Emergency!
Trainee
Season 2, Episode 8 · Aired 1972-11-11
Synopsis
A paramedic trainee (who was a former medic in Vietnam) doesn't know how to follow instructions from both John and Roy. Dixie confronts their trainee about competing with real doctors and nurses, as well as the hotshot paramedics. The men also help stop a purse-snatching, aid an injured man who fell down a cliff, assist with an overdose victim, and a man who had an insulin reaction.
In the series
This episode is part of Emergency! (1972–1979) on NBC.
Squad 51 rolling — paramedics as heroes before medical dramas went steadicam.
Key cast
- Robert Fuller as Dr. Kelly Brackett
- Julie London as Dixie McCall
- Randolph Mantooth as Firefighter John Gage
- Kevin Tighe as Firefighter Roy DeSoto
- Bobby Troup as Dr. Joe Early