05x05 - The Inspection

[bunniefuu]

[WHINES]

DISPATCHER: Battalion 7,
Squad 36.10-7 at Harbor Hospital.

Hey, Roy,
did that last order of supplies come in?

There was a mistake on the
requisition form. I had to re-order.

Should be in today or tomorrow.

Oh, great! I've got the squad half done,
I've run out.

DISPATCHER: Chief's aid, call the
chief engineer as soon as possible.

Uh, Chet.

Yeah?

All right, now look, I know I promised
I wouldn't ask you this anymore...

Uh-huh, but you want to borrow my personal,
very expensive car wax

to finish the squad.

Expensive?

All right, I'll buy you
a can for Thanksgiving.

Wax for Thanksgiving?

[STAMMERING] It's an age-old custom
in my family, been handed down for years.

Come on,
give me the keys and I'll go get it then.

The last time you took my keys,

you got into my trunk,
stole my jack.

I didn't steal...
I borrowed your jack.

I gave it back to you, didn't I?

Yeah. The day after
I got a flat tire.

Now look,
I'll get it, all right?

Big grouch!

You really think
he's gonna fall for that?

Hook, line and sinker.

ROY: You worked it
on him twice already.

I know, but he's a slow learner.

I figure he's taking his keys
out of his pocket just about now.

He's opening up
the trunk just about...

[CHET SCREAMS]

"HOW."

[CHUCKLING] See?

He is a slow learner. Mmm-hmm.

The old body in the trunk again.

Oh,
you guys are a real scream. Real funny.

[sums]

I just got a call
from Battalion headquarters.

Seems we're having a little
visit today from the boss himself.

Chief Houts? STANLEY:
Yep. And that's not all.

He's bringing
the County Supervisor

in charge of the
Fire Department with him.

Why is that? What did we do?

I don't know.
Battalion says it's routine.

I don't know what time they're coming,
but I wanna stress

business as usual. No special primping,
all right?

Just make sure
the place is spotless.

And Kelly,
get rid of your girlfriend, will you?

[LAUGHING]

You heard the Cap, Kelly.
Dump your date.

Hmm, maybe I will.
How about your squad?

The Supervisor would love that.

Chet, don't be so tacky.

[ALARM SOUNDING]

DISPATCHER: Engine 51,
Engine 127, Truck 127. Garbage fire.

1526 Tampa, 1-5-2-6 Tampa.

Cross street, Moorpark.
Time out, 09:06.

[BOOT BARKING]

Engine 51.

You wanna do this,
you silly mutt?

Unit calling, repeat,
you're breaking up.

Sorry, KMG 365.

[BOOT BARKING]

Shaggy, watch out, will you?

[SIREN WAILING]

That's charming. What
are you gonna do with her?

I think I'm gonna go
put her in Chefs bed.

Why don't we just play
it straight for a while?

Feels like a total waste to me.

Okay. Come on.

[ALARM SOUNDING]

DISPATCHER: Squad 51,
Engine 37 in place of Engine 51.

Heart case.

1923 North Walters. Cross street,
Shirley. Time out, 09:08.

[BOOT BARKING]

Squad 51, KMG 365.

[SIREN WAILING]

[ALARM SOUNDING]

[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.

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

Kelly, County Fire Department.
You called us, ma'am?

My husband did. It's his heart.

Straight to the back.

JOHNNY: All right.

MR. FENNEDY: Boy, am I glad
you guys rushed in.

JOHNNY: It's okay.
What's your name?

Fennedy, Frank Fennedy.

What seems to be
the trouble, Mr. Fennedy?

Well, it may be a false alarm,
but I think it's my heart.

LA, Squad 51, cancel Engine 37.

DISPATCHER: Squad 51.

Engine 37, cancel.

We're gonna get your BP here.

Well, Mr. Fennedy, your BP seems
to be okay and your pulse is fine.

What were you doing
when the pain first started?

I was having
an argument with Evelyn.

[PANTING]
There's that pain again.

Okay, all right, you just
take it easy, okay, and relax.

And try to breathe
as easy as you can.

We're gonna hook you up
to an EKG

and let the hospital see
what's going on with you, okay?

Whatever you say.

Okay.

[PANTING]

Uh, Mr. Fennedy,

that's some scar you have there,
did you have open-heart surgery?

Yeah, about six months ago.

Uh-huh.

Well, do you know exactly
what kind of a surgery it was?

A transplant.

They gave me a brand new heart.

And I got a different husband.

[PANTING]

WOMAN ON PA: Dr. Parker, Outpatient
Area. Dr. Parker, Outpatient Area.

[BUZZING]

Unit calling, this is
Rampart, go ahead.

Rampart, this is Squad 51.
We have a patient here,

male, approximately


He's complaining of pains in
the chest and stomach areas.

Had a heart transplant about six
months ago. Stand by for a strip.

What have you got on the vitals?

Uh, 110 over 70 on the BP.
Pulse is 90.

EKG looks good, 51.
What are the vitals?

Rampart, BP is 110 over 70. The
pulse is 90. The respirations are 16.


Start an IV with D5W, TKO,

give him 5 milligrams
MS IV and transport.

IV D5W, TKO,
and 5 milligrams MS IV.

Okay, Mr. Fennedy,

uh, you look pretty good,

but that transplant
kind of makes you special.

We're gonna take you
into the hospital,

just to make sure
everything is perfect, okay?

You can ride in with your husband,
if you'd like.

You don't have to go,
Evelyn. I'll call you from the hospital.

No, no, no. I'll go. Otherwise
you might come home with a new...

[SIREN WAILING] Uh, ma'am,
the ambulance is here.

Would you like to go
show them in?

Sure.

I don't know,
Doc. It didn't seem to bother me at first.

I mean, having
somebody else's heart.

But then when you think about
it and you start talking about it,

it seems so unnatural,
you know what I mean?

Blood pressure is 110 over 70.

Do you...

Do you talk about it
a lot with your wife?

Oh.

[CHUCKLES]

Well, she was
against it at first,

but the doctor and I, we kind of
talked her into going along with it.

Well, I'm glad you did.

[CHUCKLING] I am too.

[DOOR OPENING]

I'm telling you, Doctor,
for the first year we were married,

[STAMMERING] he never
missed a day, not a day.

That's very impressive.

Some days, there would be
a valentine in the mail,

and other days,
I'd find a poem pinned to my pillow.

One morning, I even found a sonnet
attached to the vacuum cleaner.

He certainly sounds imaginative.

Do you want to know,
how every last one of them were signed?

Well... Well,
I'll tell you. No. I'll tell you

how they were signed.
"With all my heart."

His heart,
the heart your modern medicine threw away.

They took out his heart
and gave him back to me,

but he's... Oh, he's not
the man I married, no. No.

Not the same man at all. No!

The nurse is going
to take some blood.

It's just a precaution.
I'll be back in a minute.

Sure. Thanks, Doc.

Well, it's just about
what we figured, Kel.

[sums]

Keep an eye on him,
will you, Joe? Sure.

Mrs. Fennedy,
would you come with me for a moment?

MRS. FENNEDY: He'll be all
right? KELLY: Yes, he'll be fine.

Your wife certainly speaks her mind,
doesn't she?

[CHUCKLES]

If you will just listen to...

No, Mrs. Fennedy,
you listen to me.

The human heart is a muscular organ,
that's all.

It weighs about eleven ounces
and it's about the size of my fist.

It beats 60 to 100 times
a minute,

and pumps almost


through your body
every 24 hours.

Now, as remarkable
as all that is,

the heart is not responsible for,
and I promise you,

totally incapable
of signing love letters.

It's a pump.
Nothing more, nothing less.

Doctor, I am telling you

that he is not the same man.

Then if he's changed,

I'd say it's due to you constantly
reminding him that he's different.

Oh, now, wait a minute...
No, you wait.

Your husband's been through
an emotional experience.

And if you keep on him like you've
been doing, there's a good chance

he'll psychosomatically reject
his heart. He's almost there now.

I just wish you knew
how many people,

how many thousands
of people, die each year

because they can't get a heart
transplant and another chance.

They'd sell their souls for one, but
there're simply not enough to go around.

Unfortunately, not everyone's as
lucky as your husband, Mrs. Fennedy.

You see, Dr. Brackett, you...

His pain was very likely
brought on by emotional stress.

Now, if you'll excuse me,
I've got to get back to your husband.

[BOOT WHINING]

Boot, do you mind?

[WHINING]

You know, Roy,
it's only got to be one thing.

Just one thing only.

What's that?

I don't know what we did,
but it sure must have been a doozy.

I think we're in trouble.

You know something?
You're paranoid.

Paranoid?

Look, the Chief brings down
the County Supervisor

down here, down here
to little old Station 51...

For a routine inspection,
no more, no less.

Look, I know Chief Houts.

Oh, you know Chief Houts.
Where did you meet?

At the paramedic graduation.

Oh. You seen him since?

[STAMMERING] Well,
it's been... I mean, I haven't really...

Look, you can tell
a lot about a man

just by the way he says,
"Congratulations, son."

[ALARM SOUNDING]

DISPATCHER:
Squad 51 with Engine 18.

Unknown type rescue.


Cross street, Belliveau.
Time out, 10:35.

STANLEY: Squad 51, KMG 365.

[SIREN WAILING]

Watch this guy.

You idiot!

DISPATCHER: Squad 51,
cancel and acknowledge.

Squad 51.

[SIREN STOPS] Cancelled.

Yeah, completely
messed up for nothing.

Well,

guess we go back to the barn
and clean it up all over again.

Yeah. I don't believe it.

[SIGHING] We might as well have
driven through the La Brea Tar Pits.

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

Boy! You guys did a job
on that old rig, didn't you?

Yeah. We ran into a little mud.

So it seems.

How soon do you think
you might have it cleaned up?

Oh, right away.
Have you heard anything, Cap?

No, no. Just sometime today.

Yeah, well, sometime today.

Hey, Cap, you know, do you want
to do anything special with Boot?

Hey, you know, I know...

Come on, Kelly. Stash the company
dog because of an inspection?

Come on,
dogs are a historical...

He hasn't been
in the garbage, has he?

Yeah. Mmm.

Listen, it's not too warm out,

why don't you let him take
his afternoon nap in your car?

Why my car?

Well, because, A,
it's parked in the shade,

B, because your captain said so.

Right, Captain.

And don't forget to cr*ck open
the windows for some air.

CHET: Right, Cap.

Boy!

[ALARM SOUNDING]

DISPATCHER:
Station 51. Injured sky-diver.

1630 Mulholland Drive. Cross street,
Franklin. Time out, 11:06.

Station 51, KMG 365.

[SIRENS WAILING]

[SIRENS WAILING]

Hey, listen, man, thanks
for coming so fast.

How long has he been up there?

I don't know exactly.
Maybe about ten minutes or so.

You see, we're doing this
promo for the station, you know,

a commercial for the station.
It's like...

"Drop in on KJV." Can
you dig what I'm saying?

Well, Lucky, you know, jumps. Lucky,
that's his name, Lucky Collins.

Well, he's coming down real nice,
you know, we got a nice sh*t of him.

Then he starts drifting
over here, and bam!

Hits the tower,
got a great sh*t of that one.

Of course, unfortunately I don't
think we'll be able to use it, you know.

Yeah. Has he been out
like that for all that time?

I don't know, as soon as he hit the tower,
bam! That was it, he was out.

Well, the ladder truck's not gonna do us
any good. We're gonna have to climb up.

LA, Engine 51. Notify the power
company to shut off the power

on the north side
of tower number 572.

LA, do you copy?

LA, Engine 51, did you copy?

Those power lines
are ruining our transmission.

Pal, can we borrow your van?

Sure. Listen, I got
my guys on the clock,

I've gotta get them
off anyway. Come on.

Okay, go with that guy.

Tell dispatch to shut off that power
and get us an ambulance out here.

Better get us the Stokes rigged up,
just in case.

Cap, look.

That's tearing.

Can't tell if the chute's
holding or not, so secure him.

Okay.

For crying out loud,
stay away from those lines.

Gage, it's tearing
in another spot!

[GRUNTING]

Lucky, Lucky.

Hey, Lucky.

[GROANS] Wake up.

[PANTING]

I don't want you to look
down. Don't look down.

You haven't finished
your trip, man.

Okay.

Can you hang in there?
Can you grab a hold?

Okay.

I've got you.

Here you are.

I got him from over here. Okay,
I'm gonna swing around.

Are you hurt anywhere?

LUCKY: My head
hurts quite a bit.

Looks like everything
else is okay.

ROY: Okay, look, we're going to
put a safety line on you, all right?

So you won't fall. We're
gonna have to cut this harness.

Man, don't cut my harness. It's
expensive. Use the quick release here.

Okay, you got him?

All right. Now, I want you
to hang on, okay?

Okay.

All right.

JOHNNY: Pull these snaps?
LUCKY: Yeah.

JOHNNY: Okay.
LUCKY: Pull them toward you.

ROY: You got it? JOHNNY: Yeah.

ROY: That's it.

JOHNNY: All right.

[ELECTRICITY BUZZES]

[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]

[BUZZING]

JOHNNY: Okay.

Okay,
now. I'm gonna sling this belt around you.

Raise your left arm.

Here we go.

Okay.

Now, hold on, okay?
We've got a safety line.

JOHNNY: Okay.

JOHNNY: There we go. All right.

JOHNNY: Now, we're gonna
rappel down with you. LUCKY: Okay.

JOHNNY: Sure you don't hurt anywhere? Yeah,
I'm okay.

JOHNNY: Okay.

ROY: Just take it easy. We'll
have you down here in a minute.

[ELECTRICITY BUZZES]

Got it?

Hey, Cap. We're not
gonna need the Stokes.

We're gonna
bring him down on a line.

We're gonna rappel down.

[PANTING]

I'm gonna hook you
in my ring, okay?

Okay-Okay-

[ELECTRICITY BUZZES]

All right. Now,
we're gonna take a ride down.

Get on my left side, okay?

Hug my left side. Okay.

You get in there? I got it.

Hold on. Got it?

All right,
we're gonna swing down now.

LUCKY: Okay.

[GRUNTING]

Okay.

Well, you enjoy the ride?

Was a lot smoother
than my landing.

Okay, let's take this helmet
off and take a look at you, okay?

Hey, Cap, they'll let
the power off in a...

few minutes.

All right, you can
put your arm down.

You say a boxer did this?

Yes, a brindle. About 50 pounds.

Do you know who owns the animal?

Oh, yeah. The Feldmans.

They've had boxers for years.

Ever since the Irish
setter craze dwindled.

So you could locate the dog?

By all means. He's
in a cage in my office.

You mean you were
att*cked in your office?

Mmm-hmm. Happens all the time.

I'm sorry, um, Mr...

It's "Doctor."
Dr. Felix Schell, DVM.

Well, I apologize
for my confusion, Doctor.

I didn't know you
were a veterinarian.

Dix, will you get a BP?

I usually patch myself up
after these little accidents,

but I thought that this
might take a stitch or two.

Well, it's a good thing
you came by.

Does this sort of thing
happen often, Doctor?

No, not really. My big
problem is communication.

You see, you folks can
talk to your patients

and they can tell you where
it hurts or what's wrong.

Unfortunately,
with me it's a lot of trial and error.

That was the case
with the Feldmans' boxer.

Sounds like it could
be pretty dangerous.

Oh,
sometimes. It keeps me on my toes.

BP is 180 over 90.

What made you decide
to become a vet?

Oh, variety, mainly.

Again, in your field
your patients are all alike,

whereas mine have got
two stomachs or horns

or pockets for babies.

You've got a point.

But I figure,
you get out of life what you put in it,

so I'll tackle
anything that's sick.

I've got a lot of scars,
but I've got a lot of friends.

Well, we're gonna
take care of it.

[EXHALES]

Well, I guess we better
get this thing cleaned up.

Yeah, if they haven't
been by yet.

I'll check.

All right, I'm gonna get washed
up and get the rags, clean it off.

All right.

Hey, you don't think
the Chief will be pulling

a night inspection
on us, do you?

Nope.

Yeah, well, besides,
the Supervisor'|| probably be busy tonight.

You know, they're always busy at a benefit
or a fund raising party or something.

ROY: Hi.

Did they show?

STANLEY: No, not yet. Not yet.

You guys already ate lunch, huh?

Uh, yeah.

Wait a minute... What?

Where are the lunch leftovers?

Well, there was
some left over, but...

Well, we had lasagne
and, uh, leftover...

Well, it just, kind of,
didn't look good.

Oh, I see. So rather than have the
Supervisor see a refrigerator with leftovers,

which is the main reason for
having a refrigerator in the first place,

you threw out the lunch.

There's some neatly
arranged celery in the crisper.

Swell.

So, other than
a mild concussion,

Brackett says
he's gonna be fine.

Good.

Where're the other guys?

In the rec room, all nervous.

You know, waiting for the axe to
come down. That's ridiculous, isn't it?

Yeah, well, it's not every day that
you have a chief coming to visit you.

Yeah. I say no hypocrisy.

You know,
let him see us the way we really are.

Chet, uh...

Where did you...

What'd you do? Hire a maid?

No, I just figured...

Look at that! Each one is
spaced exactly two inches apart.

Inch and a half.

Oh.

Hey, John. Oh, look at this.

How about taking this to
Captain's office for me, huh?

Sure, Chet. Thank you, pal.

No problem.

Don't rub too hard,
you might rub the numbers off.

[BOOT WHINING]

No, no, no.

[WHISTLING]

I can't contain myself any
longer. Who's got the green thumb?

Kelly ran down to
the corner for them.

Figures.

All right, so we're trying to look
good. What's wrong with that?

And keep your
crumbs off the table.

It's not how you
look in the uniform,

it's how you wear the
uniform that counts.

Cap. What about the clock?

Oh, my gosh,
I forgot about that.

Kelly, why don't you put this somewhere,
pal? Maybe your car.

Wait a minute,
wait a minute. I thought you said

business as usual,
nothing special.

I said that, sure.

Now I just wanna put a few
things in Kelly's car, that's all.

Hmm. Pretty.

Figures.

[ALARM SOUNDING]

DISPATCHER ON RADIO:
Station 51. Traffic accident.

Victim trapped. LA River bed.

Use entrance ramp on
Lankershim near Riverside.

Time out, 14:15.

STANLEY: Station 51, KMG 365.

[SIRENS WAILING]

[HORN BLARING]

DISPATCHER ON RADIO:
Engine 29. Truck fire.

1021 Firestone Boulevard.

1-0-2-1 Firestone.

Cross street, Third Avenue.

[HORN norms]

He just stopped screaming
a couple of minutes ago.

Passed out, I think.

His gas t*nk's split.

Marco, inch and a half, pal.

What do you want to use down there,
John?

One Ajax tool and a pry bar.

I'll get the turnouts.

Okay.

You were dragging?

I had him all the way,
till he hit that dry spot.

He's going to be
all right, isn't he?

Well, we won't know until
we get him out of there.

ROY: Okay, maybe better
to clear back here, okay?

Okay.

His right side looks
awful twisted up.

Cap, we need your turnout coat.

STANLEY: Okay,
crank up the pressure.

ROY: Chet, we're gonna
need a backboard.

[DRILLING]

Here, you wanna try?

Yeah, he's coming
to a little bit.

[GROANS]

ROY: Take it easy.

[GRUNTS]

Take it easy. It's all right.

What's your name?

Paul. Paul?

Your right leg hurt? Yeah.

Okay, you have any numbness
in your neck or your back?

No, just my leg.
I can't stand it.

[GRUNTS]

Paul, we're gonna have to
get you out of here, all right?

Now, it's gonna hurt a bit.

PAUL: Do something.

Okay. All right.

I got him up here.

[JOHNNY SCREAMS]

John, you all right?

Cap! Johnny's cut
his hand pretty bad.

STANLEY: What's the matter with
using your gloves in there, pal? Come on.

ROY: Okay.

ROY: Okay, now, watch his back,
all right? Watch his back and his neck.

He's got a bad right leg.

ROY: Okay, we're gonna get
you out of here now. Take it easy.

[SCREAMING]

There you are.

Watch that back. Take it easy.

It's all right. You can grab a hold
of me if you want. Take it easy.

Watch that neck.

Mike, you wanna
get the chest strap?

Watch his neck.

ROY: All right.

Chet, you wanna get
a drug box and Biophone?

MIKE: Respirations
are 24 and shallow.

Try and get a BP for me, Mike.

Stethoscope, Chet.

Rampart, this is Squad 51.

Go ahead, 51.

Rampart, we got a male patient here,
approximately 18 years of age.

Involved in a vehicle accident.
Patient is semi-conscious.

He has a possible fractured hip

and the pelvis is
tender by palpation.

Patient is in a great deal
of pain. He's diaphoretic.

Vital signs are,
pulse is 120 and very weak.

Respiration is 24 and
shallow. Stand by for BP.

BP is 70 by palpation.

BP is 70 by palpation.

Request permission to use an
anti-shock suit and start an IV.



Put on the
anti-shock device first.

Start an IV with Ringer's
lactate and patch him in.



All right, just take it easy.

We're gonna put you
in a suit here, okay?

We're gonna inflate it and
it's gonna help you, all right?

Okay-Okay-

Can you help me with this?

Okay, we're gonna have to
pull it underneath you, all right?

All right,
just take it easy. We'll be careful.

All right. Easy on that.

[GRUNTS]

Okay, take it easy.

Watch out for this leg here,
also for the back.

What's that thing gonna do?

Well, once we get it
secured and inflated,

if your friend's got any internal bleeding,
it should slow it down or stop it.

Also takes the available blood
in the bottom portion of the body

and forces it upward. Up in the brain
and the heart and other vital organs.

Not getting too much
in this leg here.

Okay, that's good.
Weak at the top part.

Okay, hold it. Once you get
vital signs we'll start the IV.

Why don't you get the scope?

How's the victim doing?

Oh, he's out of there.
Ready to transport.

BP is 110 over 70. Pulse
is 100. Respirations are 16.

The pain is
pretty well gone too.

Rampart, Squad 51.

KELLY: Go ahead, 51.

Rampart, the pain has remarkably
decreased on our patient.

New set of vitals are,
pulse is 100,

respiration is 16,
BP is 110 over 70.


do you think he needs something for pain?

Negative, Rampart. I think we're
about ready to transport here.


as soon as possible.



Let's get an EKG on him.

What do you say, Paul?
We'll get an EKG on you,

and let's get you out of here.

Yeah.

[sums]

Wait a second.
Stop at this counter.

Hey, how are ya?

Hey, they're sending
you home, huh?

Yeah, my heart is fine.

They stuck me, they pushed me,
they shoved me,

they did everything to me.
Even took pictures of me.

Took lots of X-rays?

Oh, no,
no. Not that kind of pictures.

Pictures with the doctors,
the interns, the nurses, you know.

Those kind of pictures.

Didn't know it was
so unusual to have

a heart transplant
patient around here.

They're special
just about everywhere.

Yeah. I know that now.

I may even be better than ever.

That's if you give me a chance.

I'll give you
a chance, all right.

[LAUGHS] See you, Captain. Mush.

So long.

Bye-bye. Bye-bye.

How's your hand?

Well. Dix says I'll be
playing pool in a week.

All right. They still
got Paul in the suit.

Oh,
yeah? They got him on blood now?

Early is in radiology
waiting for the pictures.

You mean they X-rayed
him with the suit on?

They won't take it off till they're
sure what the extent of the damage is.

Yeah.

Have some coffee.

Ugh. Sugar. Hey,
what time do you have?

About 5:00.

Hmm. You thinking
of the inspection?

Yeah. You know something?

I've done a whole


How's that?

Well, you know, uh...

I've been assuming the worst, you know,
that we kind of blew something

and they've singled us out.

Well, what do you think about,
uh, the opposite?

They're gonna come down and
lay some kind of an award on us.

For meritorious service.

You know, above and
beyond the call of...

You don't think they'd do that?

It's gotta be
one of three things.

They're either coming
down here to jump on us,

or they're coming
down to congratulate us,

or like Battalion
Headquarters says,

they're coming down
for a routine visit.

Whichever one it is, it certainly doesn't
help to sit around and worry about it.

[sums]

I suppose you're right.

Hi, Doc. Is that
our boy's X-rays?

Yeah. How is he?

Not too good.

You know, you better not count
on getting that suit back right away.

That's okay. We can
pick it up a little later.

We better tell them
we're available.

Hmm. Squad 51, available.

DISPATCHER: Squad 51.

Uh, good luck.

He's the one that needs it.

What do we have?

Hip and pelvic fractures.

Notice this haziness
on the right flank.

Looks like a
retroperitoneal hematoma.

The lab said there's
no blood in his urine.

How're you doing
with volume replacement?

He's had a unit of plasma and he's
just finishing his second unit of blood.

I think we can deflate the suit,
see how he's doing.

Yeah, let's go.

What've you got, Dix?

BP is 110 over 70.

Pulse is 96.

Respiration's 16.

Good.

Paul, your X-rays
confirm what we thought.

You right hip and
pelvis are fractured.

My hip?

Hey, when you fix me all up...

I'll be able to
get around, won't I?

You might have a little
extra hardware in you,

but I don't see any reason why you
won't be able to get around just fine.

When are you gonna operate?

Right away.

Dr. Lewis, the orthopedic surgeon,
will be here anytime now.

Why right away?

I mean, what about my folks?

I spoke to your mother.

She and your dad are on the
way down from Santa Barbara.

You might not catch them
before the operation,

but they'll be here
when you wake up.

Paul,
the reason we wanna operate right away is

because we're pretty sure
there's some damage

to the membrane lining of
your abdominal wall also.

What's that mean?

Well, you're
bleeding internally.

And when we get you up to surgery,
we'll perform an exploratory

and if there is any damage to your lining,
we'll fix it at that time.

This'|| be quite some
trick with this suit on, huh?

That's nothing. You ought to see
them when they work on knights in armor.

Let's see if we can get
you out of this thing, huh?

Paul, when I get
to the right leg

some of the hip pain may return.

I'll try to be as
gentle as possible.

[AIR ESCAPING]

[GROANS] My leg-

His heart rate's 120, Kel.

BP's down to 80,
respirations are rapid.

He's diaphoretic.

Joe, either re-inflate the suit
or head up for surgery right now.

The suit will save us some time.

BP is dropping!

KELLY: He's losing
blood too rapidly.

Joe, re-inflate the suit.
Carol, give him some oxygen.

Tell the lab I want six units of blood,
stat.

BP's leveled off at 85.

Dix, we're gonna
have to hang more blood.

Joe, alert OR right away.

Right.

Yes, this is Dr. Early in ER 2.

We have a trauma patient
with a hip and pelvic fracture

as well as a probable
retroperitoneal hematoma.

We need an operating
room immediately.

Right. Yes, thank you.

Okay, Dix.

OR ready?

It will be by the time we are.

BP's still 85.

Good. Carol, we'll take
the oxygen with us.

Right.

What've you got now, Joe?

BP's up to 90,
respirations are slowing.

All right. He's stabilizing.

We better get him up there now.

DISPATCHER: All units
responding with Engine 96, cancel.

You know something?

What?

I wish we had the wax
concession for this station.

Today alone, we'd
have made a fortune.

Where are all the guys?

Well, the guys are in the rec room,
standing up,

so they won't wrinkle.

And the Captain?

Oh, he's
in his office, standing.

So he won't wrinkle.

No. So he can
look out the blinds.

You know what I think?

I think we've been stood up.

You know something,
I think you're right.

Hey, you got a speck of
wax there on the headlight.

Hey, what's the matter with
your arm? Did you break it?

You know,
even if they don't come,

I think we can be proud of the
fact that we were ready for 'em.

All right, everybody, line up!
Line up!

Hey» hey, hey, guys!

Just had a call from the Chief.

They're not coming.

Remember our first run
this morning, at 9:06?

Yeah. Well,
they showed up here at 9:15.

You mean, all that
waxing and cleaning,

and jumping around here
was for nothing, Cap?

Not entirely. Chief said
they did inspect the Station.

And?

He just had one comment.

Yeah, good or bad?

[SIGHING] I'm not sure.

He just said, this clock in my
office was three minutes fast.

Oh.