
The dedicated members of Squad 51 of the Los Angeles County Fire Department's newly created Paramedical Rescue Service take on a series of life-or-death challenges in this drama filmed in semi-documentary style. Partners John Gage and Roy DeSoto put their lives on the line to save people from all sorts of mishaps.

A lonely elderly cowboy (Keenan Wynn) seeks attention by faking injuries; hospital inspectors arrive a day early at Rampart General.

DeSoto and Gage talk down an airplane flown by a teenage boy whose father, the pilot, suffered a heart attack while at the controls.

Various crises faced by animal-control officers (Mark Harmon, Albert Popwell) bring them to Rampart General; guest David Huddleston.

The paramedics hold a demonstration for student nurses, one of whom interests Gage; the hospital staff saves a robber and his victim.