Emergency! Squad 51 respond... Traditional Cache
Hidden : 1/16/2012
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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*****Permission for placement granted by Martin Morse, Park Service Specialist. Please remember to pull all wheels off the road when Parking. Do not block any gates or trail heads and follow posted speed limits*****

I actually was able to meet Randy Mantooth while attending a local Firefighter Rehab class...one of the highlights of my career in the fire service now that I'm retired.

The show focuses on paramedics John Gage and Roy DeSoto (played by Randolph Mantooth and Kevin Tighe) of the Los Angeles County Fire Department's Station 51 (actually Station 127 in Carson, California), and the hospital emergency room staff Dr. Kelly Brackett, Nurse Dixie McCall and Dr. Joe Early (acted out by, respectively, Robert Fuller, Julie London and Bobby Troup) with whom the paramedics work to save lives. It was also the first show to feature paramedics who help rescue victimized or hurt patients.The show highlighted the adventures of the then-fledgling paramedic program, and its popularity coincided with (and may have encouraged) the widespread establishment and improvement of emergency medical services paramedic programs across North America in the middle and late 1970s. Los Angeles County was one of the first communities—along with Columbus, Ohio, Miami, Pittsburgh and Seattle to start a paramedic program in connection with the fire department between 1969 and 1971. The show was also credited for demonstrating first aid techniques that enabled some viewers to save lives in real medical emergencies. When the medical community saw that the general public were using First Aid and CPR in response to this show, they started the teaching programs for CPR in every state. However, the show later had to add a disclaimer stating that the first aid techniques demonstrated should only be performed by trained persons.

Actual local disasters were worked into some story lines, such as the 1971 Sylmar earthquake which destroyed the newly-completed Olive View Medical Center in the San Fernando Valley; and a 1973 brush fire on the Palos Verdes Peninsula.

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