. No, you'’re not Taking him anywhere.

And he'’s going to Stay right here with me.

Ma'’am, he has A blood clot in the lung.

It'’s very serious.

Ma'’am, I don't think You understand. If this man doesn'’t...

I understand, all right. The police put you up to this.

It'’s a trick to get us Out of this house.

Now...

Now, you all get out of here, Right now, and leave us alone.

I mean it.

You get out of here Right now,

Or so help me, I'’ll use this gun.

That is the stupidest thing I'’ve ever heard.

Is this house More important to you Than your husband'’s life?

Ma'’am, we've lived here For over 40 years.

We worked to pay it off.

Our children grew up here.

They'’re not going to Take this away from us.

Oh, they will. But they'’ll pay you for it.

And then, you and your husband Can go anywhere you want.

That'’s if you still have A husband an hour from now.

Now put the gun down, And stop acting Like a fool.

You just Don'’t understand.

Oh, I understand. You'’re the one that's confused.

[ groaning ]

[ crying ]

Come on, Let'’s get in here.

[ indistinct chattering On police radio ]

What do you want Me to do?

Why don'’t you Carry this for me?

Are you okay? Anything we can do?No, we got it.

Got a little hairy There for a while, But we'’re cool now.

Come on.

L.A., engine 51'’s available.

Thanks, barney.

He'’s fully Comatose, kel,

But his bp Is 100 over 70.

Carol, I want Those arterial Blood gases stat.

Also, draw venous blood For a cbc,

Electrolytes, Sma 12, pro-time ptt.

He'’s got acute Cor pulmonale.

Right bundle branch block.

Sinus tachycardia With a rate of 140.

It'’s going up.

Bridget, let'’s Push 7,500 units Heparin stat,

And then I want 5,000 units q4h.

There'’s nothing more We can do for him At the moment

But keep his bp up And improve his oxygenation.

Hmm.

Carol, monitor his bp Every 15 minutes

And draw arterial Blood gases again In half an hour.

Carol: yes, doctor.

Roy, johnny.

How'’s he doing?

Well, I think He'’s stabilized.

We'’ve got him On anticoagulants,

But he'’s still In a lot of trouble.

We'’ll know more In a couple of hours.

I'’ll go tell his wife.

She getting Her feet wet?

That she is.

Kel, you'’re wanted In radiology.

Oh, thanks, dix.See you later, doc.

Hey! How'’s My girl doing?

Not too bad. She bailed us out of A bad hole this morning.

Good!

Oh, she'’s gutsy. I think she'’s a little Too gutsy though.

Well, you know, She took a lot of flak During training.

She'’s might have A little chip On her shoulder.

Yeah. Well, she'’s gonna Work out just fine.

Good.

Maybe.

Personally, I think The trainees that have Something to prove,

They make me nervous.

They try too hard.

Engine must be on a run.

Get you anything?

Uh-uh.

I would like an evaluation Of this morning'’s run.

Yeah, sure.

We would'’ve done it Sooner or later anyway.

Well, first off You found a plural rub, That'’s very good.

Oh, thank you.

Okay, what Wasn'’t so good?

Well, you were a little Hard on the victim'’s wife.

She was behaving Stupidly. Agreed?

She was under A lot of pressure.

And it could Have gone either Way there.

Look, we got him Out okay. Isn'’t that All that matters?

What we'’re trying to say is That you might ease up a bit.

The three of us are going To have to work together For a while.

Agreed. And that'’s A very good point.

So how come my first five Minutes at the station,

I get some clown Pulling a phony aneurism

While the rest of you Just stand around And watch?

Is that your Standard initiation?

Look, sometimes when a new guy Arrives at the station...

No. It isn'’t Our standard initiation.

Thank you.

Look, I don'’t want Any special privileges,

But I really don'’t want any Special obstacles either.

I'’m here for one reason, To train.

I'’m not here to win Popularity contests

Or to meet eligible bachelors

Or to participate In any fourth-grade Firehouse humor.

So why don'’t we all just Go about our business? Okay?

Okay. We'’ll all just Go about our business.

But our job is to be able to Ease you into functioning Just as well as we do

In life-or-death Situations.

So you do exactly what we tell You to do and no more.

As soon as we see You'’re capable, we'll let you Have more responsibility.

Just like any other trainee. Is that fair enough?

I don'’t get to act on my own Initiative at all?

No, not yet.

I see.

Fair enough?

Just as long as You don'’t let

My being a woman Enter into it.

Look, I'’ll tell you what.

We'’ll forget about that, If you will.

[ sighs ]

[ alarm sounding ]

Dispatcher: [ on radio ] Squad 51, engine 37 in place Of engine 51, injured man.

12459 duckworth.

1-2-4-5-9 duckworth.

Cross street, tierra.

Time out, 12:15.

Squad 51. Kmg 365.

[ sirens wailing ]

[ monitor beeping ]

Any change, mike?

Not for the better, kel. His tachycardia'’s Still way up there.

Had to increased the fio2 And add two amps Of norepinephrine

To get his Blood pressure up.

Let'’s just try And keep him stabilized

And hope the arterial Spasm decreases.

I'’d hate to have to resort To an embolectomy.

Let'’s give it A couple more hours.

How'’s he doing?

Not very good.

Look, you kids stay back Out of the way now.

[ siren wailing ]

I'’m working in my yard Over there

When I see joe Coming out that Window head first.

He was trying To kill himself!

Had the gas on In there and he was Handcuffed to a pipe.

I'’ll go get The cable cutters, Get that thing off.

What have you got?

Attempted suicide. You better check The house for gas.

Peters, johnson. Let'’s go!

Karen, I want you To get vitals.

First, I want you to Hold his head, I'’m gonna turn him.

At the last minute, He changes his mind

And pulls loose From the pipe.

I guess he broke His wrist doing it.

Roy.

Roy, we got a Possible broken wrist.

Okay.

I'’m gonna turn him over.

Okay, you got His head?Yeah.

Okay, easy does it. One flow. All right.

There we go.

There we go.

Okay, you want to Move over here? I'’ll get in there.

Okay.

Okay, you want to Give me a hand Over here?

Support this wrist For me. I'’m gonna try To cut these off.

Okay, don'’t, don't. Don'’t bend it there.

There we are. Easy on that wrist.

Rampart, this is squad 51.

Go ahead, 51.

Roy: rampart, we have A male victim here, About 40 years old.

Victim dove through A glass window to Avoid suicide by gas.

Victim'’s got lacerations

On the face, the head And the upper Part of the body.

He'’s got a broken wrist On the right side.

He'’s sluggish And somewhat shocky. Stand by for vitals.

Pulse is 110. Respiration'’s 24.

Pupils equal and reactive.

Roy: vitals. Pulse is 110, Respiration'’s 24,

And the pupils are Equal and reactive.

Stand by For bp, rampart.

Roy, correction On the pupils.

They'’re both reactive, But the right eye Is dilated.

Roy: rampart, Correction on the pupil.

They'’re both reactive, But the right pupil Is dilated.

[ blood pressure meter Inflating ]

[ air hissing ]

Roy, we'’ve got A little bleeding In the ears.

Roy: rampart, we show A slight bleeding in the ears.

He doesn'’t look very good.

He was talking A blue streak at first,

But now his face Looks funny.

What do you mean?

Kind of flat On that side.

Roy?

Rampart, victim'’s speech Has apparently deteriorated According to a neighbor here,

And we have a flattening On the right nasal Labial crease.

[ siren wailing ]

Joe: [ on radio ] 51, I suspect Intracranial hemorrhage.

Start an iv, Half normal saline,

And transport As soon as possible.

10-4, rampart.

Get a neurosurgeon down to The e.R. As fast as possible.

The gas is off. You need some help?

Yeah, backboard And sandbags.

Come on, karen.

Poor guy. His wife died A couple of months ago.

I guess he couldn'’t Stand being alone.

He had rugs and things Stuffed under all the doors.

And you ought to see That pipe in there.

He actually bent it When he tore loose From it.

One of those superhuman Strength things.

I guess he realized At the last minute He was being a jerk.

Karen, you better get going With johnny, huh?

Karen?

Get going.

Roy: doc?

Yeah.

How'’s our Head injury doing?

Well, I have him In surgery now.

The neurosurgeon thinks They got him in time.

Incidentally, What was the mix-up on His pupillary reactions?

We just didn'’t Catch it in time.

Who'’s we? The trainee?

We were checking Right behind her. I don'’t know what happened.

You think it was Just first-day jitters?

Yeah, probably.

Yeah.

Okay, I'’ll see you.

Yeah.See you later, doctor.

We'’re ready to go.

How'’s the bp, carol?

Not strong. 60 over 40.

Speed up The norepinephrine drip.

Right, doctor.

The latest blood Gases should be down In a couple of minutes.

That heart rate'’s Still up there.

How is he?

Hanging on, That'’s all, dix.

Brackett wants us To give him another hour.

Cap, that was A very good meal.

You through?Mmm.

How come she'’s so quiet All of a sudden?

I'’ll tell you later.

Uh-huh. Bet you Asked her out, huh?

I think you did, And I think that'’s why She'’s so depressed.

Because you Were her only offer.

Chet, you know something?

Forget it.

Ah, so she asked you out And you accepted

And that'’s why She'’s depressed, huh?

Will you knock it off? Will you just knock it off?

Oh, I know you got Something going, pal.

[ stuttering ] I mean, you know, I know When you'’re being devious.

I read you Like a book, gage.

You'’re even obvious when You'’re trying to be subtle.

Chet...

See, I struck A nerve, didn'’t I?

[ alarm sounding ]

Dispatcher: [ on radio ] Engine 51, trash fire.

Karen?

Karen, that'’s not for us.

Sorry.

1236 greenleaf. Time out, 14:18.

Stanley: engine 51. Kmg 365.

Hey, karen...

How'’d you like to help me With the dishes?

Sure.

The last blood gases Show the oxygen level To be up.

Hmm, and his rate Is slowing down.

Bp is up, doctor. 105 over 60.

Terrific.

Maybe that arterial spasm Is finally easing.

Dix, call cardiac Catheterization.

Tell them they won'’t have A customer after all.

Mr. Hurley'’s Past his crisis.

Can you hear me? Huh? You all right?

He'’s conscious, kel.

Dix, tell mrs. Hurley she can See her husband now. Right.

Hurley, you almost Left me alone to grow old By myself, didn'’t you?

Course, the old homestead Is going to be a freeway,

But I'’m not about to move To st. Petersburg

And play gin rummy with a lot Of blue-haired old ladies For the rest of my life.

Maybe I...

I could find me a boyfriend Like that good-looking Young doctor there.

But I don'’t think I could Make the adjustment to Such a young, handsome fellow.

Doctor, do you suppose You could leave us alone For a while,

So I could hold hands With this old man?

All right.

Just for a few minutes.

You know, hurley, I was gonna hold out Until they shot me dead.

But that young woman That came in with The firemen this morning,

She called me stupid.

She was rude.

But she was right.

[ alarm sounding ]

Squad 51, man down, Corner of alvarado And la crescenta.

Alvarado and la crescenta. Time out, 08:20.

Squad 51, kmg 365.

[ sirens wailing ]

It'’s my uncle.

We were on our way to breakfast, And he just collapsed.

There'’s no pulse or anything. Is it too late?

Johnny: does he have A history of heart trouble?

Yeah, he'’s had a bad heart For a long time.

Okay.

Okay.

Check the pulse.

Check the pulse.

No pulse.

Johnny.

O2.

Okay, we'’re on when you Want to check him.

Defib.

[ beeping ]

One, two, three.

Clear.

Nothing.

Oxygen, oxygen. Get on the o2.

Rampart, this is squad 51. How do you read?

Yeah, go ahead, 51.

Rampart, we have a male, Approximately 60 years old,

Heart attack Before we arrived.

We'’ve started cpr. We'’ve defibrillated once.

Request permission to start An iv, esophageal airway.

Affirmative, 51. Start an iv with d5w,

Give him two amps bicarb, And defibrillate again.

10-4, rampart.

Karen. Karen, take over here. Take over here, honey.

You ready?Yeah.

Okay, go on.

Johnny: can you hand me That esophageal?

Okay. All right, Take it off.

This is his third Or fourth attack. Is he gonna die?

Roy: not if We can help it.

Okay, we'’re patched in. Lift the iv.

[ karen panting ]

Okay.

Here you go.

Okay, let'’s hit him again.

Roy: charge.

One, two, three.

Clear.

Nothing.

51, he'’s still in v-fib.

Administer bolus Of 100 milligrams lidocaine, Then defibrillate again.

10-4, rampart.

Lidocaine in.

Charge.

[ defibrillator charging ]

Roy: one, two, three.

Clear.

Roy: straight line.

Rampart, patient'’s A straight line.

51, push five ccs Of 1 to 10,000 Epinephrine ic.

Five ccs of 1 to 10,000 Epinephrine ic, rampart.

I can'’t do this anymore. I don'’t have any strength left.

All right, then let me Take over, okay?

On three. One, two, three.

Karen, swab him Down here. Quick.

[ panting ]

Karen, quick. Swab him down.

Come on, give it to me.

[ sighs ]

And it'’s all Your fault, huh? Here.

Well, he'’s dead,

And I sure didn'’t do Very much to help Keep him alive.

When you left here, You were as good As anyone we'’ve trained.

What happened?

All through training

I kept running Into people

Who would say that they Didn'’t think that I could Make it as a paramedic.

I thought since They hadn'’t done it Themselves,

That they didn'’t know What they were Talking about.

Now I find that I am At a fire station

Where no one Can relate to me,

And I really am An outsider,

And I begin to think That maybe there'’s A valid reason for it.

Well, of course, There'’s a valid reason.

The guys have never worked With a girl before.

But right from the start I tried to get them to Treat me like anybody else.

But you aren'’t Like anybody else, to them.

I always felt At a disadvantage.

You know, I see myself Turning into this

Incredibly defensive person,

And I don'’t know What to do about it.

Seems to me that Maybe you'’re so busy

Trying to show the firemen You can cut it,

That you'’re blowing Your own self-assurance.

Of course, if you want to, You can always go ahead And quit the program.

That wouldn'’t show Anybody anything, would it?

It would sure prove Something, all right.

I see what you mean.

You'’re okay, for a girl.

Got to get back to work.

Me, too.

[ sighs ]

So anyhow...

How does a nice girl Like me make a go of it In a place like this?

Well, it'’s like I told you before, You just got to be patient.

We'’re not gonna Have you do anything You can'’t handle

And we'’re there To back you up.

When do I learn If I can do it on my own?

When you have to.

Okay.

[ alarm sounding ]

Station 51, engine 36,

Engine 127, Structure fire,

129 east alhambra.

Cross street, ninth. Time out, 13:40.

Station 51, kmg 365.

[ sirens wailing ]

[ horn blaring ]

We had some Fire upstairs

And now I'’m not sure About downstairs.

Anybody still In the house?

Nobody'’s home Downstairs, but my Sister-in-law'’s upstairs.

She'’s an invalid.Which room?

Corner room In the back.

Stanley: Okay, go bring her out. Use your air masks.

Smith: those are Two separate residences. There'’s no stairway inside.

Okay. Kelly, you and I Will go in there With an inch-and-a-half.

Stoker, as soon as You get water to us,

You mule a line Back to the hydrant.Right, captain.

Marco, grab a line, and cover Gage and desoto over there.

Better get the equipment.

Drug box, biophone, Defibrillator and o2, all right?

Roy.Thanks.

Info 1: [ on radio ] Press room, engine 163 is Requesting a tow truck

At maywood and 71st street.

10-4, info 1. The press room Has been notified.

Hurry up.

Move out, kids, You'’re gonna get hurt.

Move out. Come on, let'’s go.

[ dispatcher chattering On radio ]

Watch out, we could Get a backdraft explosion!

Stand back, It'’s gonna collapse!

Bring her around To the window!

Carl, you got a ladder, Don'’t you?

Right around here.

Five seconds of fog, Whip it around in there And shut it up.

[ siren wailing ]

Cap, this hydrant'’s dry.

You'’ll have to lay line From the other hydrant.

[ coughing ]

Okay, hand her Down to me, all right.

[ groans ]

Get the defibrillator.

Right.

Hey! Hey!

Over here!

Come on, on the double!

Put the ladder for me! The second floor is gone!

[ beeping ]

Okay, clear.

He'’s converted.

How you doing, dick? Assist my men inside, will you?

Engine 127, engine 51, Come in and hit the attic fire.

Truck 127, come in And open up the roof.

The o2.

Yeah, I know that.

He'’s got a pulse And he'’s breathing On his own.

L.A., this is squad 51. Respond an ambulance To this address.

Dispatcher: [ on radio ] Squad 51.

Everything'’s Under control, cap.

I don'’t know how...

Well, hi.

You should have Seen her one-man cpr.

It was almost As good as mine.

Well, if it gets close, I'’d rather have karen do it Every time.

Well, just Give me a call.

Hey, remember, He'’s a married man.

[ stuttering ] Not that I meant Anything is...

Theoretically speaking, Of course, it'’s just...

Well...

[ mumbling ]