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An effort to make ALL New Hampshire communities heart safe. What that means and why it could save your life. Plus, one-on-one with ABC's Robin Roberts. An effort to make ALL New Hampshire communities heart safe. What that means and why it could save your life. Plus, ABC's Robin Roberts. An effort to make ALL New Hampshire communities heart safe. Why it could save your life. Plus, one-on-one with ABC's Robin Roberts. |
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Working to make ALL New Hampshire communities heart safe plus ABC's Robin Roberts. Up next. How your community could become "heart" safe. Plus, ABC's Robin Roberts. Next. |
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Portable defibrillators and the effort to make ALL New Hampshire communities heart safe. What it means and why it could save your life. |
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A conversation with ABC's Robin Roberts on her morning anchor job, her new book and her fight against cancer. |
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Turning heartache into lesson. A New Hampshire mother wants others to learn from her son's choice to drink and drive and his eventual suicide. |
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Hello, I'm Richard Ager. Beth Carroll is off. Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. Did you know a simple device could save your life if your heart stops beating? The chance of surviving an out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest is about five-percent. But you could improve your odds if a portable defibrillator is close by. In New Hampshire, there's an effort underway to boost the number of the devices in communities to make them "Heart Safe." Outlook's Phil Vaughn explains |
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N1- This is how Ralph DeMarco begins every workday. Preparing for an emergency. Ralph clip N2- DeMarco is a paramedic at the Windham firehouse. The station answers more than fifteen hundred calls a year. Crews respond to fires, accidents and other medical emergencies. On board each station vehicle is an AED - a portable heart defibrillator. DeMarco 712 - "It's irreplaceable. It's the only true way for someone in cardiac arrest with a lethal rhythm to get them out of that rhythm so then we can perform pharmacology and other interventions." N3- DeMarco has saved lives with an AED. And in October 2007 one was used to save his life. DeMarco 840 - Phil - "I don't imagine you ever thought you would be on the receiving end? I didn't. I don't think anyone does and sure enough my day came and if it wasn't for the use of the AED that day we probably wouldn't be having this conversation." On camera - It happened on the track of Londonderry High School - a lot like this one. Rescue workers were taking part in a physical agility test and it was DeMarco's turn to run laps. DeMarco 920 - "My second time around I was almost done with the run and the next thing I knew I was finding myself going over." N4- What sent him over was cardiac arrest. DeMarco's normal heart rhythm became chaotic - it's a state known as ventricular fibrillation. And unless the heart regains a normal rhythm, it will die within eight to ten minutes. Lucky for DeMarco, he was with other paramedics. Demarco 954 - "They were able to find an AED fairly quickly and perform CPR and apply the AED." N5- CPR kept blood and oxygen flowing to Demarco's heart and brain - preventing damage. The AED shocked his heart putting it back into a normal rhythm. DeMarco 1000 - "That's when I woke up in the back of the ambulance." Sue 430 - "The difference between life and death in these situations is early access." N6- Sue Prentiss heads Emergency Management Services for the State's Dept of Safety. She'd like all cardiac arrests to end as well as Ralph DeMarco's. Every NH community, she says, should be heart safe. Sue 137 - "Heart safe community is about making sure that from the front door of your home to a business, to a school to a municipal building there is a safety net around you that's about increasing survivability from sudden cardiac arrest." N7- It means access to AEDs in public places. Sue 750 - "Three minutes you want to have an AED by that person's side." N8- It means training people to respond quickly. Sue 928 - "It's making the recognition - they're down - I should call for help, and as I'm calling for help is there anybody who knows CPR." Sound of CPR instruction Sue 150 - "What we're talking here are the response systems that have been put into place by emergency medical services for many years and then partnering with people from schools, from municipalities, so anywhere you go in your community and this a community effort, you're in a heart safe place." N9- Currently, there are no Heart Safe communities in the state. Sue 610 - "There are a number of communities that are working on their applications today. We except that Derry, most likely, will be our first community up because they have been working toward being heart safe for a while." Sound of CPR training N10 - Chuck Hemeon is a paramedic in Derry. He's spearheading an effort to make his city Heart Safe. Chuck 300 - "When I first started as a paramedic, when I went out I had high hopes of being able to save a lot of folks." N11 - Hemeon says it didn't happen. Chuck 320 - "And it wasn't for the sake of trying, we had good response times, we had good equipment but we were not overly successful." N12 - Here's the challenge. Once cardiac arrest occurs, someone must find the victim and realize what's happened. Then they need to call 911. Rescue personnel get into their vehicle, leave the station, and drive through traffic. Once on site, resuscitation begins. Sue 750 - "And again it's a 4-6 minute time window." Chuck 600 - "We know that every passing minute during ventricular fibrillation their chances of survival decreases ten percent." Sue 820 - "That's why it's so timely." Chuck 610 - "By promoting the American Heart Association's chain of survival, emergency 911, CPR, early defibrillation and advanced life support - by promoting that in the community we are increasing the survival of those patients who suffer sudden cardiac arrest." N13 - Hemeon anticipates that with continued public education and the placement of AEDs, Derry will become NH's first Heart Safe community. Chuck 3510 - "We're really excited to see the AEDs in the community, because our survival rates aren't as great as they could be. And we know that we can do better when we involve the public." Sue 1300 - "Reaching out again to some of the non traditional partners, in business, in schools, in municipalities that maybe there the person whose is the city clerk, go to their office and their normally doing marriage license, taxes, and water bill, and they're doing that, but they've also been trained and they know there's an AED in the front lobby. They become part of that team." Shots of Ralph at work N14 - Ralph DeMarco continues his rescue work in Windham. He lives everyday reminded of how fortunate he is. Ralph 1055 - "Because of where I was, and the timing and being with people who recognized the need. It made all the difference." N15 - For NH Outlook, I'm Phil Vaughn. |
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9-1-1 dispatchers in New Hampshire have access to a list of all the local sites where registered portable defibrillators can be found. The hope is it will help reduce the amount of time before an AED is used. |
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ABC's Robin Roberts talks about coping with cancer. |
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Robin Roberts speaks to millions of morning television viewers as one of the main anchors of ABC's Good Morning America program. She's also written a new book entitled: "From the Heart: Seven Rules To Live By." Roberts traveled to Manchester last month to address the first Women's Leadership Summit at Southern New Hampshire University. Outlook's Beth Carroll caught up with Roberts at the summit to talk about her new book, her role as a trailblazer, and her battle with breast cancer. |
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You can read Robin Roberts list of "7 Rules to Live By" on our website: nhptv.org/outlook. |
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A mother's message about drunk driving. |
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What happens to someone who drinks, drives and kills someone in a car accident? NH Outlook asked Kevin Kurowski of Claremont that question in 2006. Wheelchair bound after the crash, Kurowski regretted drinking and driving and told his story to anyone who would listen. Last May Kurowski-- unable to bear his burden-- took his own life. Outlook's Adam Donovan talked to Kurowski's mother about why her son ended his life and what others should learn from his passing. |
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Kurowski Update Script OLD PACKAGE : On December 13th, 2004 Kevin Kurowski was in a car accident that left him paralyzed from the chest down. TRACK: Before the accident Kevin led an active life, fishing and hunting with family and friends. He was also very successful, serving five years as the assistant general manager of the weathervane restaurant in Chichester. Kevin: "I liked fast paced. I liked faced paced energetic, I'd wake up in the morning drink a bunch of coffee, just go-go-go and do everything I possibly could in the course of a day." TRACK: Kevin often spent his nights unwinding and enjoying a few beers. Kevin: "I'd just have a couple at night, to slow myself down, to get myself to sleep. I'd go out to the bar every now and then. And Because I went out and socialized and had a few beers and then made the choice to drive home, came the result of the accident." : Kevin fell asleep while drunk behind wheel and crossed the centerline of Route 202 in Hopkinton. He struck another vehicle head on. It was driven by Klaus Grenz, a 56 year old man from Walpole. Adam: WHAT WAS IT LIKE WHEN YOUR EX-WIFE TOLD YOU WHAT HAD ACTUALLY HAPPENED? Kevin: "To know I killed somebody, when she told me that, it's an unbelievable feeling. You can't imagine what it's like, what it's like to this day." : Instead of prison time, a judge sentenced Kevin to 300 hours of community service and ordered him to speak at high schools and colleges about the dangers of drinking and driving. SOUND: "Thank you all for having me here today to share my story with you…it's actually not a story. It's my life." Kevin: "I wanna share with the world, I wanna share with kids growing up. I think I have a message that can really touch somebody and something I can say or do. And I think its gonna touch them in a different way." TRACK: This "different way" Kevin says, is one of honesty, that avoids preaching. SOUND: "The emotional pain took over and it was so intense to the point that I didn't even feel like me anymore. First thought, I wanna die. I ain't gonna lie to you. I was suicidal…"-FREEZE FOR A SECOND ON THIS LINE Kevin "Growing up and hearing everything about drinking and driving, and hearing about drinking and drugging and all the don'ts in my life. That made no difference to me. It didn't sink into my mind, it didn't sink into my head, because if somebody's just sitting there yelling and screaming at me, saying "don't don't don't" "never never never" Im' just gonna block them out, yeah whatever. But what I want to do and what I want to tell people is, I know you're probably gonna, you're gonna experiment with alcohol at some point in your life -just make a better decision than I did about it. Be responsible." SOUND: "I used to drink alcohol before going to sleep to slow my mind down. Now two years after the accident I still cry myself to sleep." Kevin: "I want to make a difference some day. Because it makes me feel better that I'm trying to make something positive out of what I caused." Freeze and fade to black. UPDATE PACKAGE From black, a picture or freeze frame of Kevin. TRACK: After conducting our interview with Kevin, he continued to live with depression. On Sunday May 4th, 2008 he took his own life. He was 33 years old. Slow Dissolve: Video up on a large GMC van sitting in front of a small home. Locator: Keene, NH. TRACK: The van that transported Kevin to speaking engagements now sits in front of his mother Elizabeth Kurowski's home. BITE: 4435 Elizabeth: "When I get up in the morning and have my coffee I can see it in the driveway. TRACK: It serves as a daily reminder of what she has lost. BITE: 3200 Elizabeth "Here's a picture of us at Christmas, this is going to be the last picture of him that I have of me and him." Key: June 24th, 2008 TRACK: She spoke to us just six weeks after her son Kevin swallowed a lethal dose of the medicine he was prescribed for chronic pain. BITE: 2000 Elizabeth: "The medical examiner called me with the toxicology report, and there were overwhelming amounts of oxycodone and trazodone in his system. He knew how much to take so that there would be no saving him." TRACK: Elizabeth says many factors led to her son's decision to take his life, including increasing problems with spinal injuries he sustained from the crash. BITE: 1700 Elizabeth: "He had episodes since you met him, he suffered episodes of numbness, he would go for hours where he couldn't pick up his arms… His aides would leave coffee for him and he couldn't move to pick it up. He would lay in bed thirsty, and that was affecting him. TRACK: Kevin feared that his spinal condition would worsen to the point where he would permanently lose the ability to move his upper body. BITE: 1130 Elizabeth: 1130 - "He didn't wanna talk about that. He didn't wanna talk about being on a ventilator, and not moving, and being fed. He said I won't let that happen. I don't wanna be a burden, I'm a burden now…" TRACK: Elizabeth also says Kevin's inability to forgive himself for what he had done caused him great emotional pain. BITE: 1340 Elizabeth: "To think that he had done something so bad to cause an accident, he said, why didn't I just die? Why didn't I… if I had to become, if I had to become a paraplegic and cause an accident… why wasn't I there three seconds later? Or three seconds sooner? Why did I have to kill an innocent man going to work? He never answered that question for himself…" TRACK: Unlike many suicides, which end up hidden by family members. Elizabeth wants others to know the real story behind her son's death. BITE: 2240 WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO BE OPEN ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO KEVIN? Elizabeth: "I firmly believe the act of suicide is a selfish thing. Selfish on kevin's part, he's left all of us to grieve… But if I could reach just one person saying how missed you really are going to be… then I would be comforted." 2400 BITE: 2600 Elizabeth: "This is a three and a half year battle. The accident was December of 2004 and he died in May 2008, three and a half years he was going through this. This is not just drinking and driving, this is a long term affect… this is life altering decision that he made when he did over-drink and then decided to drive." For NH Outlook, I'm Adam Donovan. |
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Elizabeth Kurowski hopes to one day continue her son's work with the NH Chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving - sharing his story with others. |
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That does it for us. Thanks for watching New Hampshire Outlook. I'm Richard Ager. We'll see you next time. |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 7/20/2008 HOST: Richard Ager Length: 7:38 Portable defibrillators and the effort to make ALL New Hampshire communities heart safe. What it means and why it could save your life. A conversation with ABC's Robin Roberts on her morning anchor job, her new book and her fight against cancer. Turning heartache into lesson. A New Hampshire mother wants others to learn from her son's choice to drink and drive and his eventual suicide. Hello, I'm Richard Ager. Beth Carroll is off. Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook.Did you know a simple device could save your life if your heart stops beating?The chance of surviving an out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest is about five-percent.But you could improve your odds if a portable defibrillator is close by. In New Hampshire, there's an effort underway to boost the number of the devices in communities to make them "Heart Safe." Outlook's Phil Vaughn explains PRODUCER/REPORTER: Richard Ager NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Ralph DeMarco\Windham Paramedic, Sue Prentiss\Bureau Chief of Emergency Management Services, Sue Prentiss\NH Dept. of Safety, Chuck Hemeon\Derry Paramedic, Phil Vaughn\NH Outlook |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 7/20/2008 HOST: Richard Ager Length: 7:38 Portable defibrillators and the effort to make ALL New Hampshire communities heart safe. What it means and why it could save your life. A conversation with ABC's Robin Roberts on her morning anchor job, her new book and her fight against cancer. Turning heartache into lesson. A New Hampshire mother wants others to learn from her son's choice to drink and drive and his eventual suicide. Hello, I'm Richard Ager. Beth Carroll is off. Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook.Did you know a simple device could save your life if your heart stops beating?The chance of surviving an out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest is about five-percent.But you could improve your odds if a portable defibrillator is close by. In New Hampshire, there's an effort underway to boost the number of the devices in communities to make them "Heart Safe." Outlook's Phil Vaughn explains PRODUCER/REPORTER: Richard Ager NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Ralph DeMarco\Windham Paramedic, Sue Prentiss\Bureau Chief of Emergency Management Services, Sue Prentiss\NH Dept. of Safety, Chuck Hemeon\Derry Paramedic, Phil Vaughn\NH Outlook |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 7/20/2008 HOST: Richard Ager Length: 8:48 Portable defibrillators and the effort to make ALL New Hampshire communities heart safe. What it means and why it could save your life. A conversation with ABC's Robin Roberts on her morning anchor job, her new book and her fight against cancer. Turning heartache into lesson. A New Hampshire mother wants others to learn from her son's choice to drink and drive and his eventual suicide. Robin Roberts speaks to millions of morning television viewers as one of the main anchors of ABC's Good Morning America program. She's also written a new book entitled: "From the Heart: Seven Rules To Live By. Roberts traveled to Manchester last month to address the first Women's Leadership Summit at Southern New Hampshire University. Outlook's Beth Carroll caught up with Roberts at the summit to talk about her new book, her role as a trailblazer, and her battle with breast cancer. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Beth Carroll NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Robin Roberts\Anchor, Good Morning America, Beth Carroll\NH Outlook, A Conversation with ABC's Robin Roberts |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 7/20/2008 HOST: Richard Ager Length: 8:48 Portable defibrillators and the effort to make ALL New Hampshire communities heart safe. What it means and why it could save your life. A conversation with ABC's Robin Roberts on her morning anchor job, her new book and her fight against cancer. Turning heartache into lesson. A New Hampshire mother wants others to learn from her son's choice to drink and drive and his eventual suicide. Robin Roberts speaks to millions of morning television viewers as one of the main anchors of ABC's Good Morning America program. She's also written a new book entitled: "From the Heart: Seven Rules To Live By. Roberts traveled to Manchester last month to address the first Women's Leadership Summit at Southern New Hampshire University. Outlook's Beth Carroll caught up with Roberts at the summit to talk about her new book, her role as a trailblazer, and her battle with breast cancer. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Beth Carroll NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Robin Roberts\Anchor, Good Morning America, Beth Carroll\NH Outlook, A Conversation with ABC's Robin Roberts |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 7/20/2008 HOST:Richard Ager Length: 8:18 Portable defibrillators and the effort to make ALL New Hampshire communities heart safe. What it means and why it could save your life. A conversation with ABC's Robin Roberts on her morning anchor job, her new book and her fight against cancer. Turning heartache into lesson. A New Hampshire mother wants others to learn from her son's choice to drink and drive and his eventual suicide. What happens to someone who drinks, drives and kills someone in a car accident? NH Outlook asked Kevin Kurowski of Claremont that question in 2006. Wheelchair bound after the crash, Kurowski regretted drinking and driving and told his story to anyone who would listen. Last May Kurowski-- unable to bear his burden-- took his own life. Outlook's Adam Donovan talked to Kurowski's mother about why her son ended his life and what others should learn from his.That does it for us.Thanks for watching New Hampshire Outlook. I'm Richard Ager. We'll see you next time. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Adam Donovan NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Kevin Kurowski\Claremont\2006, Elizabeth Kurowski\Kevin's Mother |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 7/20/2008 HOST:Richard Ager Length: 8:18 Portable defibrillators and the effort to make ALL New Hampshire communities heart safe. What it means and why it could save your life. A conversation with ABC's Robin Roberts on her morning anchor job, her new book and her fight against cancer. Turning heartache into lesson. A New Hampshire mother wants others to learn from her son's choice to drink and drive and his eventual suicide. What happens to someone who drinks, drives and kills someone in a car accident? NH Outlook asked Kevin Kurowski of Claremont that question in 2006. Wheelchair bound after the crash, Kurowski regretted drinking and driving and told his story to anyone who would listen. Last May Kurowski-- unable to bear his burden-- took his own life. Outlook's Adam Donovan talked to Kurowski's mother about why her son ended his life and what others should learn from his.That does it for us.Thanks for watching New Hampshire Outlook. I'm Richard Ager. We'll see you next time. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Adam Donovan NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Kevin Kurowski\Claremont\2006, Elizabeth Kurowski\Kevin's Mother |
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Have release forms -- Heart Safe -- Matthew Statler, Ralph DeMarco |