06x10 - Welcome to Santa Rosa County

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[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.

[SIGHS] What a beautiful day. Beautiful,
beautiful day.

Thirty more minutes,
and we're gonna be off.

Yeah, if we don't
get another run.

JOHNNY: Don't be pessimistic. I
can smell that mountain air now.

So you're going fishing?
So who cares?

Don't be such a grouch. You
had an opportunity to go with us.

I got a lot to take care of.

Big things to take care of, pal.

Yeah, I'll bet.
What are you gonna do,

polish your car for four days?

STANLEY: Well, if you
catch a lot of fish,

please don't bring
them back here

and feed them to us.
I hate fish.

CHET: Oh,
don't worry about that, Cap,

they're not gonna catch
anything but a cold.

Yeah? Well, eat your heart out.

We're gonna have a great
time in Santa Rosa County.

ROY: I don't believe this.

Are you ready to
go some place else?

JOHNNY: I don't know.

This is so beautiful, isn't it?

It's just like
a picture postcard.

Yeah,
with about the same number of fish.

Look, we only got one day left.

Why don't we go some place
where we can catch something?

Roy, I'm sure
there's fish in here.

The guy at the gas
station said there was.

Yeah, right. We just pull
right into a gas station and say,

"Fill her up. Show us
the best place to fish."

And he's gonna
tell us where it is,

right off the bat,
just like that.

Sure, why not?

Because you don't give important
information like that to strangers.

That's why not.

Sure,
you do. It's good for business.

Right. You're too trusting.
That's your problem.

All right, where
do you wanna go?

Well, why don't we go somewhere

where we can catch a little
fish? That might be nice.

Oh, all right. It's your vacation,
too, I guess.

Oh, no.

Oh, no. Look what I did!

Oh, I don't believe this.

I should have never
bought an open reel.

I should have kept my closed.

I should have never
come to this place to fish.

Don't be such a pessimist.

Maybe we can buy
some fish somewhere.

What?

Well,
it's better than going back without any.

Are you kidding me?
Buy some fish?

Roy, there's no way
I'm gonna go back

and say I bought some fish.

You don't have to tell them.

WOMAN: Hi. How's the fishing?

Huh? How's the fishing?

Well, actually, ma'am,
it's not very...

It's real good. Real good.

It may take you a while, though.

ROY: About three
years. You know...

JOHNNY: Good luck.

You know, you're kind of crazy.

I mean, you can be cruel.

JOHNNY: Hang on.

[POLICE SIREN WAILING]

JOHNNY: Well,
you wanna go right or do you wanna go left?

ROY: Well...

Wait.

And we go left.

What are you following him for?

I don't know.

Instinct,
I guess. A little bit of curiosity, though.

Yeah.

Well, I wonder what
this is all about.

I don't know. Why
don't we ask him?

What happened?

A couple of guys up
there took a fall.

Look through there. See?

Uh-huh. Here. Take a look.

We'd been watching
them all morning,

then they stopped moving
for a couple of hours.

That's when we
figured they were stuck.

Then that fella over there,
he drove down

about an hour ago to phone,
you know, for help.

Yeah.

Looked like they was gonna
try to get down by themselves,

and then that's when
we seen them fall.

How long ago was this?

Oh, what, 15, 20 minutes.

There you go. Thanks a lot.

Yeah. Imagine. I seen
the whole thing happen.

SHERIFF: Look, we got some
injured people up here.

I need an answer.

ROY: Sheriff? Yeah.

How soon before
you get some help?

As soon as the Search and
Rescue Squad gets here.

Those people could be
critically injured up there.

Well, you know,
it's hard to tell from down here.

Yeah. Uh, look, we're
LA County paramedics.

Glory be! Is that a fact?

Yeah, I'm Roy DeSoto. This is my partner,
John Gage.

Blaine Bittner.

Nice to meet you.

They're not moving up there.

What's your ETA
on your search people?

I don't have one. Not yet.

Look, I don't know what we can do,
but we can climb a little.

But we don't have any equipment,
ropes or anything.

One of my deputies is a climber.

I've got some stuff in the car.

Do you have any
first aid equipment?

Some. Let's take a look.

All right.

I sure hope there's
something here you can use.

Well, you're
pretty well-equipped.

What you got here?

Swamies.

You got any biners in here?

Yeah, I think
there should be some.

Wait. Yeah,
there's a box full of them.

You got some there? Yeah.

I could use about two more here.

SHERIFF: Not too much here.

Not much in there. Yeah.

You know,
maybe we can stand by with that,

and if we need it,
we'll send a line down.

Good enough. All right.

I'll take this coil with me.

Should be enough here for us.

You got the swami? Yeah.

Okay.

Listen, take care. I don't
need any more injured people.

[CHUCKLES]

All right.

ROY: You go first.

Oh, thanks a lot.

Take it easy, there. Yeah.

[PANTING]

[GROANS]

Hey, you gotta help me.

All right, take it easy.

Wait till my partner
gets up here.

Off belay!

[GROANS]

Wait till my partner gets up here,
and we'll check you out, okay?

[GRUNTING]

Okay.

Go ahead and check
those guys out. I'll set up.

Here, off belay.

[GROANS]

Where do you hurt?

Right here.

Okay, let me check you out.

[GROANING] Man,
it's k*lling me. He landed right on me.

[GROANS]

Oh! ROY: Yeah.

Broke loose? Yeah.

Johnny, I think we might
have a possible rupture here.

Stiff as a board
around the stomach area.

Just try to relax,
and we'll get you out of here, all right?

Mmm-hmm.

ROY: Johnny, give me
a little more slack.

JOHNNY: Okay, Roy. How's that?

Hey, Sheriff!

I can't hear you.

We've got two injured men.

One has a possible concussion.

SHERIFF: What do you
want? I can't hear you.

He can't hear us. I think I'm
gonna have to go on down.

Yeah,
go ahead. I'll stay with them. All right.

Just try to relax, all right?

Broke loose. Yeah.

[JOHNNY GRUNTING]

SHERIFF: What's the story?

Well,
we've got a depressed skull fracture.

Oh, Lord!

[PANTING]

We've got one
with a stiff belly.

Meaning?

Meaning he's
bleeding internally.

[GRUNTS]

How long before
the team gets here?

Well, they say
an hour and a half.

I say it's more like two hours.

They got an ambulance,
gonna take an hour to get here.

It'll take us an hour
to get him down.

Can they wait?

No, they can't.

All right,
how far away is the hospital?

Sixty-five, 70 miles.

There's a doctor
over in Donaldsburg.

How far? Less than 30 miles.

Okay, look,
we're gonna need some rope. You got any?

Just what's in the trunk here.

Got any more of that? That's it.

Hey. We're gonna need some more.

They got some over here in the van,
if rope is what you need.

All right, show it to me.

This.

Okay. Let's see what you got.

Listen, you're still gonna need
something to wrap those guys in,

aren't you, to bring them down?

Yeah,
we are. This is exactly what we need.

We're gonna have to find

a full-length air
mattresses of some kind.

Two of them, if you can.

Yeah.

Can you find that?

I got two of them
over in my truck.

Okay. I use them
down at the lake.

All right, grab them
for me, will you?

Thank you.

Okay, look, I'm gonna
leave this rope here.

The mattresses, I'll call for.

Then we'll pull them up
with a drop line, okay?

Okay, you got it.

All right. Thank you.

[sums]

Okay, easy. Easy.

Steady, steady.

Okay, go. Go.

Come on. A little
speed. That's it.

Okay, slow it.

Okay, hang on. Go.

Keep it taut, right there.

Yeah, they gonna make it.
They're gonna make it.

All right. Don't worry.
Now you're down.

Okay, can you get... All right,
yeah, good. All right, good deal.

Yeah, they're coming.
They're coming.

Looking good.
Yeah. Hold it. Hold it.

Almost there.

Easy, easy. All right.

Yep. All right. They're down.

[ROY PANTING]

JOHNNY: You all right? Okay.

Slack the line.

Okay.

ROY: It's gonna be kind
of a rough ride going back.

Boy, this guy isn't
in good shape at all.

Sheriff?

I can't get a good ETA on the
ambulance. They're on the way.

It's a private service.

Okay, how far away? Do
you guys know the way to...

Donaldsburg.

Oh, yeah,
we come up through there all the time.

This guy's going sour.

You want to take off?

JOHNNY: Yeah, we
gotta go right now.

Okay, get going.

Listen, you got a CB? Yeah.

We'll keep in contact. I'll lead you
down till we meet the ambulance.

Great.

Hey, take it smooth and easy,
all right?

Yes, sir.

Hey, slow down!

Yes, sir. Sorry.

[POLICE SIREN WAILING]

ROY: Slow down!

Unit 1. Advise Dr. Kingman we're
transporting the patients ourselves.

If we meet the ambulance,
we'll transfer on the road.

WOMAN ON RADIO: 10-4, um: 1.

Hey, slow down!

Hey, slow down, will you?
We're going too fast.

He can't hear you.
He can't hear you.

[HONKING HORN]

ROY: Slow down!

Something wrong? Yeah,
you're going too fast.

Well,
you said you wanted to get them there...

Yeah, well,
I wanna get them there in one piece.

Okay, but we got 25 miles left.

Just take it slow.

Gotta slow down,
Sheriff. SHERIFF ON RADIO.' 10-4.

Okay.

ROY: Now easy, now.

[SIREN WAILING]

What say we take
this old cat road?

JOHNNY: What is it?

Well, the loggers built it.

It's awful rough,
but we could go dead slow.

It'd save us maybe 20 minutes.

JOHNNY: I don't think so,
Sheriff. It looks awfully rough.

All that jolting around
might do us more harm

than the time would do us good.

Whatever you say.
You're the boss.

ROY: Okay.

[POLICE SIREN WAILING]

Well...

[GROANS] It hurts.
Can't you do something?

Not right now. You're
gonna have to wait

till we get to the hospital,
all right?

It shouldn't be long.

[GROANING]

Try to relax.

We finally got
this guy slowed down.

We got an ambulance.

Okay.

JOHNNY: Why don't
we take him first?

All right, let's try to get two
guys up here on the head.

SHERIFF: Slide him
out there on the ramp.

Okay. You got him there?

Got it? Okay.

[GRUNTS]

ROY: Okay.

JOHNNY: Can you slide him to me?

You get on that side,
and I'll get on this side.

Okay, let's just bring him out.

[GRUNTS]

Good deal.

I don't think he's hooked yet.

Is he still sliding? Yeah,
he is. All right. Okay.

Hey, Sheriff, what about my car?

You got the keys? Yeah, I do.

Don't worry about it.

Okay, there you go.

Thanks for your help, fella.

[AMBULANCE SIREN WAILING]

I'll lower this down.

[GRUNTING]

I don't believe this equipment.

Okay.

JOHNNY: Okay, let's take
the gurney in first.

Okay.

[JOHNNY GRUNTING]

JOHNNY: Okay, slide him on.

Hey, hurry back. We're
gonna need two more hands.

How are they?

Well, the one guy's gonna
make it. The other one...

That's rough.

I wanna tell you,
you guys did everything you could and more,

and I really appreciate it.

Glad we could be
of help, Sheriff.

Call me Blaine. Everybody does.

[SIGHS] Lordy, would
you look at the time?

You guys must be starving.
Come on, I'll buy you lunch.

Uh, Sheriff, what about my car?

Oh, it's on the way down. I got a guy
bringing it in. It'll be here in a minute.

Okay, you hungry? Yeah.

Okay.

How's that for service?

That's not bad at all.

Irma, you get prettier every time
I see you. Oh, thank you, Sheriff.

Hi. Hey, good to see you.

Hey, watch those sweet rolls,
Sam, they'll split your pants.

Hey, you come in here
quite often, Sheriff?

Every time I'm up
this end of the county.

What's good? Everything on there,
including stains.

Oh, yeah? What are you getting?

Well, don't pay
any attention to me.

My tastes are kind of peculiar.

[CHUCKLES] Well,
you have to understand. See, we're firemen.

Meaning?

Well,
it means we just eat about everything.

Oh,
good. Then how about some red dog.

Red dog?

Yeah,
chili. Made right here on the premises.

All right. Irma. Three
bowls of red dog.

Okay,
three bowls of red dog. Three coffees?

And two glasses of milk.

Okay. That's two
coffees and two milks?

No. Three coffees and
two milks. IRMA: Okay.

Have you been at this
paramedic business very long?

Oh, for about five years.

You know, that figures,
watching you work.

You're really slick.
You're real slick.

Hey, you gotta see us when
we got all of our equipment.

SHERIFF: And you really
believe in what you're doing?

Yeah. So if a fella came to you

and asked you if he should
put paramedics in his county,

you'd tell him to go ahead?

Are you thinking
about that, Sheriff?

Yeah, I am.

Problem is,
I don't know how to get started.

Hmm.

Okay. Two milks.

They always forget one.
How much do you know

about the paramedic
program, Sheriff?

Well, just this and that,

what I've been able to pick up.

Hmm. How the people
in the county feel about it?

Well, the Health Commissioner
wants to do it, if I can work it out.

Well, great. Then
all you do is get

a training program together
with one of your hospitals.

Well, but it might not
work here like it does in LA.

Yeah,
that's true. I never thought of that. Oh!

Yeah, there's the red dog.
All right.

Hey, you gotta watch this stuff.

They make it pretty strong.

Well, that's okay. We're
used to firehouse cooking.

Hey, you know,
that's a coincidence.

Joe, the guy that makes this
chili here is a volunteer fireman.

Oh, really? Yeah.

My problem is

getting through the pain
so I can enjoy the flavor.

Mmm.

This isn't bad. No, it's great.

Not too hot for you? No. Uh-uh.

Sheriff, you were talking
about the paramedic program.

You done anything about it yet?

Like what?

Well, like a
demographic analysis.

Oh, now hold on. You're talking
to an old backcountry sheriff.

I mean,
you find the population of the county,

find how the population
is distributed...

Oh, I can tell you
that right off. Thin.

You know, Santa Rosa County is
about the size of the state of Maryland.

And it's got 10,224
square miles, exactly.

And not more than


That's pretty thin.

Yeah, that's part of
my problem, is distance.

Well, you saw it today.

Seventy miles to
the nearest hospital,

and it took me an hour to
respond to an emergency call.

Now, how do I whip that?

Well, Sheriff,

I don't know whether you ever
been to Los Angeles County before,

but we got places in
Los Angeles County

that are just as wild and just as
rugged as here, and we run helicopters.

They work pretty good?

Ambulance helicopters are great.

Helicopters are expensive,
and we're dirt poor.

See, that's the other
part of the problem.

The Health Commissioner told me,

says, "Any damn fool can
solve the problem with money",

"but it takes a smart
man to do it without."

You know, I guess
that's my biggest problem.

Well, Sheriff,
I wouldn't really say that.

Sometimes, there just are no
answers for certain problems.

Yeah, that's true. True enough.

But you know, watching
you fellas work today,

and with all your
experience and everything...

Yeah, well...

You know, it's possible that a
paramedic program might not work here.

Yeah.

But I sure would appreciate it

if you would
give it some thought.

Well, actually, we're
on vacation. Right?

Yeah, we're trying to
get in a little fishing.

Fishing, huh? Have
you caught anything?

[SCOFFS]

Well, only weeds.

Well, where'd you go?

Up here at your lake.

sh**t, that's the best
fishing in the whole county.

Is that right?

Absolutely. You just
gotta know where and how.

I'll tell you what,
you come along with me,

and I'll show you how it's done.

Haven't you got some work to do?

Oh, I'll be working.

We'll all go fishing, and while I'm
educating you, you can solve my problem.

[CHUCKLES] All right-♪.

We got some fishing gear...

No, you won't need it,
I got plenty of gear.

All right.

Unit 1.10-8 to the lake.

WOMAN ON RADIO: Unit 1,
catch a couple for me, Sheriff.



What's all this
demographic business?

Well, it's mainly how your
population is distributed.

Now, you see, a paramedic has
to cover a certain amount of area.

[HONKS norm]

SHERIFF: How are ya?

Voters eat that up. I've been
re-elected four times now.

You were saying?

Oh, yeah. Let's wait
until we get to the lake.

[sums]

I told you there
was fish in this lake.

Hey, Blaine. Do you always
carry your fishing gear back here?

Certainly. Up here, you have to.

You know,
fishing is not something you take lightly.

More like a religion,
if you know what I mean.

JOHNNY: [CHUCKLES]
I know what you mean.

SHERIFF: There we go.

Now, this time of year,

we have to go right
down to the bottom.

They just don't bite on top.

Oh, is that right? Yeah.

So let me give you a
couple of my best lures here.

Okay.

There's one. Here you are.

Now, the best fishing spot on
the whole lake is right down there.

If we don't find something there,
we'll move on.

But I never have
missed there yet.

[WOMAN SCREAMING]

Help!

[PANTING]

Let's get you up here and lay you down,
all right?

You all right, ma'am?

Listen. Don't you worry
about your husband.

These boys are two
paramedics from Los Angeles,

and they know all about
burns and first aid, okay?

All over him.
Nothing on the shoulders.

How's he doing?

He's got extensive third-degree
burns all over his back.

How long do you think for
the ambulance to get here?

Oh, at least an hour.

Okay. He's okay now,
but he's gonna be hurting.

[PANTING] I mean really hurting,
in just a few minutes.

He may go into shock.

Well, is it Dr. Kingman?

Yeah. Can we take
him in the car all right?

No. We better go
in his camper here.

But, ma'am,
are you in any shape to drive us?

That way we can
treat him on the way in.

Well,
what are we waiting for? Let's go.

Okay,
come on. There's nothing in here.

Lift your head a little bit. Okay,
sir, we're just gonna lift you.

There we are. All right.

Okay. Just get your hand over.
You're going to be okay.

There we are.
All right, come on.

Come on. There we go.

ROY: All right. Johnny,
you want to get up there? I got him.

Yeah, okay. Hang on tight.

Yeah.

Okay. Okay. Here
we go. Here we go.

Ma'am,
you got any clean sheets in there?

Clean sheets are in the cupboard
on the left. What about some water?

Underneath here. Okay.

Unit 1. Tell Dr. Kingman I'm bringing a
man in with bad burns all over his back.

We'll be there
in about 25 minutes.

We'll need an ambulance
over to his place. Get on it.

WOMAN ON RADIO: 10-4, um: 1.

[SIREN WAILING]

Okay. Roy? ROY: Yeah.

Okay, here comes the water.

All right.

Okay, that ought to be good.

Okay.

WOMAN ON RADIO: Unit 1,
there's nobody at Dr. Kingman's office.

I reached him at
St. Jude's Hospital.

He says to bring the
patient to the hospital.

Unit 1. Negative,
we're going to the doctor's office.

Unit 1, do you still
want the ambulance?

Yes, I do. And see if
you can get a doctor.

Now get on it.

10-4, um: 1.

Hello! Anybody here?

They told me over the radio

that Dr. Kingman was
gonna be at the hospital.

Why'd we bring him in here?

Well, it was a matter of
another hour on the road.

He needs help now, right?

Yeah. Should be
everything you need in here.

[GLASS SMASHING]

All right, take it easy. Come on,
we'll put you on over here.

Let's get this hat off you.

If they've got a phone,
we can call a doctor,

but that ain't our problem,
Sheriff. What is the problem?

ROY: Well, we're not
certified paramedics

outside of LA.
Just take it easy.

Put those underneath
you, all right.

I'll take care of that.

ROY: Okay. Let's get you
up here on the table. Okay.

Okay. Can you slide
him? There we go.

This is Sheriff Bittner. Let
me talk to the Commissioner.

I don't care if he is. Bust in
and tell him to pick up the phone.

Henry.

Will you hush up a minute?

I've got a badly
injured man here.

There are two paramedics
up from Los Angeles County,

and I want you to certify
them so they can treat him.

No, Henry, right now.

"How do you know
they're qualified?"

Because I'm telling you
they're qualified.

Yeah. Yes,
send the papers over to my office.

Thanks, Henry.

Okay, go ahead,
you're certified.

Certified? Who certified
us? Is that legal?

The County Medical
Commissioner. It's as legal as can be.

He's also my brother-in-law.

[SIGHS] Okay.

Who do you want?

Well, I think it's better if we talk to
a doctor we've worked with before.

[INTERCOM BEEPING]

[PHONE RINGING]

Rampart Emergency. Miss McCall.

John. Hey, where are you?

I thought you and Roy
were on vacation.

I'm calling from
Santa Rosa County, Dix.

I've got a badly
b*rned man here.

I'm gonna have to talk
to one of the doctors.

Yeah. Well, hold on
a minute, John.

Joe, Johnny Gage is on the
phone. He's got a burn victim.

He's calling long-distance.
Santa Rosa County.

This is Dr. Early, John.
What's going on?

Well, exactly. There's nothing else
you can do. But you can't treat him.

What do you mean,
you've been certified?

You only left here two days ago.

I've never heard
of such a thing.

Well, look, I'm gonna
give you back to Dixie.

Can you give her
the vitals? Thanks.

Kel... we've
applied sterile sheets.

We've started oxygen.
He's in an awful lot of pain.

His BP is 160 over 110,
and his pulse is 110.

You mean they've been certified verbally,
without any examination?

That's right. On the phone.

I just want you to
understand though, Kel.

We're going to
go ahead and treat him.

We'll worry about
the legalities later on.

[SIGHS] I don't know,
Joe. That might get messy.

Let's both do it.

Johnny, this is Dr. Brackett.

Yeah.

I understand you're the
only help available up there.

Yeah. All right, well,

we'll assume full
responsibility for the treatment.

How badly was he injured?

What sort of equipment
do you have?

[EXHALES] Well,
just about everything, Doc.

It looks like a pretty
well-equipped little clinic here.

[GROANS]



IV, Ringer's lactate.
You got that?

Oh, I don't...

Yeah. Yeah.

You got some? Okay.

All right, Doc,
we're gonna establish the IV.

Johnny, you're gonna have to
get some MS in him for that pain.

You know where
the drug cabinet is?

All right, I'll hold.

It's bound to be locked.

The doctor's probably
got the key.

I know.

[GROANS]

Yeah.

Oh, boy. We need some MS.

Where'd he put the drug?

JOHNNY: Yeah,
this must be it. It's locked.

What's the trouble?
You need to get in there?

I think so.

Don't you know?

Well...

We're after some dr*gs.

It stands to reason that he
would lock up the drug cabinet.

And you have to get
into the drug cabinet?

Yes.

All right, stand back,
and we'll find out.

ROY-

[GLASS SHATTERING]

Okay.

That's it.

You want anything else opened,
you let me know.

Okay, I will, Sheriff.

[CHUCKLES] You sure are direct.

All right, Doc,
we've got the MS.

They got the MS.

Johnny,
I'm not even gonna ask you how you did it.

Let's start him with 10 milligrams IV,
see how he responds.



[GROANING]

Okay, we're gonna give you
something for the pain. All right?

Please. Please.

It should make you
feel a lot better.

There we are.



Pulse is 96.

Okay, Doc,
the pulse is now down to 96.

All right, let me have that
pressure again in three minutes.

What's the situation
on an ambulance?

Ambulance should be here
any minute now, I guess.

Here.

JOHNNY: Doc,
you want to grab this?

Thank you, Doc.

He's going to be fine now.

The doctor's with him.
He's going to be all right.

I wouldn't worry
too much about him.

Here, I'll help you on up.

There you go. Thank you
for everything you've done.

It's okay. It's all right.

[sum-nus]

Well done. You, too.

Yeah, I don't know if
Dr. Kingman's going to appreciate

what we did to his door.

Oh, the county will pay
for it and the phone call.

That's right. You understand paramedics,
don't you?

Well, just what I've told you,

what I've been able to
pick up here and there.

Of course, I've read everything
about it I can get my hands on

and talked to everybody I could.

You know, getting a program
like this into Santa Rosa County

is not just a whim. I've done this before,
too many times.

Bring folks into the hospital

in the backseat of the car,

and nothing I can
do to help them

except push down on the
pedal and hope for the best.

I've seen them die alongside
the road with nothing I can do.

And that ain't right,
not in this day and age.

I want to be able to
do something for them.

Well, a couple of people lucked
out today because of you fellas.

I've imposed on you long enough.

Working something out,
now, that's my problem.

Sure sorry about the fishing,

but it looks like
it's getting too dark.

Yeah, that's okay. I'm
getting kind of tired anyway.

This is a lousy way to welcome
you to Santa Rosa County,

running you ragged all day.

I'll tell you what, I'll make it up to you,
I'll buy you dinner.

Come on. All right. Ls
there gonna be chili again?

Why not?

[CHUCKLES] Well,
as my partner always says...

"Chili today, hot tamale."

Yeah,
that's what he always says, too.

SHERIFF: Always gets a laugh.

JOHNNY: Not around me, it don't.

ROY: Blaine,
I got an idea. SHERIFF: Yeah?

Well, you're not
gonna be able to use

just one or two paramedic
units in this county.

You're gonna need a lot more than that,
right?

Right.

Okay. Well,
it takes a heck of a lot shorter time

to train an EMT-1 than
it does a paramedic.

You can have 12
EMT-1s for one paramedic.

Emergency Medical
Technicians? Right.

Your problem is that you
got too much territory to cover.

Even if you had
a paramedic unit,

they wouldn't be able to get there in
enough time to do any real good anyway.

I'm listening.

Well,
you get yourself as much money as you can

and you train yourself
a batch of EMT-1s.

That way,
you got volunteers all over the county.

It'd be like a volunteer
fire department.

Yeah, you just link them
all together with CBs.

Heck, everybody's got
one nowadays, anyway.

ROY: That way, you
get an emergency,

your nearest EMT-1
will respond just like that.

It is gonna cut your time
factor down to nothing.

JOHNNY: Yeah. They probably won't be
able to do as much, say, as a paramedic,

but they'd be able
to get there faster.

And they'd be able to start CPR,

which is really
the most important thing.

Sounds like it might work.

Well, you do it like we did today,
CBs and pick-up trucks.

You just put them
in a pick-up truck

and take them
on down the highway,

make your ambulance
transfer like we did.

The important thing is
to speed up the process

of getting them to the hospital.

I like it. I really like it.

[SIGHS] Will people like it?

Well, they'd better.

I'll tell them it's their own
life they may be saving.

I'll get some little stickers and
put them on the windshields,

you know, some little doodads,
and gunch it up a little bit.

I'll even put a CB
radio in the hospital.

JOHNNY: Well, that'
work,
but you're gonna have to get

a frequency allocation and
a booster for more power.

You know, I'm gonna
sleep good tonight.

I'm gonna pick you up
in the morning,

because you've got some
good fishing coming to you.

On one condition, Blaine.

That you leave that
radio of yours at home.

[CHUCKLES] You got can.

JOHNNY: Huh? Huh?

[LAUGHS MOCKINGLY]

Oh, no!

Looky here. Looky here.

[EXCLAIMS]

I know, you had a terrific time.

You caught plenty of fish.

AH fight Real happy, huh?

Look at there. Look at that.

Rainbow trout.

You know what you can do with that trout,
don't you?

Cap, don't say it.

Why don't you just
give them to Henry?

All right,
let's see what Henry does.

Don't even come
near me with that thing.

[EXCLAIMS]

[LAUGHS]

Hey, Henry, you want a fish?

[CHUCKLES]

JOHNNY: I don't think
he likes our fish.