Kelly Brackett
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Kelly Brackett, M.D. / F.A.C.S., is a fictional character from the NBC / Universal TV series Emergency! (1972-1977). He was portrayed by Robert Fuller. Dr. Brackett was the leading character of the show who was also dedicated and fairly no-nonsense senior emergency room physician at Rampart General Hospital, who appeared in almost every episode of the series.
He (along with co-workers Dr. Joe Early and Dixie McCall, R.N.) trained the first two classes of paramedics for the Los Angeles County Fire Department, though initially he was very opposed to the newly designated program. He would eventually change his opinion after an accident involving E/R nurse McCall and her subsequent emergency medical treatment initiated by firefighter/paramedics John Gage and Roy DeSoto. He would then travel to Sacramento, California to help push for the passage of a state bill that would fully authorize the paramedic program ("The Wedsworth-Townsend Act). As the series progressed he would become very supportive of the paramedics themselves, and even defended them when Firefighter / Paramedic DeSoto was severely criticized for his actions in the field by another Rampart physician.
