05x15 - Right at Home

[bunniefuu]

Your first time up with us,
isn't it, Doc?

Yeah, Mac. Dr. Salenger 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've
been with us yesterday.

Yeah, well,
I've heard that one before.

That's practically the unofficial
motto of the Fire Department.

Well,
we were going all day. Eight runs.

Yeah? Yeah.

Yeah. Sounds like
our Emergency Room.

You never know what's
going to 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.

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.

This is Larry Younkers.
He'll be our crewman today.

Hi, Doc. Larry,
how're you doing?

Very nice to see
you. Nice to see you.

We do a routine equipment check.

Our triage kit, the hare splint
and defibrillator are all in here.

What about G-suits?

One adult and one child.

Good.

Why don't we go on
up to the cabin?

This is our oxygen system,

suction, inhalation for two
and resuscitator.

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.

PILOT 1: Copter 4,


DISPATCHER: Copter 4.

PILOT 2: Copter 14,


DISPATCHER: Copter 14.

PILOT 3: Copter 11,


DISPATCHER: Copter 11.

MAC: Copter 10, 10-8110 Camp 9.

DISPATCHER: Copter 10.

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.

Sounds like my car.

LA, Copter 10 at Camp 9.
Available as air ambulance.

DISPATCHER: Copter 10.

MAC: We operate out of this camp

because it's the most
centrally located spot

for a response at the
northern end of the county.

When we get inside I'll show you
exactly where we are on the map.

KELLY: 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.

Being at 3,800 feet helps.

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 is 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.

We'll 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 figure to start using
this thing in a week to 10 days.

Now. On the inside...

[ALARM SOUNDING]

DISPATCHER: Station 51,
Copter 10.

Traffic accident with injuries.

A t*nk truck and a camper,
both off the road.

Route 126 about eight miles
south of Little Seco.

DISPATCHER: Route 126,
eight miles south of Little Seco.

Time out, 14:28.

Station 51, KMG 365.

DISPATCHER: Copter 10.

[SIRENS WAILING]

DISPATCHER ON RADIO:


toxic chemicals are stored
in a tanker.

Use caution.

KELLY ON RADIO: Squad 51,
this is Rampart. Can you send me some EKG?

JOHNNY ON RADIO:


We're sending you a strip.
Vitals to follow.

Pulse is 160. The victim
is in extreme pain, Rampart.

[INTERCOM BEEPING]

This patient is in V-fib.

Rampart, we have lost the
victim's pulse. Beginning CPR.

[RAPID BEEPING]

We're defibrillating victim,
Rampart.

Rampart, we've defibrillated
victim. Decent sinus rhythm.

JOE ON RADIO: Administer 2 amps
sodium bicarb and insert an airway.

KELLY ON RADIO: Start an IV,


DIXIE: Squad 51, continue monitoring
Vitals and transport immediately.

JOHNNY ON RADIO:
We're on our way, Rampart.

[SIRENS WAILING]

MAC: LA, Copter 10.

Have Engine 51 switch to
frequency 3 to maintain contact.

DISPATCHER: 10-4,
Copter 10. Engine 51, did you copy?

DISPATCHER: 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 looking, Larry.

MAC: It might be kind of hard to find.
The brush is pretty thick down there.

Nothing yet.

Should be somewhere along here.

LA, 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?

DISPATCHER: We've
had two calls from people

who've talked to
the truck driver on CB radio.

They report he's trapped in the
cab and repeats that same location.

We'll turn around
and take another look.

Mac? Yeah.

What's the problem?

We're gonna have
to keep looking.

Usually on these kinds of runs,
we don't get an accurate location.

Still don't see anything. You
wanna try the other side of the dam?

Might as well.

MAC: Engine 51, Copter 10.

We're checking the other side
of Little Seco Darn. Will advise.

DISPATCHER: Copter 10.

We're southbound,
just below Little Seco.

DISPATCHER: Copter 10.

Engine 51,
did you copy Copter 10's last transmission?

Squad 51, 10-4.

We're now southbound
on Little Seco Road.

MAC: LA, we've checked everything
within a 'IO-mile radius of the location.

Still no sign of anything.

We'll keep searching as
long as our fuel will allow.

DISPATCHER: Copter 10.

Larry,
I think I see something down there.

Got it.

MAC: LA, Copter 10 at scene.

DISPATCHER: Copter 10.

Engine 51, Copter 10.
We have them in sight.

We're one mile
north of the cutoff.

DISPATCHER: Engine 51.

Looks kind of bad.

Check for wires, Larry. I want to
try to land at the bend of the road.

You're all clear.

MAC: 51, what's your ETA?

ETA, three minutes.

LARRY: Let's go,
Doc. I'll take the trauma box for you.

My dad, he's hurt!
He's in there.

All right,
son. You stay there. I'm coming down.

Hurry! Please!

Just take it easy.

He's hurt. I'm sure.

All right, son.
We'll take care of him.

Are you hurt any place else?

Is there anybody else in
there besides your dad?

Just my dad.

Larry, take him back up.

Okay, Doc. Come on, son.

One step up. That's it.

Okay, let's go on up. That's good.
Keep moving on up. Come on.

It's a reel line
down there, Chet.

Marco,
I need some safety lines down here, babe.

We're coming down over here?

Yeah.

I guess this is the best way.

Help! Somebody
get me out of here!

All right, take it easy.

Where're you hurt?

My shoulder and my ribs.

Your shoulder and your hip?

My ribs.

Your ribs. Okay. Just stay still,
all right. Don't move.

We'll be 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 dirt down there.

Boy, I think he's got it locked.

Got it.

All right,
we're coming down to get you.

Yeah. Okay.

Can you handle
this? Yeah. I got it.

Roy, I'm gonna pop
this window down here,

put this the turnout
on him, okay?

Okay, we're coming
down in there.

Doc?

I need a cervical collar.

Okay.

All right. I can't breathe.

Okay. Just take it easy.

We're gonna pop this windshield,

so I'm gonna put this coat around you,
okay?

Yeah.

Hey,
Marco. We're gonna need a backboard!

Here it comes.

All right. You can...

Yeah, I want...

Okay, we got it popped out.

Come on, just stay still,
all right. Don't move.

Okay. You hurt anyplace else?

No.

No. Just your shoulder
and your ribs, right?

Yeah.

No. Do you got any
tingling or numbness at all?

Do you got
any trouble breathing?

No.

Okay, you tell me when this hurts,
all right? Does it hurt there?

No, no.

Right in here?

Yeah.

Cap, give me
a triangular bandage.

Roll of Kerlix,
roll of cold band.

We're gonna wrap you up and
then move you out of here, okay?

Yeah.

Down in here?

Yeah. That's it,
give me something for that, will you, Doc?

Let's just wait on that, okay?

We're gonna have to get you immobilized,
first, 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.

Easy, easy. Yeah. All right.

Got him? Yeah.

All right, hold his head, Marco.

Yeah. Good.

Let me get the... Let me
just get one strap here.

Okay.

When you strap him outside,
can you strap that over there?

Yeah.

Okay.

Okay.

All right, we're going
as easy as we can.

That hurts.

I know.

Okay. That's fine, Cap.

Okay. Okay,
now I'm gonna bend you down. Ready?

Okay Easy, yeah..

All right. All right.

There we are. There we are.
Okay. You're gonna be all right.

You're gonna be okay. Let's
just check you out here real quick.

The pulse is 90.

Okay. Okay.

Let's see if we can ease him out,
now, a little bit,

and we can fix him
better outside.

All right. Gently.

Yeah, let me get the...
Yeah, here we go.

Okay.

Raise it now. How're you doing?

Now.

Okay.

Hold him steady.

Okay, good, Marco. Listen.

Why don't you get Larry
to help you

take down
a couple of stokes, okay?

Yeah.

Johnny, get a BP?

Okay.

Doc, got a busted clavicle
over there.

Possible fractured ribs.

BP is 110 over 70, pulse is 90,
respiration's 18. He's in a lot of pain.

All right, start an IV
with D5W. Any head injury?

No.

MS, five milligrams, IM.

Okay, Doc.

His stomach's pretty stiff,
Johnny. Let's start a D5W here, too.

D5? Yeah.

Chet, do you wanna take this?

Thanks.

My dad,
where are they taking him?

We're gonna take him
to the hospital.

Don't worry,
he's going to be fine. Okay?

What's your name? Eddie.

I'm Roy. Nice to meet you.

Let's take a look
at this arm, okay?

Hey. Don't worry.

MAC: LA, Copter 10, heading to
Rampart Emergency with two victims.

Victim one is male,

early 40s, comatose,
with possible head and internal injuries.

Victim two is male, late 40s,

with a broken clavicle
and a possible fractured rib.

We have a doctor and a paramedic
on board. ETA, 20 minutes.

DISPATCHER: 10-4, Copter 10.

WOMAN ON PA: Dr. Canter,
Treatment Room 4.

Dr. Canter, Treatment Room 4.

Miss McCall. Eddie Lapeer.

Miss McCall. This is John Gage.

Hi, Eddie,
nice to meet you. Hi, Eddie.

How's my dad?

He's going to be just fine.
Would you like to see him?

Yeah.

Come on.

Better tidy him up a little bit.

Why? I think he looks
kind of cute.

He was pretty thirsty,
so I got him a grape drink.

You know, kids get
pretty dehydrated.

What's your excuse?

I was pretty thirsty myself.

Dehydrated?

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. A week or so.

You told.

Mothergate.

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 into 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.

Well, it had crossed my mind.

I know his father would be
really appreciative.

Yeah, yeah, he'd... 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 will 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've got
some nice families.

Yeah, but they're strangers.

Plus, you've already got
something in common with the kid.

Dehydration.

You know, he's been through
an awful lot, Roy.

All right, I'll talk to Joanne.

WOMAN ON PA: Emergency in 2.

Excuse me, please.

Emergency in 2.

You thirsty?

Yeah, as a matter of fact, I am.

Put him in 2, right there.

Dix.



Start an IV with D5W.

Carol, I didn't see anyone
come in with him.

Will you go out and check and see
if we can find out the boy's name?

And bring me back
a consent form.

Let's get a CBC,
glucose and lytes.

Also bring an x-ray technician
in here.

Chest, skull and spine series.

All right.

WOMAN ON PA: Attention, please.

Dr. Alan, 63. Dr. Alan, 63.

Hanrahan?

Oh, how is Ben?

Oh, yes. I'm Dr. Early.
Why don't you sit down?

Thank you.
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...

That 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?

Yes. The next of 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 better
just look this over.

Certainly. Go right ahead.

Mrs. Hanrahan, how long's
he been unconscious?

Oh, I talked to him...
Oh, when? 2:30.

Then I looked in on him again
at 3:30. I took him some juice.

And I couldn't wake him,
and 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 the 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
that dangerous.

I've really never had any difficulty
and I've done quite a few of them.

Well, then, can't we wait,
you know, a little bit?

I mean, do we have to do it
right away?

What for?

He's not going to get any better,
Mrs. Hanrahan, until we start treatment.

Is there any problem?

Oh, no. No. I...

Well, I just wanted
to be sure, you know,

that I was doing
the right thing.

Believe me, you are. Here.

Thank you very much.

Well, thank you.

It's hooked up.
I'll get the pressure.



How soon on the x-ray?

Five or 10 minutes.

You know what to order. CNS, gram stain,
protein, glucose, and cell count.

Wait for the test.

Then we'll start right away
on the appropriate antibiotic.

Right.

And, Dix, call County Health. Let
them know we have a meningitis.

DISPATCHER: Station 127.
This was an a*t*matic fire alarm.

No other information.

Roy, there's a phone call for
you in the office. It's the hospital.

It's probably about Eddie.

I've 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. Joanne 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,
you know, 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...

Looks like he'll stay with us
for a while.

Martha. Martha! I came over
as soon as I got home.

How's Benny?

They don't really know yet.

Well, what exactly happened?

Excuse me. Mrs. Hanrahan...

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 Hanrahan.

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...

Consent? For what?

A lumbar puncture.

You did something to his spine?

What were you thinking of?

Mrs. Hanrahan, I did not know
where to reach you.

It is inexcusable! I never heard
of such a thing. Ben is my son!

Whatever 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. Hanrahan,
your son has meningitis.

Oh, no. Oh, no.

I'm so sorry.

Had something gone wrong in 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 in
starting treatment can be vitally important.

While there is 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 got to do
something about him today.

Today?

Why,
that doesn't give you much time.

Always call the hospital,
have the county take him.

I wanna see the engine.

Not now, Eddie.
Look, why don't you just wait?

That's okay, fellas.
I'll get it. No problem.

Come on, Eddie.
We'll go see the engine.

That Mr. DeSoto is really mean.

He sure is. Roy! Come on.

I bet he's gonna want
to hear that air horn.

EDDIE: How do you start
this thing?

CHET: Never mind, Eddie,
how you start it.

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.

And 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's 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 carrying on and I...

I mean, he's not mine. I can't
punish somebody else's kid.

[ALARM SOUNDING]

What the...

Well, you can
if it's self-defense.

I know what you're saying.
Beginning to get a good idea.

CHET: Don't open it, Eddie.

Yeah. Well, multiply it
by three.

By three?

Yeah.

My kids, my two kids, saw what
he's doing and now they're starting in.

[CHET EXCLAIMS IN PAIN]

[THUDDING]

I didn't hurt your old engine.

Why don't you just go sit down?

What happened?

Little turkey bit me
in the finger.

I forgot to warn you
about that, he...

Well, tell me about the cops.

Yeah, well, five minutes after he
breaks the plate glass window...

Roy, I can live with an
occasional blast on the air horn,

but he just knocked all
the pins out of my wall map.

You got to do something
about him.

I know. I know.

Oh, you think it's funny, huh?

No, I didn't think it was...

DIXIE: You have to keep the boy.

I told you...

Tried to 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.

You never did tell me
about the cops. The cops.

Okay. Okay. I'm off at
noon. Why don't I take him?

Because I like you too much.

Yeah.

Yeah, I got
a couple days coming.

Wonder if he'd like Disneyland.

Yeah, he'd like Disneyland, he'd like
Marineland, he'd like Knotts Berry Farm,

he'd like Magic Mountain,
he'd dig Busch 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, 1:00.


he won't go to bed
at 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 them. The
kid's screaming bloody m*rder.

No, I... No.

Do you have a better idea?

I'll pick him up by 12:00.

[sum-nus]

Look, this could ruin
a beautiful relationship.

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?

[ALARM SOUNDING]

DISPATCHER:
Station 51. Engine 36.

Truck 8. Engine 10.
Battalion 14.

Structure fire, 113,
Devon Street. 113, Devon Street.

Cross street, Maple.
Time out, 23:12.

STANLEY.' Station 51, KMG 365.

[HORN BLARING]

[WOMAN SCREAMING]

Somebody inside?

Marco, get that ladder
in this side of the house

and cover Gage and DeSoto.

LA, Engine 51.
Respond, need an ambulance.

Kelly, get that exposure.

Engine 36, Engine 51. Bring a
line in with you and shut off the gas.

We've got a lot of shingle roofs
around here, so watch for spot fires.

There's no way
we're gonna save this house,

so just start
hitting those exposures.

Watch it.

You Okay?

Watch yourself!

ROY: Okay! I'm okay!

Push him up.

Watch those legs!

Got him!

Truck 8, Engine 51.

Use the aerial 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 gonna be fine.

Ma'am, can you please
step back? Please.

Lay him up here.

Okay.

Yeah? Yeah.

His legs.

The heater blew.
Get those lines in there now.

Truck 8, I got a roof fire behind
me. Move around and knock it down.

Are you sure
he's gonna be all right?

Yes, ma'am, he's gonna be fine.

Everything's gonna be okay?

He's gonna be fine. Rampart,
this is Squad 51. How do you read me?

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 and we've got
six liters of O2 on him for smoke inhalation.

Pulse is 100,
Respiration is 12. Standby for BP.



BP is 100 over 80.

All right, Rampart,
BP is 100 over 80.

All right, 10-4, Rampart.
IV with normal saline.

Ambulance is here. How we doing?

Looks like he's gonna be okay. Luckily he'd
almost made it to the window when we got there.

LA, Engine 51.
This fire is under control.

DISPATCHER: Engine 51.

So, I'm terribly sorry
about your house,

but there was really
nothing we could do.

Oh, I don't care about my house,

I'm just grateful that my
husband's gonna be all right.

I never thought that
you'd get him out alive.

Well, I'm sure they never
had any doubts. Did you?

You ready?

Yeah.

ROY: 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 of new goldfish.

JOHNNY: You know something?
I'm wondering how Dix did.

ROY: I'm not looking forward
to seeing her today.

JOHNNY: Why? You don't have
anything to feel guilty about.

ROY: Yeah, I do. Feeling so happy
that she's got him instead of me.

You survived.

Survived what?

You 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.

It's okay.

And thank you both
for all your help.

Eddie, I think it's about time
you meet your daddy in the lobby.

Yes, ma'am.

How did you do that?

Same way I handle Joe and Kel.