Chapter 1: The Day Starts Good

John Gage walked into the truck bay of Station 51 with a smile on his face. He entered the locker room and went to his locker. He looked around as the others were staring at him with puzzled looks on their faces. John goes to Roy and asked, "What?" Roy answered, "Why are you so happy?" John answered, "I got myself a date tomorrow night." Marco says, "Oh, who?" "Her name's Lacy. She works at the pizza place on the corner of Main St. and Sinclair Ave. Before anyone could say anything else, the tones go out. The call came over: "Squad 51, man down. 14568 Bush Rd. 1-4-5-6-8 Bush Rd. Cross streets are Sycamore St. and 5th Ave. Timeout: 8:45. " "Squad 51, KMG 365", Captain Stanley acknowledged the call, wrote down the address and handed the paper to Roy while Marco opened the bay door for the squad. After the door opened, the squad raced off.

As the squad pulled up to the residence, they saw a young woman standing next to an older gentleman that was lying on the ground. The woman was saying, "Help! I think he is having trouble breathing." Roy got out of the squad and grabs the oxygen and defribilator while John grab the drug box and biophone. When Roy approached the man, he asked the woman, "What happened?" She answered, "I don't know. He was fine 15 minutes and then he just suddenly collapsed." "Does he have a history of heart trouble?", John asked. "Yes, his heart gives him trouble once in a while." Roy hooked up the 12-lead and looked at the screen. He turned to John and said, "He's throwing PVCs, John." "I'll contact Rampart." John took out the biophone and turned it on. He pressed the talk button and said, "Rampart, this is Squad 51."

At Rampart General, Chief Nurse Dixie McCall was at the nurse's station when she saw the light flash in the radio station. She went into the radio station and pushed the talk button. "Unit calling, repeat." John replied, "Rampart, this is Squad 51." "Go ahead, 51." "Rampart, we have a male, approximately 75 years old. Patient collapsed approximately 20 minutes ago. Rampart, be advised, patient has a history of heart problems. Patient is hooked up to 12-lead and is showing PVCs. Stand by for vitals." Dixie replied, "Standing by, 51." Dixie saw Doctor Kel Brackett outside of the radio station and she knocked on the glass of the radio room and Kel heard her and came into the radio room. "What do you got Dix", Kel asked. Dixie answered, "It's 51. They've got a 75 year old male on a 12-lead and it's showing PVCs." Just then, John's voice comes over the radio, "Rampart, this is Squad 51." Kel answered, "Go ahead, 51." "Rampart, vitals are as followed. Pulse is 95. BP is 120/58. Respiration is 10." "51, can you transmit the 12-lead?", Kel asked. John's voice came back over,"10-4 Rampart, stand by." 30 seconds later, the 12-lead came through to Rampart. Kel looked at it and said over the radio,"51, start an IV with D5W and give the patient a bolus of 75 milligrams of lidocaine TKO." "10-4, Rampart. The ambulance has just arrived. Our ETA will be about 10-15 minutes. Squad 51 out."

Later, at the hospital, Johnny and Roy were talking in the nurse's lounge, drinking coffee. "I am glad that the gentleman is going to survive", Roy said. John replied, "Yeah, he gave us a scare for a little while there." "Let's head back." "Right behind you." Roy pressed the button on the walkie-talkie and said, "Squad 51 available." The reply came back, "10-4, 51."