Emergency!
Paperwork
Season 6, Episode 11 · Aired 1977-01-08
Synopsis
Capt. Stanley assigns Chet and Marco to fix numerous incident reports rejected by the computer. A man runs his car into a fire hydrant; when he leaves his son alone to call for help (because the son wanted to "watch the water") the son nearly drowns by falling into a storm drain. In a complicated issue for Squad 51 to get the supplies, Dixie announces to Johnny, Rampart has a supply nurse, who puts Roy and Johnny, in an intolerable situation. The paramedics help a college janitor with stomach pains after drinking Mesoptamia-era wine also two people trapped in a warehouse fire.
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