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| Emergency!: Season Five | 
| Directors: Alan Crosland Jr., Bruce Bilson, Christian I. Nyby Ii, Dennis Donnelly, Georg Fenady
Actors: Randolph Mantooth, Kevin Tighe, Julie London, Bobby Troup, Robert Fuller
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
List Price: $39.98
Buy New: $27.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (11 reviews)
Sales Rank: 516
Format: Box Set, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Number Of Items: 5
UPC: 025195050098
EAN: 0025195050098
ASIN: B001J2XROY
Release Date: January 20, 2009 (In 11 Days)
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Availability: Not yet released
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 2 more seasons to go December 23, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am so glad that Universal is releasing a season a year. I just wish they were out for the Christmas season each year so that I could watch them during the holidays.
As a child of the 70s and a Firefighter/Paramedic today I enjoy remembering my childhood and also playing the game "What are Johnny and Roy doing wrong now?" Since the rules and procedures have changed so much. And of course there is a little Hollywood in each episode.
A note on the quality of the later seasons, Universal in an effort to save money switched the filming to a lower quality film at the beginning of Season 4 which is why the image quality doesn't look so good.
Have the four previous seasons on DVD December 23, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Even though this is not released yet, I am certain that barring playability issues with the discs (prefer they be one-sided), I will be happy with the results.
What many fail to realize is these shows were filmed in the 70s. This was before High Def cameras and other equipment in use today that gives such high quality images.
The show is watchable and brings back childhood memories. Between CHiPs, Emergency!, and reruns of Dick Van Dyke and Gilligan's Island, life was good.
I watch every season from start to finish before watching the newest addition. I hope they release the remaining season as well as the movies that seemed to act as the 7th season.
This show is a far cry better that all the reality garbage we have to choose from today!
Remembering EMS 30 Years Ago November 21, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
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.
 Great show November 12, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I was torn on the number of stars I was going to give this season because I have not watched this season on DVD. Its been what seems to be a life time ago that I watched the new season on TV. I was maybe 6 or so.
This is an awesome show. The acting in here by John and Roy is outstanding. Now when I watch the show, im watching and have that kid feeling inside again. Im also watching this show as an EMT. And as I watch John and Roy, their motions as they are working on a patient are exact and looks as if they are in real life, paramedics.
Another reason why I didn't put the fifth star on is the anticipation of the lesser quality there seems to be over other DVD sets.
The quality isn't such that had I gotten to preview the first 4 seasons that it would have stopped me from buying the other seasons. You have some spots where the lighting isn't good, sometimes the sound is a bit flat. To me, still well worth owning and not in such poor quality that you can not enjoy the show. The packaging is really good. DVD's are not able to flop around.
My 12 year old daughter loves the show also. I wonder if she will follow her mom's foot prints and become an EMT.
Emergency! Rocks!! November 7, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I remember watching this on Saturday nights back in the 70's--I think I was five when the first season started---how many season were there, I'm thinking six. I remember throwing a fit at my grandmother's hose because she wanted to watch "All In The Family"; I got my way. I remember when the first season came out I must have called everyone to tell them how excited I was. I'm looking forward to this DVD. Also does anyone remember the animated series on Saturday mornings?
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