Emergency! Season Five
by Kevin Tighe, Bruce Bilson, Christian I. Nyby II, Dennis Donnelly, Georg Fenady
List Price:
Our Price: $25.97
You Save: $14.01 (35%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $21.58 (click here)
Category: DVD
See more DVD releases
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
DVD Cover Information
Actor: Bobby Troup, Julie London, Kevin Tighe, Randolph Mantooth, Robert FullerDirector: Bruce Bilson, Christian I. Nyby II, Dennis Donnelly, Georg Fenady, Kevin Tighe
Brand: EMERGENCY
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 1033 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-01-20
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of Emergency! Season Five
Movie Review: Remembering EMS 30 Years Ago
Summary: 5 Stars
There were a few episodes of Season Five that REALLY took me back. The days before paramedic engine companies, the days before EMT training was required for state firefighter certification, days before automated defibrilators were common practice, and of course the days before the cell phone. If you came on the scene after 1990, please watch in particular these episodes:
1) The Stewardess - This was made in 1975, before airplanes had an AED on board (my old department got their first AED in 1991). Roy and Johnny are returning to Los Angeles from Sacramento, and a man had a heart attack on the plane. Roy and Johnny spend 30 minutes with this patient until landing and then on to Rampart (they are allowed to retrieve gear from the cargo hold). Today, airliners have an AED on board (and better packed first aid kits).
2) Equipment - This was made in 1976, before the advent of paramedic engine companies. Paramedic Gage is overtiming as a firefighter at Station 8 (normal for a big city department) when he and Captain Stone (who had been a paramedic) are treating a construction worker who had a heart attack and have to wait 25 minutes for cardiac drugs and a defibrillator because the only available squad was across town. Gage and Stone did their best with their brains and the equipment they had (as well as CPR), but the patient passed away. Had that happened today, Stone and Gage would of had the right equipment much earlier. REALLY makes you think - it hits home for a firefighter and an EMT or paramedic. I don't think any EMT or paramedic forgets the first patient they lost (I haven't - he was a 48 y/o male who died of a heart attack).
3) There are a few episodes in the Season 5 set where Johnny and Roy are dispatched to meet the Coast Guard. Today, the Coast Guard has their own EMT's and Paramedics.
4) The Frequency episode in Season 3 was also a good one, and there was one episode where a Priority Dispatch System was discussed. Priority Dispatch became reality down the road.
Newbie's as well as old-timers can watch these episodes for the history of the Standard of Care in the mid-1970's. Note the changes, and be thankful that your truck doesn't carry a 42 pound defibrillator, and you have EMT-first responders on fire trucks and police cruisers. Make sure you young guys thank these trailblazers for their perseverance, patients, and tenacity. Without them, you wouldn't be here today.
Summary of Emergency! Season Five
Genre: Television: Series
Rating: NR
Release Date: 20-JAN-2009
Media Type: DVD
Similar DVD Movies
Adam-12: Season FourUniversal Studios; Release date: 2010-02-23; DVD
Best price: $18.87
Price in other shops:
Adam 12: Season ThreeUniversal Studios; Release date: 2009-08-11; DVD
Best price: $18.86
Price in other shops:
Emergency!: Behind the Sceneby Richard Yokley, Rozane Sutherland
Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc.; Published: 2007-07-13; Paperback; Book
Best price: $15.83
Price in other shops:
Adam-12: Season FiveVIS; Release date: 2010-08-10; DVD
Best price: $18.86
Price in other shops:
Emergency! Season TwoNBC Universal; Release date: 2006-02-07; DVD
Best price: $27.21
Price in other shops:
Emergency! Season ThreeNBC Universal; Release date: 2007-02-13; DVD
Best price: $23.99
Price in other shops:
Emergency: The Final RescuesUniversal; Release date: 2011-03-29; DVD
Best price: $20.92
Price in other shops:
Emergency! Season OneFULLER,ROBERT; Release date: 2005-08-23; DVD
Best price: $23.43
Price in other shops:
Emergency! - Season FourUniversal; Release date: 2008-01-29; DVD
Best price: $23.49
Price in other shops:
Emergency! Season SixUniversal; Release date: 2010-04-13; DVD
Best price: $26.23
Price in other shops: