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Emergency! Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 1975 - 1976
Episode 1
The Stewardess
Sat, Sep 13, 197560 mins
Roy and John are on a return flight to Los Angeles when John meets and falls for a stewardess, during the flight one of the passengers suffers from a heart attack, and the paramedics retrieve their equipment from the cargo bay (while speaking with Rampart from 30,000 feet) to help the victim, after landing John tries to get a date with the stewardess. The firemen assist a victim of a motorcycle accident and of a chemical fire, while Dixie and Dr. Early treats a young man with broken ribs, who later has epilepsy.
Episode 2
The Old Engine Cram
Sat, Sep 20, 197560 mins
During a drill using sulfur trioxide, a fireman is injured and Roy is exposed to the toxic fumes. Dixie shows an ad to John and Roy about someone wanting to buy an old fire engine just like theirs, later they help a man who injures his back doing stunts on his motorcycle. Dixie and Dr. Morton treat a boy with a sore throat while his mother begs for an antibiotic--turns out the boy has something even more serious than either thought. The firemen help a man who has a heart attack at the station, and the Coast Guard (CG 1442) medivac's the paramedics to rescue a man who fell off a cliff on Catalina Island.
Episode 3
Election
Sat, Sep 27, 197560 mins
Roy and John become candidates to represent Station 51 on the Battalion welfare committee. First, the firemen save a man who got his arm stuck in a drainpipe, then they tend to his brother-in-law after he swallows a pull tab and aspirates. A woman seems more concerned with making a plane flight than her sick son, who ends up being admitted with Reye's Syndrome, after Dr. Brackett speaks with the boy's father. A sculptress calls the Squad to get her model out of a plaster cast, then the firemen save a construction worker trapped on a crane.
Episode 4
Equipment
Sat, Oct 4, 197560 mins
Johnny makes up time at Station 8 where a paramedic with whom he trained is the new Captain. Johnny is upset about the cardiac patient he and the Captain tried to treat, but with only an engine and without Squad 8, they had no medical equipment and the man died. Chet is hurt when a hot building explodes and Chet falls down a flight of stairs; Roy and Johnny have Chet covered. A tree surgeon injured in a fall is brought into Rampart; Kel suspects issues with broken ribs and pneumothorax. A boy falls down in his yard and cannot move his legs; further info from the mother indicates the boy complained of weakness since his camping trip. But Dixie finds the "critter" responsible for the boy's problem. Engine and Squad 51 get a call with Engines 8, 116 and 121 to handle a structure fire. Roy is the next victim of an explosion. The next Captain of County 8 makes a confession to Cap Stanley: he wants to start hoarding medical equipment, not only for squads but engines, too. He never wants to be stuck without the proper equipment to save a victim ever again.
Episode 5
The Inspection
Sat, Oct 11, 197560 mins
Capt. Stanley makes the station aware of an impending inspection by the Battalion Chief and the County Supervisor. A heart transplant patient is having pains and his wife thinks her husband no longer loves her. A parachutist gets stuck on a electric tower during a stunt being filmed by a radio disc jockey, Dr. Brackett and Dixie treat a veterinarian bitten by a boxer, while the firemen, in the field, help a traffic accident victim that goes into shock due to internal bleeding caused by a broken hip and pelvis, before being helped by Dixie, Drs. Brackett and Early, in the hospital.
Episode 6
The Indirect Method
Sat, Oct 18, 197560 mins
Roy and John have a new, hard-nosed, female paramedic trainee, she rides with them to help a man whose wife is holed up in a house scheduled for demolition due to freeway construction, a man who tries to commit suicide by gas, then changes his mind and suffers a head injury, another man suffering a heart attack that they try (and fail) to revive; and the trainee expressed her inability to function to Dixie, but she redeems herself after Roy is electrocuted trying to save an invalid at a structure fire and she is the only one to assist with reviving him.
Episode 7
Pressure 165
Sat, Oct 25, 197560 mins
The paramedics are medi-vac'd to Catalina Island via Coast Guard helicopter to assist in a diving accident, where the patient is treated in a hyperbaric chamber with coordination with Dr. Early at Rampart, when the diver suffers a heart attack. After Chet gives John a hard time about his cooking skills, the Squad investigates a kitchen fire at a famous chef's home. A youth suffers a serious gunshot wound that may leave him paralyzed, and he gets very hostile with Drs. Brackett and Early. The firemen assist with victims of a structure fire that resulted from a series of dust explosions.
Episode 8
One of Those Days
Sat, Nov 1, 197560 mins
It really is "one of those days" when Roy and John walk into a family brawl when the mother-in-law feigns illness to stay at her son's home, which ends with her infuriated daughter-in-law slapping her husband so hard she knocks him off his feet. The paramedics try, unsuccessfully, to intervene. (Roy's shirt is later shown to have been torn apart during the brawl, as he and Gage try to recount the incident to the others.) Later, the duo assist a drunken indigent in a low-income hotel whose elevator is, of course, broken. A young boy suffers a seizure in the ER. Dixie and Dr. Early suspect meningitis, Dr. Brackett asks the mother about the boy's medical history, but she's more interested in petition drives than her son. The firemen reach a two-car accident but the victims have disappeared. Roy and John treat a man who fell in the bathtub, but they find something more serious, and later rescue a child trapped in a burning building.
Episode 9
The Lighter-Than-Air Man
Sat, Nov 15, 197560 mins
A crossing guard is run down, allegedly by Squad 51 en route to an emergency labor, and is investigated by the police. A couple en route to a wedding hits a fire hydrant. A camper on fire arrives at Station 51 with a boy trapped inside, and is taken to Rampart with smoke inhalation and burns, with the help of Dixie, Drs. Early and Morton. The firemen rescue the driver of a semi truck hauling insecticide that overturned and caught fire on the freeway, sending toxic fumes into the air.
Episode 10
Simple Adjustment
Sat, Nov 15, 197560 mins
The paramedics are swamped with paperwork, and have to deal with emergencies such as a girl trapped in an overturned car, a beautician who OD'd on diet pills, whom Dixie, Drs. Early and Morton, all take care of, an elderly man who has taken ill, and workers stuck on a ship while on fire.
Episode 11
Tee Vee
Sat, Nov 29, 197560 mins
When the station tries to watch a film on the firemen, John and Roy blow up the TV, Dixie states to John and Roy, she fixes their station's TV. The firemen rescue a man from a burning manhole, Dr. Brackett gets an aquarium he didn't order, later he has a toxic reaction to a catfish bite. Dr. Morton treats a man with a bleeding peptic ulcer. The paramedics later help a man who glued his eyes shut and rescue a man trapped in his home from a mudslide caused by a gas explosion.
Episode 12
On Camera
Sat, Dec 6, 197560 mins
A camera crew follows Squad 51 while a teenager is bitten by a snake, a would-be stuntman dangles from an I-beam, a boy falls off a cliff and a man is trapped under a burning fuel truck.
Episode 13
Communications
Sat, Dec 13, 197560 mins
A young worker gets his arm caught in a record machine; Dr. Brackett and Dixie go on-site to aid the boy. A communication snafu between Squad 51 and Rampart revealed issues with transmissions between two squads and a discrepancy in how a patient was treated. Dixie and Dr. Morton treats a young violinist, who injured his arm and has a fear of needles. Two underage boys get a car trapped on the roof of a house. In the field, a woman attempts suicide by OD'g on sleeping pills but refuses aid until she passes out, in the hospital, Roy and John were both informed by Dixie from Dr. Early, she dies. Chet sets a pair of skis on fire - literally. A man is trapped underneath a car, which then explodes in their garage with Roy & John inside.
Episode 14
To Buy or Not to Buy
Sat, Dec 20, 197560 mins
Roy thinks about buying a house, but delays too long. Dixie has been very hasty about it, where one of her nursing staff purchased Roy's house. Responding to a structure fire, the firemen find two children trapped on the second floor, one of whom is in a diabetic coma; Roy is injured during the rescue. Two female student drivers are involved in a minor collision, one is more concerned with Roy cutting her cashmere sweater than her health. Another traffic accident results in two injuries and a missing dog. A teenage epileptic is stranded on a concrete beam under a bridge.
Episode 15
Right at Home
Sat, Jan 10, 197660 mins
Dr. Brackett rides along with Copter 10, where he, along with the paramedics, to rescue a boy and his father from their overturned camper--Dixie encourages Roy to take the boy in as a foster parent, since the boy's mother is out of state, and causes trouble both at home and at the station. Another young boy is brought into the ER and is diagnosed with spinal meningitis, Dr. Early talks to the mother if surgery is needed. The firemen rescue a man from a structure fire with bad burns on both legs.
Episode 16
The Girl on the Balance Beam
Sat, Jan 17, 197660 mins
A young girl is in a rush to go to the Olympics. The firemen rescue an actress trapped on a high wire at a studio, extricate a drunk driver from his car, and battle a train fire with ammonium nitrate on board.
Episode 17
Involvement
Sat, Jan 24, 197660 mins
Dixie's predecessor, old friend and a former Rampart head nurse tries to commit suicide by OD'ing on antidepressants and caught her house on fire, where she befriends a paraplegic child who almost drowned in a swimming pool. The paramedics help a woman who fainted after wrapping her body in plastic to treat her cellulite, a family suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning from a new furnace installation, and a man pinned under a truck loaded with leaking liquid hydrogen.
Episode 18
Above and Beyond... Nearly
Sat, Jan 31, 197660 mins
Roy & John receive commendations for bravery, also receive congratulations from Dr. Early, Dixie's nursing staff, as well with herself, but neither John nor Roy remember the rescue that resulted in the commendations. Dr. Early makes a comment to John about his undetailed letter. The paramedics assist a 94-year-old man with a broken ankle from dancing and join Copter 14 in rescuing an injured mountain man stranded on a cliff. Dixie, Drs. Brackett & Early treat a man who passed out in a dentist's chair.
Episode 19
Grateful
Sat, Feb 7, 197660 mins
John and Roy rescue a couple from under a car; they then proceed to hang around Station 51. An elderly man performs CPR on his friend, before being done by Dixie and Dr. Early, but causes more harm than good. The paramedics assist a boy struck in the eye by a BB gun, then rescue victims of a boat fire after returning from a false alarm with Copter 10.
Episode 20
The Great Crash Diet
Sat, Feb 21, 197660 mins
Roy and John rescue a man stuck in a fish tank at an aquarium. Dr. Morton conducts an experiment on firefighter nutrition, but it turns into an obsession with Chet. A teenager celebrates his birthday by eating two loaves of raw dough and suffers a painful stomach ache. John reveals to Dixie a picture of a baby, weighing 8 ounces. The station responds to a woman having chest pains when her pregnant daughter suddenly goes into labor. The station responds to a traffic accident, during which Capt. Stanley is severely injured when he gets an electric shock from a fallen power line. Dixie reveals a picture to John, and he says the baby's weight is 4 pounds, 8 ounces.
Episode 21
The Tycoons
Sat, Feb 28, 197660 mins
The station responds to a fire that turns out be in a trash dumpster. John gets everyone but Roy excited about buying into a nearby hot dog stand, which burns down just as Roy shows interest. A man suffers a heart wound from a nail shot from a power lawn mower. John and Roy rush a baby who stops breathing to Rampart in the Squad, where Dixie and Dr. Early rush to save her. The firemen save people trapped in a chemical fire that turns explosive
Episode 22
The Nuisance
Sat, Mar 6, 197660 mins
Johnny is the victim of a hit and run driver, while in the hospital, he flirts with his physical therapist, whom Dixie hires, when Johnny really has a nurse, who is "out to get him". The station gets a replacement who is difficult to work with. Dr. Early says to Roy, his partner is a good paramedic at Station 51, who also needs to be a good patient at Rampart.
