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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.33,0:00:05.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the past 24 years,\NI have been a firefighter
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.18,0:00:07.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Huntington, West Virginia.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.62,0:00:12.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As firefighters, my team and I\Nare tasked with saving lives
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.08,0:00:15.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and property
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.49,0:00:21.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from such disasters\Nas car wrecks, house fires
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.03,0:00:23.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also life-threatening\Nmedical emergencies.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.72,0:00:29.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am a woman leading a department\Nin a male-dominated profession.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.39,0:00:31.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And 10 years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.98,0:00:36.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I decided to increase my medical knowledge\Nand I received a nursing degree.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.72,0:00:40.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was because it became clear
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.24,0:00:43.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the next big threat\Nfacing not only my city,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.59,0:00:45.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but other cities around the country,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.77,0:00:48.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was not the one-and-done disaster,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.14,0:00:51.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you can ride in\Nlike the cavalry, as a firefighter,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.92,0:00:56.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put out the fire and leave,\Nfeeling like you have made a difference
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.66,0:00:58.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and everything is OK.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.68,0:01:05.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The next big disaster in my city\Nwas and is the long, debilitating
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.29,0:01:08.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and lethal disaster\Nknown as opioid addiction.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.15,0:01:12.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We now call this a health epidemic,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.40,0:01:16.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we have replaced the name "addiction"\Nwith "substance use disorder."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.69,0:01:19.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To give you some perspective
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.41,0:01:23.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of how significant\Nthis epidemic has become,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.29,0:01:29.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in 2017, in my county of 95,000 people,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.42,0:01:33.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we saw 1,831 overdoses
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.12,0:01:37.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[and] 183 deaths from overdose.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.34,0:01:43.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the job of my firefighters,\Nas well as other agencies,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.79,0:01:45.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to respond to that.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.29,0:01:47.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Coughs)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.46,0:01:48.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Excuse me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.24,0:01:55.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, watching this epidemic\Nunfold for several years,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.54,0:01:57.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I developed some insight.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.34,0:02:03.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For this disaster, we need to redefine\Nour job as a first responder.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.68,0:02:06.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to be more than just the cavalry.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.45,0:02:09.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to do more than just save a life.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.32,0:02:13.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to find ways to rebuild that life.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.50,0:02:16.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's going to take\Na lot of people to do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.53,0:02:19.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is exactly\Nwhat we are trying to do
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.04,0:02:21.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Huntington, West Virginia.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.83,0:02:25.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, let me give you some insight\Nas to what we do.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.84,0:02:31.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First, this is what happens\Nwhen somebody overdoses.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.24,0:02:37.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine you are somebody who is suffering\Nfrom the brain disorder of addiction.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.54,0:02:39.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are fragile.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.95,0:02:42.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're embarrassed, you're ashamed.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.00,0:02:45.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you overdose.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.73,0:02:50.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe a friend\Nor a family member calls 911.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.59,0:02:52.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then all of a sudden,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.53,0:02:59.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are awakened by five or six\Ntotal strangers in uniform.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.36,0:03:00.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they're rubbing your sternum,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.02,0:03:03.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're saying, "Wake up, wake up!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.09,0:03:05.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You overdosed, you could've died."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.81,0:03:08.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, would you not be defensive and angry?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.51,0:03:10.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I know I would be.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.86,0:03:12.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And on top of that,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.33,0:03:14.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those strangers gave you\Na dose of naloxone,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.99,0:03:17.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which has sent you into withdrawals,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.50,0:03:20.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or what is better known\Nas "dope sickness."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.53,0:03:25.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dope sickness makes you feel\Nabsolutely horrible.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.08,0:03:28.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some say it's like the flu, times ten.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.62,0:03:32.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, body aches.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.42,0:03:38.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So not only did we,\Nas strangers, wake you up,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.59,0:03:41.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we also made you feel really sick.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.18,0:03:47.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in turn, you, the patient,\Nare not going to be very kind to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.39,0:03:51.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you're going to refuse\Nfurther medical treatment.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.86,0:03:55.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, well, then that's going to frustrate\Nthe heck out of us,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.64,0:03:57.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we're going to be mad,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.05,0:04:00.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you're ungrateful\Nthat we just saved your life.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.06,0:04:07.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not a good dynamic here.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.10,0:04:13.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we are dealing with\Nis a brain disorder
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.51,0:04:15.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that changes your thinking.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.61,0:04:18.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It convinces you\Nthat you don't have a problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.37,0:04:24.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, this might have been not only\Nthe first time you've overdosed,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.80,0:04:28.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it might have been the third,\Nfourth or fifth time
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.51,0:04:31.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we, personally, have revived you.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.49,0:04:36.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not a good situation.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.90,0:04:38.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Second,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.21,0:04:42.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first responders do not receive\Nmuch education
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.78,0:04:45.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on what substance use disorder is.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.66,0:04:48.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Neither does the medical community.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.27,0:04:53.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're not trained how to deal with those\Nsuffering from substance use disorder.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.58,0:04:58.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am trained to put out\Nmany different types of fires.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.71,0:05:01.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am trained to save a life in the moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.57,0:05:04.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I am not trained to deal\Nwith the intricate interaction
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.90,0:05:08.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between first responders,\Nthe health care community,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.09,0:05:09.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,social services
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.51,0:05:13.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the wider community that is necessary\Nto save a life long-term.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.54,0:05:16.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thirdly,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.23,0:05:20.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this hits home.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.17,0:05:24.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a first responder,\NI consider myself the cavalry.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.28,0:05:28.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're knights in shining armor.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.30,0:05:32.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want to swoop in, do our job\Nand leave feeling satisfied
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.51,0:05:35.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we've made a difference\Nin somebody's life.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.50,0:05:37.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that just doesn't happen
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.34,0:05:40.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we're dealing with somebody\Nwith substance use disorder.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.24,0:05:45.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We leave feeling frustrated and useless.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.61,0:05:48.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We deal with the same people\Nover and over again,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.32,0:05:50.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with no positive outcome.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.41,0:05:52.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.63,0:05:57.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At some point, I realized\Nthat it is up to us as first responders
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.42,0:05:58.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as a community
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.87,0:06:00.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to solve this problem,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.52,0:06:03.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to find better ways to deal\Nwith those that are suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.18,0:06:11.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what I did is I started\Nobserving more on overdoses.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.01,0:06:15.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started talking\Nand listening to my patients.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.61,0:06:19.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to know\Nwhat led them to where they are.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.24,0:06:22.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What exactly are they experiencing?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.23,0:06:25.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What makes their situation worse?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.55,0:06:27.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What makes their situation better?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.26,0:06:31.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I began experimenting with my words
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.12,0:06:33.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and paying attention to my own actions
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.80,0:06:36.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how it affected those of my patients.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.87,0:06:41.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The education that I have received
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.48,0:06:46.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and continue to receive\Non a street level in Huntington
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.10,0:06:48.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been both eye-opening\Nand life-changing for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.95,0:06:56.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, in Huntington, West Virginia,\Nwe have come together as a community,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.39,0:06:58.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we are changing the way that we treat
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.83,0:07:02.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those that suffer\Nfrom this horrible disease.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.16,0:07:08.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have started many programs,\Nand it's making a difference.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.95,0:07:11.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll tell you about just a few of those.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.43,0:07:16.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Last year, we started\Na Quick Response Team,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.98,0:07:19.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,QRT for short.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.55,0:07:21.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The team consists of a paramedic,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.80,0:07:24.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a police officer,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.41,0:07:28.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,somebody in the recovery community\Nand somebody in the faith community.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.63,0:07:33.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a team, they go out\Nand visit people who have overdosed
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.21,0:07:36.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within 72 hours of that resuscitation.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.43,0:07:37.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They talk.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.62,0:07:38.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They listen.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.81,0:07:41.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They build a rapport with that patient,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.20,0:07:43.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they offer them treatment options.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.65,0:07:52.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right now, about 30 percent\Nor up to 30 percent
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.78,0:07:57.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of those that the Quick Response Team\Nhave reached out to
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.18,0:07:59.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have accepted some form of help.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.12,0:08:02.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the wonderful thing about this
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.78,0:08:06.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the first responders\Nwho are involved in this team,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.47,0:08:09.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they actually feel\Nlike they can make a difference.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.26,0:08:12.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Positive change where there wasn't any.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.68,0:08:15.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This year --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.86,0:08:21.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.11,0:08:27.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This year, we opened a free-standing\Nspecialty clinic, called PROACT,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.31,0:08:30.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for those suffering\Nfrom substance use disorder.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.16,0:08:33.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a one-stop shop, if you will.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.08,0:08:35.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A patient comes in,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.48,0:08:40.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're immediately assessed\Nby somebody who's an addiction specialist.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.54,0:08:43.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They work with them\Nto provide treatment options
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.16,0:08:46.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,based on their own needs,\Nindividual needs.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.51,0:08:49.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This does several things for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.57,0:08:54.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It gives first responders a place\Nto either take or refer our patients
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.65,0:08:57.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are no longer\Nin a life-threatening situation,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.47,0:08:59.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have refused to go to the hospital.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.26,0:09:03.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it also clears up
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.94,0:09:07.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the overwhelmed emergency rooms\Nin hospitals that we have.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.20,0:09:11.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The third thing\Nthat I want to tell you about
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.37,0:09:14.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is very dear to me\Nand very important to my team.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.25,0:09:20.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We recently started\Na first responders self-care program.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.44,0:09:23.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More and more ...
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.42,0:09:30.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first responders are experiencing\Ncompassion fatigue and PTSD.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.73,0:09:37.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is not uncommon for the average\Nfirefighter in Huntington
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.93,0:09:44.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to deal with or see\Nup to five young deaths per month.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.71,0:09:49.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are their friends,\Nthese are their classmates.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.82,0:09:55.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this much-needed program\Nwill not only recognize their hard work,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.39,0:09:57.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's going to give them a voice.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.36,0:09:59.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's going to provide them with training
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.67,0:10:03.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that will help deal with the stress\Nthat they are under.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.55,0:10:06.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it will give them\Nmore mental-health options
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.50,0:10:08.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they desperately need.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.58,0:10:13.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We now have yoga classes in fire stations.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.36,0:10:15.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.30,0:10:18.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.86,0:10:22.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've also provided on-duty\Nmassages, which is fabulous.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.41,0:10:23.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.90,0:10:26.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we have some off-duty programs\Nthat we've started,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.59,0:10:30.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like cooking classes for first responders\Nand their significant other
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.42,0:10:31.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and pottery classes.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.77,0:10:36.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So a couple of months ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.31,0:10:40.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I walked out on the apparatus floor,\Nwhere I had some firefighters.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.96,0:10:43.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And half of them had had a massage,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.44,0:10:46.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the other half were getting\Nready to have a massage.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.82,0:10:51.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I saw 10 firefighters\Nwho were bantering
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.16,0:10:54.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a very positive, relaxed manner.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.29,0:10:57.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I hadn't seen that in years.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.45,0:11:03.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that relaxed state is trickling down\Nto the community, to the citizens.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.95,0:11:08.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So a couple of weeks ago,\NI had a neighbor overdose.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.19,0:11:10.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Twenty-two years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.91,0:11:14.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So of course, I hurried down\Nto help my firefighters and my neighbor.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.58,0:11:19.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what I witnessed\Nwas my firefighters being supportive.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.15,0:11:22.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Talking in a non-judgmental way.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.77,0:11:25.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I watched as one of my firefighters
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.17,0:11:27.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,showed the father\Nand another family member
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.97,0:11:31.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to provide rescue breaths,\Nshould this happen again.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.24,0:11:33.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And left him with a bag valve mask.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.24,0:11:35.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Positive change.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.47,0:11:37.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Positive change.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.58,0:11:40.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did I happen to mention
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.76,0:11:44.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the two things that firefighters\Ndislike the most?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.96,0:11:47.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The way things are and change.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.74,0:11:53.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.30,0:11:57.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, I recognize that there have been\Ndrug epidemics before.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.97,0:12:01.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I've seen what crack\Ncan do to a community.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.08,0:12:04.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of our critics think
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.45,0:12:09.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that this new compassionate response\Nthat we're doing in Huntington
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.77,0:12:12.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is because of race.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.60,0:12:17.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That because the overdoses are happening\Nso much to the white community.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.39,0:12:20.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I understand that criticism,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.58,0:12:23.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we as a country messed up.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.12,0:12:28.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we treated black people poorly\Nduring the crack epidemic.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.98,0:12:30.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can't forget that.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.56,0:12:32.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we must do better.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.54,0:12:36.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But right now, what I know\Nis people are dying.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.49,0:12:44.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we in Huntington deal with people\Nsuffering from substance use disorder
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.40,0:12:49.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of every color and every background,\Non the streets, every day.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.70,0:12:55.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The job of a first responder:\Nprevent unnecessary deaths.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.25,0:12:57.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Period.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.85,0:12:59.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So ...
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.72,0:13:04.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Obviously, I'm a stubborn\Nfirefighter and nurse.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.10,0:13:10.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I refuse to believe that there isn't\Na way around every barrier.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.76,0:13:12.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the barriers that we have
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.82,0:13:15.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dealing with the opioid\Nepidemic is stigma.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.87,0:13:19.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So ...
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.78,0:13:25.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We in Huntington, West Virginia,\Nare showing the rest of the country
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.51,0:13:28.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that change can happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.78,0:13:32.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That there is hope\Ndealing with this epidemic.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.91,0:13:37.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our current overdoses are down 40 percent.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.80,0:13:44.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.88,0:13:49.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Currently, our overdose deaths\Nare down 50 percent.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.53,0:13:54.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.20,0:13:56.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This epidemic is far from over.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.79,0:14:01.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But each and every one of us\Nhas a part to play in this epidemic.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.19,0:14:05.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just by listening\Nand being kind to somebody,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.66,0:14:10.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have the ability\Nto make a difference in their lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.40,0:14:11.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you and God bless.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.01,0:14:17.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)