Emergency!

When Bracket goes looking for Old Bill and Morton is standing there looking at a chart there's an announcement about needing a Dr in Treatment Room 1 but both of them just ignore it. In fact Bracket just goes into his office while Morton just stays where he is

The guy that played Gus the gas station attendant, is actor Karl Swenson. He played Mr. Hanson on Little House on the Prairie.

We discover that Chet Kelly has an alter ego called the Phantom who loves to play pranks. Johnny Gage is his primary target.

The vending machines are only seen when needed for a plot device...such as Dixie getting her hand stuck. Usually they get their coffee from a coffee pot.

Dr. Brackett orders Dixie to start the spinal cord injury patient on dexamethasone. It is used in spinal cord to reduce swelling

Goof: On the car accident, the status board at the base station at Rampart shows 51 at a fire. There was no fire involved in the wreck.

Before the advent of electronic computers, data could be stored and tabulated on paper or metal punch cards. By the mid-70's most large institutions (like Rampart General) had converted over to magnetic tape storage, but punch cards can still be found in use in places like your local voting booth.

Near the beginning of the episode, when the alarm sounds, the dispatcher says Station 51, Engine 36 and Truck 116. When Captain Stanley acknowledges it, he says Squad 51 KMG-356 instead of saying Station 51 KMG-365 since everybody was going.

Kip Niven, who appears as the man who gives his hospitalized catatonic friend an injection, previously appeared as the paramedic trainee in the Season 2 episode, "School Days".

This was the final appearance of Boot for nearly two years. He makes one final appearance in the Season 5 episode, "The Inspection".

Jo Ann Worley is credited as "Special Guest Star"

The scene with the father and son in the ER where the dad is shocked his son had a concussion since they were only doing about 20 and only going around the block so they didn't bother with seat belts was an excellent, non-preachy way to point out the importance of wearing seat belts at all times.

Chet says "Terror at the Library" is one of his favorite flicks.

Code I List
Johnny--ceiling collapse, fall off ladder
Roy--blown out window by room flashing, fell off ladder

On the Engineer's Test Roy ranked 9th and Chet ranked 74th.

The funeral home hearse doubles as an ambulance. This was a common practice in rural areas until the late 1970.

The helicopter water drop should have produced mud around the car. Helicopters carry about 300 gallons of water. The ground was completely dry.

Code I (fireman injured) count
1. Johnny Gage--Rattlesnake bite

Blooper: When the rattlesnake bites Johnny, he drops the handietalkie and it falls off the far side of the car. Yet as he falls to the ground, he has the handietalkie back in his hand again.

Chet's Disappearing Helmet

When the are loading Johnny onto the hose bed after the rattlesnake bites him, Chet has his helmet on. After a close up of Johnny talking into the handie talkie, we see Chet putting a torniquent on Johnny's leg, but Chet's helmet is no longer on his head. As the engine begins to back up, we see Chet still treatibng Johnny, and his helmet is back on his head. In route to Rampart, Chet is using a suction device on the snakebite and his helmet is gone again.