Capt. Stanley makes the station aware of an impending inspection by the Battalion Chief and the County Supervisor. A heart transplant patient is having pains and his wife thinks her husband no longer loves her. A parachutist gets stuck on a electric tower during a stunt being filmed by a radio disc jockey, Dr. Brackett and Dixie treat a veterinarian who had been bitten by a boxer, while Roy and John, in the field, help a traffic accident victim who goes into shock due to internal bleeding caused by a broken hip and pelvis, before Dixie, Drs. Brackett and Early help the victim in the hospital.

The paramedics are med-evacked to Catalina Island via Coast Guard helicopter to assist in a diving accident, where the patient is treated in a hyperbaric chamber, and coordinate with Dr. Early at Rampart, when the diver suffers a heart attack. After Chet gives Johnny a hard time about his cooking skills, the Squad investigates a kitchen fire at a famous chef's home. A youth suffers a serious gunshot wound that may leave him paralyzed and end his days as a dancer, and he grows very hostile with Drs. Brackett and Early. The firefighters assist with victims of a structure fire that resulted in a dust explosion.