And you sure are dedicated. This is the only place in the station I can find any privacy. 1,000 practical jokes. When you get on a kick, there's no stopping you, is there? Kick? You call it a kick? Review the case history. Who had the syrup poured in his boots? Me. Two days later, whose helmet had the cupcake taped inside? Mine. Last shift, who had his boots on? Last shift, who had his bed flowered and had a roll-out looking like the White Knight? Not you, partner. No, sir. I'm not resting till I get even. I don't know who this wise guy is. Engine 51, Squad 51, Truck 8, construction accident, 225 East Boyle. 225 East Boyle, Cross Street, Indiana, time out, 0830. 2110, Squad. Engine 110, boats 110 and 210, Engine 58, Engine 38, Engine and Squad 18. What happened? The boat busted on the boating chair and dropped about 20 feet. He dropped all the way down and blocked the head of the jam. We were too scared to try and move him. How long ago was this? At least 15 minutes now. The way he's hanging, fired to one, we got a broken bone. We're going to have to get him out of here. We're going to have to get him out of here. We're going to have to get him out of here. We're going to have to get him out of here. We've got a broken back on our hands. Yeah, and a lot of pain. Looks like we'll need rope and safety harness. We'll have to repel down to free him. We're going to have to wait for the ladder truck. Lopez and Kelly will haul the gear. Right, Captain. First aid equipment and radio. Let's go. Okay, partner, let's go get him. Right. Boy, it's a long way up there. We'll go to the bottom. 106. 126. Drowning. 246. 146. Now a Sperdy's-drive of a ти-847. Give me that rope. Why you? Why not? The edge is pretty sharp. I'm gonna need your coat. Here's where you go with my dress. Grab that line. What is something? Please, the... Hey, I can't stand it. Easy, mister. We'll have you out of there in a shake. Oh, please. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Watch free. Lower him down. Engine 11 and 12, 19, squad 19, tell you at four. Structure fire. So it was 3-8-4. Engine 51, squad 51. So stretch your red sandbags with a ladder. Squad 51, 10-4. Send up the stoke stretcher, fanbag with a ladder. Vacuum splint. Oh. We have to immobilize your head to keep it in line with your body. You just hold on, huh? Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Please. Can't you do something about the pain? It's killing me. I can't stand it. Let me give it to you straight. When we move you, it has to be all at once. It's essential that we keep your spine in the same plane it is now. One wrong move is no telling what could happen. It could cut nerve tissue or any number of things. What are you talking about? We need your help when we make that move. I know you're in pain, but it's that pain that's gotta tell us whether we're making the wrong kind of move, you understand? No pain reliever. You've just gotta hold on till we get you to the hospital. I don't think I can. Oh. Get him up. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. and O Okay, one movement, easy and level, on three. One, two, three. Oh! All right, again, one movement on three. One, two, three. Oh! Oh! Just bring in those sandbags. Oh! You're on your way home, how do you feel? I wish I could pass out. You got a lot of guts. I wish we could have done something for your pain. So do I, Fireman, but thanks. Let's go. 怎麼? I can't hear shit as good as competitors. OK? Dr. Marcus? You see anything? Straight X-ray. Orthopedics on standby. Dr. Brackett has Joe Early en route. You'd think we'd get used to it. Seeing all that pain? No, Johnny. If you're any good, you never get used to it. But you feel so helpless. We had the means. And Dr. Early wouldn't have been able to do it. He's a good man. We had the means. And Dr. Early wouldn't have been able to get to first base in a diagnosis. In the long run, he's better off. I still wish we could have done more. Join the team. Squad 51, possible heart case, 244 Anchor. 244 Anchor, Cross Street, Vernon. Timeout 1236. Squad 51, 10-4. Let's go. Recognize the address? Yep. Come in. Come in. This is number three this month, Mr. Gilmore. It's the real thing this time. I know it is. Were you having another argument, Mr. Gilmore? I know what it must look like. I even suspected Martha was up to her old tricks. Well, I waited a full 10 minutes before I called it. It's not like before. I wouldn't bet on it, Mr. Gilmore. She's been like that for about 20 minutes. She hasn't moved a muscle. She looks terrible. What was the argument about this time, Mr. Gilmore? Well, I asked her real nice. I didn't mean to start nothin'. I just feel a wife should get up and cook a man his breakfast. Send him off to work right. You know. She didn't want to get up. Maybe I shouldn't have asked. But I finally said, okay, okay, go back to bed. And she started getting all flustered and red-faced. Like when she gets mad. And when I started talking back, she just... up and keeled over on the couch. I guess I shouldn't have talked back the way I did. Boomin' strong as a horse. You're fakin' again, Mrs. Gilmore. Well, it sure doesn't look like an act. Martha? Martha, can you hear me? I don't think so. Say, maybe you better radio the hospital on that little telephone here or something. I don't think they want to be bothered, Mr. Gilmore. What do you say, doctor? A little spirit for the soul? I'd say the diagnosis calls for that. Oh, you're gonna give her some medicine, huh? Dr. DeSoto's elixir for reparation, renovation and general overall revival of profidious ailments. Must be good stuff. In this case, the best. Oh! Oh! Oh, what is that stuff? What are you doing to me? Smelling salts. An unconscious person would hardly react to it. Well, now that's a rotten trick. You've got to stop faking these heart attacks, Mrs. Gilmore. We can't keep rolling out here like this. Then why not? It's your job, isn't it? That's right. It's our job to provide emergency service to you and a couple hundred thousand other people. Right now in this whole county, there are 60 trained paramedics for over 7.5 million people. And that means when we get tied up on a case like this, we can't be available for someone who might really be in trouble. Well, it's his fault. Getting me up at all sorts of dumb hours. He's been driving for that stupid bus line 15 years now. You'd think he could get a route with better hours. That's my route, Martha. If those people know me, I just can't run out on them. You see? You see, Mr. Considerate? For everyone but his wife. Well, think of your poor wife for once. I just can't run out on all those wonderful people. You worm. You shouldn't talk like that in front of these young men, Martha. Oh, I shouldn't, should I? Well, let me tell you something, Myron Gilmore. We've got to be going, Anne. What do you mean, saying that I didn't fix your breakfast? I hope we won't be seeing you again, Mrs. Gilmore. Well, I cooked your breakfast. I boiled those eggs. And you tell me I burnt your toast. And I got an angel's embrace. We'll be back. I'll count on it. Your poor wife for once. Dr. Cantor, treatment room 4. Maybe some itching powder would do the trick. Bad idea. Besides, you don't even know who to use it on. I'll find out. Don't worry about that. The important thing is figuring a gimmick to get back at him, whoever he is. How about short-cheating his bed, if you find out? Too conventional. I need something imaginative. Something with a little zinging to it. How about some glue in his helmet? You've been watching too many Saturday morning cartoons, Johnny. Morning. Nice day, isn't it? Wonderful. Hey, Dicks, we need some supplies. How about it? Ask Nurse Walters. I did, but she needs your okay first. All right, you have it. Come on, chillin' here. Yeah, I guess we're in the way. I don't know, Dicks. I just can't diagnose your problem. Maybe that's because I haven't got one. Then what are you mad about? I'm not mad. I'm just concerned about young student nurses not being frightened away from the hospital in their first week... because of a grouchy doctor who has zero understanding. That student nurse pulled a completely inexcusable stunt, and you know it. And it's my job to see that their mistakes are corrected, not yours. You had no business jumping on her like you did. We covered that subject last night, too. Only part of it. You walked out, remember? I didn't feel like I was welcome anymore. That's no reason to walk out on a perfectly good dinner. Which, by the way, I spent two hours preparing. Preparing what, the dinner or the argument? Oh, you're impossible, Dr. Brackett. Absolutely impossible. It's just that I resent being set up for the kill. I thought we had a pact, Dicks. Hospital business stays at the hospital. I merely mentioned it in passing. Yeah, like a passing truck. Why is it you make such a big deal out of everything? Dr. Brackett, Dr. Brackett, go to treatment five. And who was it made the big deal about my criticizing that student nurse? Treatment five, Dr. Brackett. I'll wash your cup. Thanks. You're welcome. What kept you so long? A question with a question. Where's the emergency? You're looking at it. You lost me, Doctor. I'm the patient. Oh, what's the problem? Problems you keep to yourself? Doctor-patient relationships have always been confidential. I feel like such a fool. But that's not why you called me. No. I was making my early morning rounds. Mrs. Parker in 402, she thought my stethoscope was a little too cold. She jumped, and here I am. You mean... Yeah, I can't get it out. I don't know, Jill. It's in there pretty tight. I'm gonna need some help. I was afraid you'd say that. Okay. Forecepts. And that, Dr. Irvoli, is that. You can continue your rounds now. Thank you, Dr. Brackett. A fine demonstration of surgical expertise of Iverswold. Thank you. That expertise will be reflected in my bill. I should get my mouth shut. Thanks for the hand, Dix. You might try to check your squad out first thing in the morning. Sorry, Captain. I won't let it happen again, sir. All right. Who's cooking today? I am, sir. Okay, man. Shout out. Menu for this evening's dinner is going to be an epicurean's delight. Where have you been? Out of my car. I had to get something. Wait and see. Oh, is revenge gonna be sweet? Two days off, and you're still on that kick. I'm pretty sure who my target is. Okay, we have a Girl Scout tour today at 1130. Stoker, you handle that. Chief's inspection, 1600. I want everything tip-top. And let's hit the hose room. The C-shift changed a lot of hose yesterday. Waiting to see it. It's sheer genius. I can't wait. What is it? A box of soft creams... and pure garlic extract. Now, you know how candy always disappears around here? If I put this garlic in a syringe and inject it into the chocolates... and just let them lay around... the chocolate thief gets a mouthful of garlic. Exactly. You're too much, you know it. I knew you'd recognize genius when you saw it. Station 51 industrial accident. Mammoth Studios, 216th century, stage 42. 216th century, stage 42. Time out, go 830. Station 51, 10-4. Station 51, 10-4. This name's Jim Parker. He was setting up a shot. He fell off his parallel up here. I can't figure it. Somebody's safety holds. Man, I don't know what happened. My head started spinning. The next thing I know, I'm flat on my back. Broken leg. Better get a leg splint on. I'm gonna go get a new one. I'm gonna go get a new one. I'm gonna go get a new one. I'm gonna go get a new one. You didn't just trip or anything, huh? No, like I said, everything got fuzzy, and I guess that's what I felt. No apparent sign of head injury. What hospital are you taking me to? Rampart Emergency. Hey, Paul, would you give the wife a call? She can meet us there. I'll do better than that. I'll see to it she's delivered. I'll see to it she's delivered. How do I check out? Well, you've got a broken leg, that's for sure. But what caused the fall? The fall. The fall. The fall. The fall. The fall. The fall. The fall. The fall. The fall. The fall. The fall. You ever had dizzy spells before? No, never. As a matter of fact, I've never been sick a day in my life. This has sure been a different kind of a day. Better bring that gurney on in. I'll let Rampart know what's coming. Rampart Base, rescue 51. Rampart Base, rescue 51. I don't know, Doc. It started when I got up this morning. I got up this morning. My head was spinning and I just couldn't get oriented. You know the rest. I took a dive at work and ended up with a broken leg. Smashed a $4,000 camera. What time did all this start? Around 5.30 when I first got up. That's about four hours. Better or worse? It's worse. Headache. Sore throat. I can't see straight half the time. Really nauseous. Is your vision blurred? Yeah, it's... Well, kind of. It's kind of like everything's doubled in, huh? Take a deep breath. Come on, a deep breath. Is it difficult to breathe? Yeah, it's been getting worse all morning. Are you taking any medicine, Jim? No, Doc. I was as healthy as a horse. What about sleeping pills? I don't believe in them. Doc, it's getting awfully hard to breathe. I swear. Respiratory arrest. End those trach tube, quick. It won't go. Laryngospasm. Intubation's out. Get a team. Bird respirator and trach kit. We're going in. Swab. All the way up. Scalpel. Learn it, Doctor. Transverse incision below the cricoid cartilage. Extending from the thyroid notch almost to the suprasternal notch. Hemostat. Scalpel. Trachy is open. The trach tube is inserted. Suction. The cannula is tied around the neck. Bag. He's got air. Nurse. I've never seen anything like it. Rapid respiratory paralysis. Why? I wish I knew. From what we could determine, he went through an initial period of dizziness, followed by nausea, headache, sore throat, and impaired vision. And then complete respiratory paralysis. What's your evaluation, Joe? All the general symptoms of an overdose. I don't think so. Lab reports aren't back yet, but both he and his wife indicate no pills of any kind. You can't always count on that, Kel. You're right, but here's the clincher. Dicks. Mr. Parker, I want you to raise your index finger on your left hand. Generalized paralysis. Developed in the last half hour. But still in control of his mental processes. Rule out an OD? But it doesn't give me a diagnosis either. I've got the same hangup. Dr. Brackett, your test results are in treatment one. Dr. Brackett. Join me. Are you kidding? You got me hooked. Nothing. There's a lab report. Blood, urine, x-rays. Everything negative. Right back where we started. A broken leg. And that's nowhere. I don't like it, Joe. I don't like it one bit. Come on, let's... let's skull it out. His symptoms, they're telling us something. Okay, let's start at the top. Dizziness, nausea, impaired vision. Vision. What? Dix, what was it Parker said about his vision? As I recall, he said he couldn't see straight. You asked him if it was blurred. And he said doubled up. Double vision. That's right, he did. I don't follow your discovery, Kel. Well, maybe it's not a discovery, Joe. Let's call it a long shot. Okay, I'm listening. Bought you a line of blood. I'm listening. Botulinus intoxication. Botulism? It's a reasonable scientific diagnosis. Okay, I agree, the symptoms match. But they also go with a lot of other disorders. And we'd spend the next week rooting them out. I say we proceed on the basis of botulinus intoxication. Kel, do you realize what you're saying? There's a lot at stake. At least get a lab one. Confirm it first. Lab results would take too long. To my knowledge, there's never been a single case of botulism. It's always a group outbreak. You could throw the whole city into panic. Look at the machinery that goes into action. Drug houses, transportation, health investigators. Then we'd better get them rolling. Because if I'm right, a lot of people can be saved by finding the source. And if you're wrong? Dix, notify the health department. Tell them the chief of emergency services has diagnosed a probable case of botulism. And it's not an infection, Mrs. Parker. It's a poisoning. The immediate source is food containing botulinus toxin. The toxin is formed by what we call anaerobic growth of spores in food. Usually eaten uncooked and from jars or cans, inadequately processed during canning. And that's what's wrong with Jimmy? Well, possibly not. But I'm going on that assumption for now. If it is? Well, then what's important is for us to locate the food source and everyone that's been exposed to it. You mean it's possible that I poisoned Jimmy at home? I know most cases result from home-canned foods. But there have been occasions of poisoning in commercial products. I've never used home-canned foods. But we use other canned foods every day from a dozen different products. How could you ever possibly find it? Well, first we start with the study of the food habits and recent food history of the person attacked. If your husband has been poisoned, the odds are it's been from something he's eaten within the last 36 hours. Oh, he's had dozens of different things to eat since before this time yesterday. Then we have to identify every one of them. And there's some that I don't know. I mean, he eats away from home, too. Mrs. Parker, you're the only person that can help with what you do know. The health department will put everything possible into finding the source. If you weren't with Jim at a certain meal, we'll try to track down someone that was. Right now, you're all we have to give us leads. And what good will it do? If you are right and it is botulism, will it help Jimmy? Will it keep him alive to find it? Will it, Doctor? Yeah. Right away. Okay. Thank you. Where are we? The lab's taking the gastric washings from Jim Parker. They're working on it now. Antitoxin? We're lucky. Letterly Laboratories is the only place in the country that makes it. They've got a branch office five miles from here, and they're sending some right over. Joe? Health department called back. Any problem? They wanted to know if botulism was verified. And? I told them the truth. One possible case lab results pending. And one of the best doctors in the county calling the shots. Their answer? Everything and everybody they have is going to high gear. I guess your reputation paid off. Well, for once, it got me more than a cup of coffee. I just hope it's that way tomorrow. You're taking one large-sized wrist cal. Rampart, rescue 51. 51, this is Rampart. Go ahead. Rampart, we have a female patient, age 24. Patient appears to be in shock. No injuries, apparent illness, extreme weakness and vomiting. Vital signs 100 over 70. Rate 120 and thready. Impaired respiration, impaired vision, sore throat. 51 is the impaired vision double and the patient nauseous. That's 10-4, Rampart. 51, what's the patient's name and address? Her name is Eileen Samuels, 10-02, Kelmore Street. Stay with me, 51. What is it, Kel? A hunch. Nurse, this is Dr. Brackett. See if Mrs. Parker knows a woman by the name of Eileen Samuels on Kelmore Street and if she's been with her recently. Thanks. 51, this is Rampart. Start immediate IV, DW-5. Stay with me on the air and get her in here as fast as you can. 51, 10-4. The Parker woman knows her. We ate together at the yacht club yesterday. It's no good, Kel. You can't talk. I'll handle the trach. Test for antitoxin sensitivity. With all the questions on the radio. A lot of important answers and I hope you've got them. Roy, were you able to get the specifics of exactly what she had to eat at the yacht club? I don't know if I got it all before she went into respiratory arrest, but here it is. Look this over. Try to remember if your husband had any of those dishes. I'm not sure. Try, Mrs. Parker. It's important. Oh, he did have the salad and gelatin. What about the main course? Stroganoff. He had the Stroganoff. Did you? No. There were so many other dishes. I gave Jim a bad time because he didn't eat mine. Yours? It was a potluck affair. You know, all the girls in the auxiliary brought a different dish. Do you remember who brought the Stroganoff? I think it was Nancy Dixon. Yes. Yes, I'm sure it was Nancy. Jim raved about it and I remember Nancy taking all the bows. You're sure? Nancy's pretty. She has a wonderful personality and she's single. I was jealous. Here he comes now. Doctor, we'd like to get the full story. What's going on? What is this anyway? We hear the word botulism bouncing around. There's been no verification of botulism. Then why are health department personnel crawling all over the place? You'll have to ask them. We did. Come on, Doctor. What's the story? I'm not in a position to comment. We heard you're looking into a yacht club in Stroganoff. Where did you get that? Sources downtown. Now, how about it, Doc? What's the connection? No comment. Look, Doc, we know there's a story. Give us the doubt. We need his headlining. I notified the health department. I guess they have a leak. The press? And we haven't been able to get a call to this Nancy Dixon. Phone's tied up. What about the health department people? Are they rolling? The inspectors are chasing down leads on the 30 people who attended the dinner. We don't know where her name is on the list. How sure are you it was something in the Stroganoff? I'm not sure at all, Joe. Call it a shaky process of elimination. Another one of your scientific hunches? I took the dye, Joe, and I'm gonna stay with it. We wait for verification. There's no telling how widespread the distribution can get. And Nancy Dixon is the key? To a dozen possibilities in the Stroganoff recipe. Right. We're rolling again. Building collapsed. I think a child's trapped. Well, keep in touch, then. We'll be at the radio. Right. Weird in the lab yet? We're still working on the culture. And your neck is still on the block. Right along with how many other people who might be exposed to a potential killer. Are you one of the boys who was playing in there? We're in a lot of trouble, huh? Just tell us what happened, son. Well, me and Tommy were just playing around. We didn't mean anything. Just knocking around, you know. Go on. Well, Tommy got away from me and ran in another room. Then I heard this crashing and the whole room fell down. I couldn't find him anyplace. We'll check it out. Tommy? Tommy? Tommy? Do you know where Tommy lives, son? He's an orphan kid. Lives in one of those... what do you call it? A foster home? Yeah, but I don't know where. He don't like them too much. That's why he hangs around here. Is Tommy your age, son? I'm 11. He's 11 1 2. How does it look in there? Not good. I'd like you to show me where you last saw him, okay? We're in trouble, huh? No, but we could sure use your help. Sure. He went in the room right there. Second door. We'll get some help. Come on, son. Get the Kennedy probe. Tommy? Tommy? Tommy? Tommy? Tommy? Tommy? Tommy? Tommy? If he was in here when this wall let go, he might be trapped behind it. If we try to dig him out now, that wall won't stand. It's barely holding together now. I'll go around on the outside. We can't dig him out from there, right? Tommy, we've got help. Tommy should be here in about five minutes. He could be behind that wall. There's so much timber jammed in there, I couldn't see a thing. He could be in a pocket. Might not be buried at all. Yeah, this wall goes. We're in trouble. I got something. It's a kid. He's coughing. Sounds like he's having trouble breathing. Let's get the air pump and an overshot. Try to pinpoint him. Well, it's loudest here. Sounds like he's on the far end. We can get in from the outside. We can cut a hole through the side wall. Engine 51, Stoker. Bring in the K-12 saw with the concrete blade. Tell him to bring the radio. Stoker, bring the radio in. Hand over. We'll put the overshot in alongside the probe. We'll put air right on him. Rampart Jace, rescue 51. Rampart Jace. Go ahead, 51. We have an 11-year-old boy trapped in a building collapse. Life sounds evident. We're presently pumping air into him. There is imminent danger of further wall collapse. No request, merely an update. 10-4, 51. Poor kid. Kel, the health department just called. They have two patients at Harvard General. All the symptoms. Do they have a background? Yes. Both of them from the yacht club. Both had stroganoff. My name is Nancy Dixon. You're Nancy Dixon? I heard on the news you were looking for someone who... made a dish of stroganoff for a yacht club party yesterday. It's really a very simple recipe. Round steak and onions and mushrooms and sour cream. It couldn't have been my canned mushrooms, could it? Please tell me it wasn't. Tommy? Can you hear me? Yeah, I hear you. I'm stuck. I can't move. Everything's gonna be okay, champ. We'll need some pry bars. What's happening? Two pry bars. How are you feeling? You hurt anywhere? Just my leg a little bit. I think it's scratched. Well, we'll fix that. You just hold on, huh? I'll take that far end of the timber. I'll take this pry it up. My leg! It's pushing against my leg! Which direction is the pressure coming from? This way, from my knee all the way down. Better try something else. You can't get me out. You can't, can you? Just take it easy. If we can't do it alone, we've got lots of other people out there to help. This is the thing that's holding everything down. Let's try to move it out of the way. We'll move that timber. The whole wall's gonna fall right on top of us. You can't get me out, can't you? Just take it easy, Tommy. We're trying to find a better way to do it. Now trust us now, huh? How's it looking there? No good. We either put pressure on his leg or this wall comes down on us. I've got an idea. We get the port of power, put one end of it up here, one end of it down here. To take the place of this wall? Yeah. Let's go with the port of power. Get the port of power. The wall! It's falling! It's gonna fall, isn't it? Tommy, stop it now. Now you're gonna be all right, believe me. The wall is falling apart! It is, isn't it? Isn't it? Tommy, stop. Now we've got plenty of time. Now the important thing is to get the port of power. Now we've got plenty of time. Now the important thing is that you don't panic. Now we need all the help you can give us, okay? I'll try. Here it is. Okay. It's caving in! Take it easy. Just take it easy. I don't know if she's gonna hold. She's got to. Now if this jack slips, we've had it. Try it. Just try it. I'm gonna try it. I'm gonna try it. I'm gonna try it. I'm gonna try it. I'm gonna try it. I'm gonna try it. Oh! Is that free? Right. Oh! Oh! There. Now didn't I tell you everything was gonna be A-okay? You know what? What? I'm gonna go. Good night, bro. Rampart, rescue 51. This is Rampart. Go ahead, 51. Rescue 51. Rescue complete. Boy is en route to your location. What condition is he in, 51? Bruised and scared. And in need of a little TLC from Nurse McCall. TLC? Tender Loving Care, Doctor. Rescue 51, we're returning to quarters. 10-4, 51. 10-4, Rampart. You're off the hook, Cal. The lab report. They just finished. Cal? All tests positive. Botulinus intoxication. Was it the stroganoff? Yep. And that means all the drugs are in the lab. Yep. And that means all those who ate it are accounted for and under treatment. Looks like you lucked out, Cal. No, not me, Joe. The victims. Change of clothes, hot shower, and that aftertury of the lion's gonna make me ready for a long night's sleep. Can't wait to eat. Mmm. Mmm-hmm. Oh. Got you again, huh? And with your own candy. If I were you, Johnny, you know what I'd do? I'd just quit before you booby-trapped yourself right into Rampart Emergency. I'd just quit before you booby-trapped yourself right into Rampart Emergency. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh.