05x16 - The Girl on the Balance Beam

[bunniefuu]

[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]

[SOFT MUSIC PLAYING]

Leslie, come on.
You look strong today.

Good height.

Not bad.

Yeah, keep at it.

What's the matter
with you girls?

Where's all your
energy? Come on.

Isn't this fun?

Okay, let's see.

Good.

Terrific. That's more like it.

Have you been
practicing? Let's see.

Good move, good move.

Hey, you're looking better.

I'm proud of you.

Hey, Coach, I got
a surprise for you.

Nancy, you know
I don't like surprises.

Oh, but you're gonna
like this one.

[GIRLS EXCLAIMING]

Nancy. Nancy.

Hey, get an ambulance.
Somebody call the fire department.

[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.

[SIREN WAILING]

JENNY: Up here!

All right, just a minute.

JENNY: She's in here.

What happened?

The girl's name's
Nancy Benedict.

She fell off the balance
beam and she hit her head.

Girls, could you all move back?

Please, that'd be
a big help. Thanks.

Oh, I'm Nancy's coach.

She fell off the balance beam

while she was attempting
a really difficult move.

It's important if she wants
to go to the Olympics,

but I didn't think she
was really ready for it.

Pupils are equal and reactive.

Pulse is 120.

Is that possible?

Respirations are 12.

Twelve? Yeah.

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

Go ahead, 51.

Rampart, we have
a female. Age...

Fourteen. Fourteen years old.

She fell off of a balance beam
while doing a difficult move.

She landed on mats, however,
her head hit on impact.

Pulse is 120, respiration is 12,

pupils are equal and
reactive. Stand by for BP.

BP is 150 over 85.

Rampart, BP 150 over 85.



Administer oxygen, six liters.

Continue monitoring vitals and
transport as soon as possible.



ROY: She's just coming
around a little bit here.

Sweetheart, sweetheart.

Just relax here.
Come on, just relax now.

Okay, stay still.

NANCY: Jenny?

You slipped. You lost control
and you fell off the beam.

It's okay.

Can you lay back down?
Who are you?

Let's get this oxygen on you.
We're firemen. We're paramedics.

No, I'm fine. Really, I'm fine.

Wanna notify her parents?
Just leave it on your face.

Yeah, her dad's in the office.
They'll locate him.

He's an engineer,
he's out in the field.

Can you move around?
Yes, I'm fine. No!

We're gonna have to
take her to Rampart Hospital.

I've have to practice.
Nancy, get back down here.

Jenny, I'm fine. Watch.

See?

All right, settle down,
okay? Settle down.

[SIRENS WAILING]

DIXIE: Room 2.

Are you a relative? No.

I'm sorry.

Well, I'm her coach.
Her dad's on his way.

Do you think she's
gonna be all right?

They'll do everything they can.

Come on,
I'll show you where to wait. Okay.

You know, if she's not okay, I don't
want to be the one to tell her father.

Thank you.

Carol, get x-ray
down here, stat.

I want a full skull and cervical
spine series and a chest x-ray.

Take these to the lab, please.

Blood pressure is 120 over 90.

Pulse is 76,
her respiration's 20.

How's she doing?

KELLY: We'll know more
after we get the x-rays.

But her pupils and reflexes
are responsive.

Where am I? What's going on?

Nancy,
you're in the hospital. You had a fall.

We're finding out what's wrong.

Oh, I remember.

I was practicing on
the beam and I fell off...

Full series.

We're going to take
some pictures. Just lie still.

We'll be right outside.

Is my dad here?

He's on his way.

Will I be okay by Saturday?

Saturday?

It's the last big meet
before the Olympic trials.

Well, you just take it easy now.

I've got to get out of here so
this man can take some pictures.

Poor kid. All she's
concerned about is

whether or not she can
compete on Saturday.

How did you let it
happen, Jenny, how?

Mr. Benedict,
this is the nurse who admitted Nancy,

these are the doctors.

I'm Alan Benedict,
Nancy's father. How is she?

Well,
she's having some x-rays taken right now.

As soon as the examination is over
we'll let you know what her condition is.

Well, I want her to have the best
of care no matter what it costs.

We're doing everything
we can, Mr. Benedict.

Well, Doctor,
you think she'll be here for...

Excuse me, please.

We'll let you know as
soon as the report comes in.

Why don't you go down at the
end of the hall? There's a cafeteria.

Okay. Okay, thanks a lot.

Yeah. Come on, Jenny.

[SOFT MUSIC PLAYING]

Oh, boy.

You mean you didn't even
have someone covering her

when she tried the back aerial?

Mr. Benedict, I told you,
I didn't even know she was going to do it.

Why not? Why not?

Oh! It certainly
seems strange to me

that her coach would be
completely taken by surprise

when she tries a move,
a new move, for the first time.

Now doesn't that
seem strange to you?

Yes,
it does! It never should have happened.

Look, I've told you before,

I don't think Nancy's physically strong
enough yet for Olympic caliber moves.

The beam's so difficult,
especially for a child her age.

Just a minute, Miss Carter.

That still doesn't explain

how she got the idea to try
the back aerial in the first place.

You tell me.

I wonder if that little
girl's gonna be okay.

Probably. She didn't fall very
far and she landed on the pad.

Yeah.

Well, you know that balance beam
sure looked a little tricky, didn't it?

Yeah. It's like anything else.

You got to know
what you're doing.

Yeah.

I wonder if I could do it.

[ALARM SOUNDING]

DISPATCHER ON RADIO: Station 51.

Woman trapped on a wire,
Commercial Studios.

1122 Doheny Plaza.


Time out, 11:20.

Squad 51, 10-4.

STANLEY: Engine 51, KMG 365.

[SIREN WAILING]

[HORN BLARING]

Right on in. Right on in, yeah.

[KAREN CRYING]

KAREN: Please help me.

Well, you certainly took
your sweet time getting here.

KAREN: Help me please!

Oh, my Lord, if she'd given
that kind of energy to the part

we would've had it
in the first take.

KAREN: Help me please!
Well, you know actresses.

What's her name?

Karen something.

[KAREN CRYING]

STANLEY: All right.
Hello, Karen.

Karen,
we're going to get you down from there.

So you do us a favor and don't move around,
okay?

Help me please! I'm falling!

STANLEY: We will, we will. And
you won't fall if you stay still, okay?

I'm gonna tell you
what we're gonna do.

Get up there on that catwalk,

come down on either side
of her on those lifelines,

tie her up to the life belt,

cut the wires before
you get down from there.

ROY: All right.

Be careful, don't panic.

ROY: All right.

Who's in charge
of this rigging here?

Look,
I want these lines locked into position

so they don't move around at all,
okay?

[SOBBING]

Karen, don't move, okay, honey.

Two firemen are going
to come down on ropes

on either side of you and
they're gonna rescue you.

You're gonna be okay.

Please help me, I'm gonna fall.

No, no. No, you're not.

No,
you're not. Not if you don't move.

Stay right there, okay?

Can you hear me?
Can you understand?

Okay. Yes.

ROY: Stay real still.

STANLEY: Hold it.

ROY: Okay, here we go.

It's gonna be okay. Just relax.

All right. Now we're going
to cut your cable wire.

Cut my cable wire! No!

Just relax.

Help!

[PANTING]

Here, grab my arm.

You ready? Yeah.

Okay. All right, one more.

Okay. Now.

[GRUNTING] Got her?

Yeah, by the wing.

JOHNNY: Lower me down
a little bit!

You got her? Got her.

JOHNNY: All right.

CHET: Lowering it down.

STANLEY: Roy, John,
the cable's breaking.

Okay. You got her?

STANLEY: Yeah, I got the pulley.

We can't get
the belt around her, Cap,

so we're just gonna have
to bring her down now!

JOHNNY: Yeah.

[KAREN GASPING]

You got her?

[sum-nus]

SYLVIA: Is she
going to be all right?

Well, ma'am,
we're gonna do everything we can here.

Rampart, this is Squad 51.

I didn't mean to act so unfeeling before,
you know.

But this is my first
day directing.

Okay, that's all right.

Maybe I overreacted.

Just excuse me for a minute,
okay? We're gonna take care of her.

Listen, now, take your time.
We just broke for lunch.

DIXIE ON RADIO: Go ahead, 51.

Um...

Go ahead, 51.

John and Roy are
bringing in a patient.

There's no trauma,
but she's very upset.

Joe's free,
would you ask him to see her? He's in 1.

Mike and I are going
to go see Nancy's father.

Oh, he's on the patio. Good.

How is she doing?

She's experiencing some
dizziness and some nausea.

But the x-rays are negative,
vitals are strong.

She's sustained
a minor concussion.

I also suspect
an inner ear problem.

We'll keep her here for
observation for a day or so,

but I think with rest,
she'll be fine.

I'll catch up with Joe. Okay.

How's Nancy? Can I see her?

Hey, Alan. She's resting now.

All the x-rays were negative.

She has a mild concussion and
possibly an inner ear problem.

Is that crippling?

Oh, she may experience a
little dizziness for day or so.

Maybe even some nausea,
but it shouldn't be permanent.

When can I take her home?

Oh, I'd like her to stay here
for observation for a day or so.

Maybe,
you'd like to contact your own doctor,

and have him take over her case,
now that she's stable.

I have a confession to make.

I called her own doctor
while I was waiting.

He knows your reputation. He says
Nancy couldn't be getting any better care.

I'd like you to
stay on the case.

Fine. If you'll see nurse
McCall and fill out some forms,

we'll be glad
to take care of her.

Thanks. Thanks a lot.

I know Nancy appreciates
what you've done.

I certainly do.

I want her to have every
bit of care you can provide.

I understand.

I hope you don't think I'm
being too protective of Nancy.

It's just that her mother
d*ed five years ago.

And since then,
it's just been the two of us.

Well, as it were,
Nancy is a pretty lucky girl.

Lucky?

What Dr. Morton is saying is

that if Nancy had hit her head on
the beam instead of landing on the mat,

it could have been
a lot more serious.

[sums]

I didn't even know she was
working on a back aerial.

Well, Nancy's still growing
and developing physically.

Isn't she a little young to be
trying out for the Olympics?

Why not four years from now?

In four years, she'll be 18.

She's got to have Olympic
exposure at this stage.

Otherwise she won't have
a chance the next time.

We realize how important this is,
Mr. Benedict.

What we're suggesting is that...

I'm only concerned with
Nancy's welfare. That's all.

Going to the Olympics is
important only to her, not to me.

Why, she's a born competitor.

I'm going to do everything
I can to protect her,

but I won't break
that spirit doing it!

[sums]

Well, Tinker Bell's
gonna be fine.

But I don't think Dr. Early ever
saw a patient with wings on before.

[LAUGHING] It was funny.

I want a restock here.

Well, seeing how's you're a
steady customer, go ahead.

Steady customer. You know,
I was talking to Twelves the other day,

and they said that the
base station over at Memorial

was given trading
stamps with their orders.

Johnny,
it's a good thing you're cute.

Yeah. 'Cause you
sure aren't funny.

I can be funny if I
wanna be. I just...

Hey, Doc. Yeah.

Can I talk to you
just for a second?

Sure.

I'd like to talk to you
about that little gymnast girl.

How is she? Fine.

But she wants a cr*ck
at the Olympics so badly

that she's trying moves she's
just not physically able to do.

Well, I figure if you wanna be a champion,
you got to take chances.

I mean, you take chances
every day of your life, don't you?

Okay, if you know
what the risk are.

And I don't think a child her
age can make a decision like that.

Yeah. I agree with
you wholeheartedly.

But I think that that's where the
parents and the coaches come in.

And that just very well
may be the problem.

Okay, fine. But I don't think that
you should be blaming the little girl.

I'm not.

What's happening?

Oh, we're just exchanging a
few medical ideas and things.

I got to go back to
work. See you later.

Hey, listen,
will you do me a favor? Sure.

Keep me informed on
the little girl. Yeah. Yeah.

Okay. Thank you.

What was that all about?

We were talking about
that little gymnast girl.

A simple paramedic
debating with a real doctor.

Simple? This was a joke.

Paramedic? You know,
a very little joke. I was kidding.

As Dixie said, you're just real cute,
Roy, you're just real cute.

I'm surprised he'd gotten
that emotionally involved.

Well, he's just not seasoned
like you and I are, you know.

That's true. He hasn't been on the
runs we have. You just can't get...

You cannot get emotionally
involved with a patient.

You know, I never get
emotionally involved with anything.

I never do. I just...

[ALARM SOUNDING]

DISPATCHER ON RADIO: Station 51,
vehicle fire with possible injury.

9623 Whitnall Highway.

Cross street Wilton.

Time out, 12:22.

STANLEY: It's 51, KMG 365.

[SIRENS WAILING]

[HORN BLARING]

Well, I don't know how
you hit me. What do we got?

His car's on fire.

Are you okay?

Yeah, Officer, but I
can't get out of here.

The steering wheel is in my lap.

Let's see if we can
get you out. He's drunk.

Of course, I'm drunk.

What do you think I'm
driving for? I'm unable to walk.

Yeah, okay. We'll crowbar the door.
We'll use the jaws on the steering wheel.

Be careful with the
car. It's not mine.

Crowbar the door and get
the jaws on the steering wheel.

Move your truck up a few feet for me,
will you, pal?

Put the reel line on it.

Look, what he's done to this
car. And the horn won't work.

Hey, this car is in bad shape. Boy,
if I was my friend, I'd turn it in...

Hey, hey, hey, that is cold.

I don't know how
to swim, Officer.

Hey, that's cold.

Whoo!

Whoo! That is cold!

Be careful! Ooh,
now I'm freezing.

Okay, I'm gonna go
set up over here.

Hey, it's awful cold
in here, Officer.

Oh, thank you, Sergeant.
Thank you.

It might blow.

Very pretty. Thank you
very much. Thank you.

Thank you.

[WHIRRING]

MAN: Whoa!

Ready to pop the window?

All right.

MAN: What are you doing?

Just hang on! We're
gonna get you out!

Come on! Buck up in here!

Okay.

Okay. Okay. We've got it.

Well, let's get you out of here.

Ooh. You know, somehow this
is one drunk I am not enjoying.

Okay. Are you hurt anywhere?

Nah! Are you sure?

No, I'm fine! Okay. Come on.
Let's take it easy now, okay?

What? Yes. Yes. As a matter of fact,
I am, Officer.

Yeah. All right.

See, I got a... Neck hurts
and my back. Okay. Okay.

What happened was I stopped for
this red light and he backed into me.

Yeah, that light's half a block behind you,
buddy.

Well,
I must have ricocheted from the impact.

Well, let's take you over
here and get checked out, huh?

Huh? Neck and back injury.
He's complaining about...

Neck and back injury, Officer.

Come on. Come on. Come on.

Why don't we get rid
of this cigar, huh?

Okay.

Let's take your
coat off here, huh.

Can you handle it? Okay.

Look, I want to be
cooperative, Officers.

Okay, good for you.
You understand?

Yeah, okay, just slide down.

Huh? Just slide on down there.

Okay, Officers.
Here we go. There we go.

Everything's fine.

Rampart. This is Squad 51.
How do you read me?

JOE ON RADIO: Go ahead, 51.

Rampart. We have
a male traffic accident.

He's complaining of neck
and back injuries.

That's right. Neck and back.

Approximate age?

How old are you?

Huh? How old are you?

Oh, I must be in my mid-30s.

About 40? Yeah, about that.

[SIGHS] Rampart,
age approximately 40.

About 40.

Uh, there's no signs
of apparent trauma.

Stand by for vital signs.

Pulse is 65.
The respiration is 20.

Twenty! Did you get that?

I got it. Hey.

Rampart. Vital signs. Pulse
is 65. Respiration is 20.

There is no apparent signs
of trauma. Stand by for BP.

[SIREN WAILING]



Rampart, BP is 180 over 90.

Oh, you're in pretty good shape.

Blood pressure is a little high.

Oh, yeah. Okay.

Victim is stuporous.

Also, reportedly, he's
been consuming alcohol.

I had one Tom Collins.

Continue monitoring vitals.
Transport non code R.

All right, 10-4, Rampart.

Okay, we're gonna take the
ambulance to the hospital, all right.

Okay-Okay-

You know something, fellows,
I'm really very, very sleepy.

I think I'm gonna go to sleep.

Well, now, hold on.
Hey, hey, hey.

Hey, hey-

Well, I think. You got him?

Huh? Okay. I'll drive! I'll
drive! I'll drive! Watch his neck.

All right. Just take
it easy, will you?

[GROANS]

I'll drive.

Got him?

Here, just lay back down,
okay? Okay, buddy.

Just let them take
you in, all right?

Okay, Officer.

Yeah. Thanks, man.

Well, you can drop me over at Joe's,
they're having a happy hour over there.

And it's just down the
corner. It's not very far.

MAN: Hey, do you have a bucket?

I'd like to borrow a bucket.
Not that it'd have to be...

ROY: We'll get you all the buckets
you want when we get to the hospital.

A small bucket is all I need.

We'll get you a big bucket.

Okay, but don't...

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

[DOOR OPENING]

Hi. Hi.

I'm Dixie. How're you doing?

Fine. My head doesn't hurt at all,
and I only get dizzy once in a while.

Good.

Boy, it sure is raining.

I remember you from yesterday...

Yeah? ...When they
brought me upstairs.

Thank you.

For what?

Taking such good care of me.

That's my job.

Could you stay and
talk? Just for a minute?

First time by yourself?

Yeah.

I really like it here.

Do you think I could be a
nurse someday or even a doctor?

I don't see why not.

It's very hard work,
but it's very rewarding.

I don't mind hard work,
when it's for something important.

Would you like to
see my scrapbook?

Sure. My dad brought
it this afternoon.

It's right over there.

Oh, is this it? Mmm-hmm.

Here, let me get this
out of way for you.

Thank you.

Okay, this is last Halloween.

Is that you in the
football uniform?

It was my dad's. He wore it
when he played in the Rose Bowl.

Oh.

We had to put newspaper in the
helmet and a pin at the back of the jersey.

That's a pretty fierce
look on your face.

My dad says when
you're a football player,

you got to look
tough, scares them.

Well, I guess so.

Oh, this is last spring.

I won second in the
San Francisco regionals.

Oh, your dad looks so excited,
he looks like he's gonna burst.

When they announced the results,
he picked me right up,

that's when the
photographer took the picture.

You and your dad
seem very close.

Yeah. Especially
since my mom d*ed.

He works extra hard
taking care of me

'cause he's both my parents.

Well, he's very lucky to
have a daughter like you.

And I work extra hard 'cause I
know he wishes he had a son, too.

Oh,
come on. Are you through with this?

Uh-huh. Okay.

See you later.

Okay-Bye-bye. Bye-bye.

Kel, why are you still here?

A couple of last minute
things I wanted to check on.

Oh.

May I help you?

Yeah, I was looking for...

Oh, you were on duty when
Nancy was brought in, weren't you?

Right. You're Nancy's coach.

Yes. Jenny Carter. Hello.

Hi. You better hurry
if you want to see her.

Visiting hours are almost over.

Is she alone? I mean,
is her father with her?

Because if he is with her,
maybe you could just give these to her

and tell her I said hello.

What seems to be the
problem? Don't you two get along?

Doctor, do you know what the worst
kind of Little League parents are like?

You know, those perfectly normal
people who turn into monsters

when their kid's at bat?

Well, multiply that by 10,

and you have a father
with Olympic fever.

They smell those gold
medals and go crazy.

Benedict didn't
strike me that way.

Just the opposite, in fact.

Oh, the parents who yell, or scream,
or make threats, I can handle.

Benedict's worse. He uses guilt.

Guilt? I don't understand.

Well, he just tells Nancy how disappointed
he is when she doesn't do well.

Did you ever see a kid cry because she's
afraid her father won't love her anymore?

You think Benedict is responsible
for Nancy doing that stunt?

The back aerial? Absolutely.

Hmm, that's funny.

He told me he didn't even
know she put it in her routine.

I believe him.

He probably doesn't even want to know how
dangerous some of Nancy's stunts could be.

You mean he just tells
Nancy he hopes she'll win,

and leaves the rest
up to her, right?

Exactly.

And if he isn't stopped,
Nancy's going to have another accident.

[sums]

She's down here?
Yeah, on the left.

Thank you.

Daddy. Hiya, princess!

Boy, you look terrific.

I feel great, Daddy!

Say, do you suppose I could
convince you to come home with me?

I know how you enjoy all
your friends at the hospital,

but I'm lonely.

Dad, can we go now?
I'm all packed!

Right now. I just
signed for you.

And all the release forms
say that you belong to me.

Oh, always, Dad!

I stopped by the gym last night.

I watched practice.

Dad, all the kids were terrific.

Look, what they sent me.

Do you think I could give
some of them to Dixie?

Sure. Sure.

[sums]

That Hanrahan girl
really looks tough.

I think she'll win
the meet on Saturday.

I bet I could b*at her.

You mean you want to
compete on Saturday?

Do you think I can?

Well, how do you feel?

Fine.

Well, it's up to you,
if you feel all right.

It sure would make
your old dad proud.

Well, I think I can.

I know I can, Daddy.

These charts go to Three East.
They should have been in this morning.

Hi. Hello.

Nancy wanted to say goodbye.

Oh, great. These are for you.

They're hardly wilted at all.

Wow. Hey, thanks.
They're beautiful.

I was wondering,
could you come to the meet on Saturday?

I'm gonna compete
and I'll try extra hard

just knowing that
you were there.

Nancy's decided to compete on
Saturday. Made up her own mind.

That's quite a girl I've
got! No stopping her!

Does Dr. Brackett
know about this?

Nancy just told me.

Do I know about what?

That Nancy's going to
compete on Saturday.

No, I didn't know.

Mr. Benedict,
can I talk to you for a minute?

Sure. Excuse us.

Come on, Nancy,
let's put these in something.

Absolutely gorgeous.

Here. This looks pretty good.

What's this about
Nancy competing?

She says she feels
fine. Wants to do it.

She can't.

She feels fine because she's been resting.
But she still has the inner ear problem.

Oh, that's not serious, is it?

She'll keep on feeling fine
as long as she takes it easy,

but an inner ear problem could
affect her sense of balance badly.

You said it could,
not that it would.

Mr. Benedict, please believe me.

If Nancy tries to compete
before this thing clears up,

she'll get dizzy, lose
her sense of position.

She could really
hurt herself again.

Nancy looks terrific.
She says she feels fine.

If she wants to compete, I'm not
going to stop her. The decision is hers.

You can't really believe that!

The only reason Nancy's
competing is to please you.

But you're an adult, responsible
for her welfare. You can stop her!

Now, wait a minute.

The Olympics mean
everything to that girl.

I'm not going to have her
blame me in a few years

because she missed out on the
most exciting moment of her life!

Would you please be reasonable?

All she needs is a few months'
rest. She can compete later.

Oh, no, if she misses the meet on Saturday,
she won't have a chance until the trials.

She'll be systematically eliminated.
I'm not going to have that happen.

I mean, she'd be
very disappointed.

I know exactly what you mean.

Come on, honey, let's go.

Is Nancy gonna compete?

Compete? Oh, yes.

You didn't say
whether you can come.

I'll be on duty,
but I'll get a TV set and watch you.

Oh, great. Nancy, let's go.

You take care now.

Thanks for everything, Dixie.
I'm going to miss you!

Me, too.

Bye.

ANNOUNCER: Good afternoon,
ladies and gentlemen.

Channel Four Sports welcomes
you to the Municipal Arena

where today we'll see hopefuls for
the women's Olympic gymnastic team

compete on the parallel
bars and balance beam.

Coming off the balance beam now, 17-year-old
Jessie Stone, from San Francisco.

[CROWD APPLAUDING]

Here come her scores.

Eight point zero,

eight point five,

eight point five.

Solid marks for Jessie.

[CROWD APPLAUDING]

Here's little Nancy Benedict.

At 14, one of the youngest ever to compete
for a spot on the women's Olympic team.

She's made a good mount.

What's going on? The
patients treating themselves?

Early lunch. Shh!

ANNOUNCER:
That was an aerial walkover.

A difficult move
and very well done.

This is a strong
performance by Nancy,

who took a bad fall and was
hospitalized earlier this week.

Here comes the most difficult
portion of Nancy's routine,

a series of superior moves,

a beautiful back walkover
into a back tuck somersault.

Nancy's fallen!

It looks like she hit the
beam on the way down!

Oh, my God.

Here's the instant replay
of that fall.

She's coming out of the
back walkover in good form,

but, see, as she starts
the back somersault,

it appears that she
loses her balance

and hits her head on the beam.

Oh, what a shame.
She was doing so well.

You know, folks, any type of a
back somersault is a blind move.

That was a tough break for
Nancy. I hope she's all right.

[SIRENS WAILING]

Team's in two.

Okay.

Mike, check her vitals.

Joe, check this arm. Dix,
draw blood for arterial blood gases.

Her pupils are responsive
and her reflexes are good.

Blood pressure is 120 over 60.
Pulse is 110. Respirations are 20.

She's stable.

How's that arm?

Looks like a fractured
humerus in the mid-shaft

with a possible contusion
to the radial nerve.

We'll have to check
her for wrist drop.

The right clavicle is fractured.

I want pictures of the
clavicle and the humerus,

a chest series, a rib series,
and a full skull series.

I'm worried about complications.

Are you considering a
hemothorax or a pneumathorax?

Among other things. Let's go.

When she fell, she must have
tried to push off with her arm.

Yeah, she's a gutsy girl.

Probably saved her life.

But if the radial
nerve is contused,

her arm will be impaired,
perhaps permanently.

You want me to prepare
to insert a chest tube?

Yeah.

Oh, those x-rays are a rush.

Miss McCall?

Yeah?

What's her condition?

We don't know
yet. This way. Well...

I just don't understand
how it could happen.

She's so good. It's never
happened like this before.

All of a sudden...

I just don't understand it.

Will you please call me as
soon as you know something?

As soon as we know.

[sums]

The skull x-rays are negative.

No sign of a hemothorax
or pneumothorax.

A cast on the arm and
splinting of the clavicle,

she should be stabilized.

Dix, let's go with
a figure-eight bandage.

Oh, it hurts, everyplace.

The worst is over, Nancy.
You're gonna be all right.

I wanna go talk to
her father, Joe.

I'll get the cast
on her right away.

Okay.

Hi, Nancy.

How is she, Doctor?

[SIGHS] Nancy has a broken
collarbone and a broken arm.

No other really
serious complications.

Oh, thank God.

Doctor,
when do you think she'll be able to, uh...

To compete again?

I can't answer that.

It's possible she may never
be able to compete again.

But you said there were
no major complications.

I know, but to be a gymnast,
you need an acute sense of balance.

At this time, there's no way of telling
how badly Nancy's has been affected.

[SIGHS] I see.

In any event, Mr. Benedict,

it seems to me that there should be more
important things between you and Nancy

than whether or not
she can be a champion.

Sure, Doc. Sure.

Oh, no.

Looks like we
missed lunch again.

Well, I wouldn't worry about it.

I can only take so much
of Kelly's Mexican food.

Yeah, I know what you mean.

Hey, there's a taco
stand right there.

You wanna go in
and grab a fast bite?

Yeah.

[ALARM SOUNDING]

DISPATCHER ON RADIO:
Station 51. Engine 14. Engine 18.

Truck 28. Battalion 14.

Train fire at Pacific
dock, pier five.

Cross street, Ocean Boulevard.
Time out, 14:05.

Ocean Boulevard.

Squad 51, 10-4.

DISPATCHER ON RADIO:
Engine 51. KMG 365.

He said Ocean, right? Yeah.

[SIRENS WAILING]

Well, so much for lunch.

All right, six blocks,
then turn left.

[SIRENS WAILING]

[HORNS BLARING]

Station 51 at scene. We have smoke
and flame showing from the train.

DISPATCHER ON RADIO:
Battalion 14, did you copy?

Tap two inch-and-a-halfs.
Stoker! Stoker!

We'll draft from here, pal. Prepare
to supply all the other engines.

You gotta get that fire out!

STANLEY: What's in the car?

ENGINEER: Hot house flowers.
The crates must be burning.

Gas heater must have started it.

What about that other car?

Ammonium nitrate. It's
gonna blow sky high!

Boy, Texas City, huh?

Yeah, ship down there
had that stuff on board,

k*lled hundreds of people!
That car's bad news.

Yeah, tell me about it.

Squad 51, Engine 51, I want you
to pull up two and a half inch wide.

LA, Engine 51.
Report on this fire is

one of the burning cars
contains ammonium nitrate.

Request a second
alarm assignment.

Engine 18, Engine 51. Hook into my engine
and relieve my men. Dual fog pattern.

Possible ammonium nitrate fire.

Where do you want us?

Get some water on that last car.

It's loaded with
ammonium nitrate.

Thanks a lot. You're welcome.

Get me two inch-and-a-halfs
on the other side of that last car.

Ammonium nitrate, move it.

We're going to
disconnect that tanker

and you can pull that
burning car out of here.

No, no, not me.

It could blow any minute.
I'm getting out of here!

You get back here!

[WHISTLES] Come here.

You're the switch man, right?

Okay, you get down there.

We're gonna get that
thing down there.

You switch it so we can
get it to the far end, go!

Hey, Kelly,
you've moved heavy equipment, pal,

do you think you
can run a locomotive?

I think so, Cap.
I'd like to try it.

Okay, get over to the siding.

When we get this thing hooked up,
you get it down there.

Right, cap-

Okay, DeSoto!

Get inside the fog pattern
and break that last coupling, pal!

Get through the fog pattern.

Manual release. Just
grab that lever down there.

[ENGINE STARTING]

Wanna help? Yeah.

[BOTH GRUNTING]

Man caught in here! Get him out!

Come on! This way. Come on!

LA, this is 51,
I have a Code I. Respond an ambulance.

Kelly, let's move it out!

Did I get the door?

You got the door. Don't
worry about the door.

You got it. Are you okay?

Yeah, I'm okay.

All right, I know you're okay.

You're just getting
a little old these days.

And I just want to keep an eye on you,
okay?

Yeah. Stay right here.

It's okay, it's okay.

You sure you're okay?

Yeah.

Is that the only place
you're hurt?

Yeah. My leg...

Your leg? Yeah.

What's wrong with it?

Oh, it just hurts a little bit.

All right, here.

You know, this job
gets a little dangerous.

I don't know what
you're griping about.

Not everybody gets a
paramedic with them every day.

Mr. Benedict. Hello.

Guess what, Miss McCall. What?

Dad and I've been
talking about the Olympics.

Oh? Mmm-hmm.

We're going.

Dad didn't want me to miss out
on it just 'cause I can't compete.

Isn't that great?

That's super.

And you sure you won't
mind not competing?

Well, like Dad said,

it'll just give us more
time to be together.

I love you.

I love you, too, sweetheart.