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Emergency! (1972)

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Emergency!

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Continuity

As Johnny rappels down from the stuck amusement park Sky Ride, in the first two shots he has nothing on his back, but in the third he's wearing a backpack.

Factual errors

When Gil started CPR, he began with a precordial thump. This was used only within 60 seconds of the heart stopping. Once given, the victim should be checked for a heart beat. The idea is that it momentarily stops the heart in the hope that it will restart in the normal synchronous beat. He also hit too hard. The proper way is to raise the fist about 1 foot above the chest and then just let it drop. No muscle is used.
A king cobra spits venom into Roy's eyes and into a glass shield held by Gil. King cobras are not classified as spitting cobras and cannot spray venom.
In the scene where CPR is performed on the patient on the bed, the patient would normally be placed on a board or on the floor. The mattress is to soft and the patient would move up and down making CPR ineffective when performed in this manner.

Revealing mistakes

As The Squad Leaves The Station To Respond To The Man Down Call, The Older Crown Fire Truck Can Be Seen In The Truck Bay Not The Newer Ward LaFrance.
When Squad 51 pulls out of the station, only Johnny and Roy are seen, but when the Squad pulls up on scene, Gill was between them in the cab.

Errors in geography

Both the go-cart rescue and the Sky Ride rescue take place at Queen's Park in Long Beach. The name is shown on a sign in one shot and several Long Beach landmarks such as the Queen Mary and Island Grissom are clearly visible. Long Beach has their own fire department and would not require the services of the LA County Fire Department.

Plot holes

It makes no sense for an ambulance to not be available when the sky ride heart-attack victim is on the ground.

Given the time it took to lower the patient an ambulance could have arrived.

Of course, that would have eliminated the need for Gill and Roy to do their work on the ground.

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