Script #37416; Episode #3.4; Airdate: 10/13/1973
Writer: Michael Donovan; Director: Alan Crosland
Guest Cast: Jaimie Ross, Lucille Benson, Craig Curtis, Judi Meredith,
Stanley Kamel, Mira L. Waters, Barbara Boles, Jack Bailey, Art Balinger.
Story: A paramedic from England has a stint
with Station 51 observing Roy and Johnny and the paramedic program. Their rescues include:
a badly burned policeman trapped in an elevator, a car accident and fire with intoxicating
smoke, the wife of a former sharp shooter, and a man trapped in heavy machinery. Dr.
Brackett treats a singer in a diabetic coma with no help from her manager. The staff at
Rampart deals with a defiant nurse.
Goofs: (1) An IV
catheter from a young man's leg has broken off and the nurse was not able to apply a
tourniquet in time. The broken catheter traveled to his heart. When Dr. Bracket is getting
ready to thread the guide wire into the patient, he accidentally hits it on the C-arm which
has no cover. Of course, we know, that should never happen since it is a very evident
breech of sterile technique. (You can even hear it clink on the metal.) (2) John
throws the rope over the bars at the last rescue to bring up the drug box. He is not
wearing a helmet. In the next shot, they show him tossing the rope over (same action, from
a different angle) but he is wearing the helmet (and keeps it on in the rest of the
scenes). (3) During the rescue of the police officer in the elevator.
When they first arrive and have open the elevator door Johnny answers the fire
chief with "okay cap". I never noticed this one before. - Jackie
(4) When the guys get called out on the structure fire at the beginning station
51, engine 98, engine 18 and truck 116 get called out. However when they pull up
to the building and you see one pumper already set up, the battalion chief gets
on the ht and says "engine 51 back up engine 60." Where did engine 60 come
from they weren't even dispatched. - Jason
