IN A HEARTBEAT: the legislative push to bring AEDs to the classroom
Northern News Now
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That could soon change.'}, {'start': '21.920', 'end': '26.160', 'text': 'After her multi-part series on the'}, {'start': '23.840', 'end': '27.920', 'text': 'importance of AEDs last year, Northern'}, {'start': '26.160', 'end': '29.599', 'text': "News Now's Natalie Hapner is following"}, {'start': '27.920', 'end': '33.600', 'text': 'up sharing a new push to make more'}, {'start': '29.599', 'end': '37.280', 'text': 'public spaces heart healthy.'}, {'start': '33.600', 'end': '39.280', 'text': 'I graduated here in 2009 and uh left for'}, {'start': '37.280', 'end': '41.760', 'text': 'a few years but ended up coming back. At'}, {'start': '39.280', 'end': '44.239', 'text': 'Nshwa Kiwatan High School, Justin'}, {'start': '41.760', 'end': '47.360', 'text': 'Sunquist works as the administrative'}, {'start': '44.239', 'end': '50.000', 'text': "intern and activities director. I've"}, {'start': '47.360', 'end': '51.600', 'text': 'been in this building for this is my'}, {'start': '50.000', 'end': '53.360', 'text': "first year, but I've been in the other"}, {'start': '51.600', 'end': '55.760', 'text': "building nine years and it's been pretty"}, {'start': '53.360', 'end': '57.840', 'text': "much the same protocol uh since I've"}, {'start': '55.760', 'end': '60.239', 'text': 'been here. From student to staff member,'}, {'start': '57.840', 'end': '62.480', 'text': 'Sunquist has seen faces change over the'}, {'start': '60.239', 'end': '65.199', 'text': 'years, but he says being prepared in'}, {'start': '62.480', 'end': '67.920', 'text': 'case of a cardiac emergency has always'}, {'start': '65.199', 'end': '69.840', 'text': 'remained a priority. I think our school'}, {'start': '67.920', 'end': '73.439', 'text': 'district knows how important it is to be'}, {'start': '69.840', 'end': '75.920', 'text': 'prepared um for these situations and'}, {'start': '73.439', 'end': '77.680', 'text': 'knowing how quick response is important.'}, {'start': '75.920', 'end': '80.799', 'text': 'We want to have them on site and not'}, {'start': '77.680', 'end': '83.119', 'text': 'have to wait for say EMTs or a paramedic'}, {'start': '80.799', 'end': '85.119', 'text': 'to arrive. Between the two school'}, {'start': '83.119', 'end': '88.159', 'text': 'buildings in the Nshwa Kiwatan School'}, {'start': '85.119', 'end': '91.439', 'text': 'District, there are two stationary AEDs'}, {'start': '88.159', 'end': '93.520', 'text': 'and one mobile AED. The movable AED is'}, {'start': '91.439', 'end': '95.040', 'text': 'used by the Spartan sports teams and'}, {'start': '93.520', 'end': '97.920', 'text': 'brought to the baseball and football'}, {'start': '95.040', 'end': '99.840', 'text': 'fields. The district bought all three'}, {'start': '97.920', 'end': '102.079', 'text': "with its own money. It's important that"}, {'start': '99.840', 'end': '104.960', 'text': "we're as responsive as possible and"}, {'start': '102.079', 'end': '107.680', 'text': "we're allocating money in a way that is"}, {'start': '104.960', 'end': '109.880', 'text': 'uh keeping students and the community'}, {'start': '107.680', 'end': '112.799', 'text': 'safe. According to the American Heart'}, {'start': '109.880', 'end': '114.799', 'text': 'Association, nine out of 10 cardiac'}, {'start': '112.799', 'end': '117.439', 'text': 'arrest victims who receive a shock from'}, {'start': '114.799', 'end': '119.360', 'text': 'an AED in the first 10 minutes survive.'}, {'start': '117.439', 'end': '121.759', 'text': "That's why one of the AEDs located here"}, {'start': '119.360', 'end': '123.360', 'text': 'at Nashwalk High School is so close to a'}, {'start': '121.759', 'end': '125.200', 'text': 'place where many people gather for'}, {'start': '123.360', 'end': '127.439', 'text': 'events, for sporting games, for all'}, {'start': '125.200', 'end': '130.319', 'text': 'sorts of things, the gymnasium. I think'}, {'start': '127.439', 'end': '132.879', 'text': "it's really important that they are uh"}, {'start': '130.319', 'end': '135.360', 'text': 'accessible during those sporting events'}, {'start': '132.879', 'end': '137.599', 'text': 'because a majority of the cardiac events'}, {'start': '135.360', 'end': '139.440', 'text': 'are happening during those events. An'}, {'start': '137.599', 'end': '141.760', 'text': 'accessibility need that is also being'}, {'start': '139.440', 'end': '144.000', 'text': 'highlighted at the Minnesota capital. A'}, {'start': '141.760', 'end': '146.160', 'text': 'bill under committee consideration would'}, {'start': '144.000', 'end': '148.800', 'text': 'require Minnesota public schools to have'}, {'start': '146.160', 'end': '151.520', 'text': 'an AED at each school facility and'}, {'start': '148.800', 'end': '154.400', 'text': 'athletic venue or event. The legislation'}, {'start': '151.520', 'end': '157.040', 'text': 'would allocate $2 million in funding for'}, {'start': '154.400', 'end': '160.400', 'text': 'districts to buy an AED, which normally'}, {'start': '157.040', 'end': '162.480', 'text': 'cost around $1,000. This bill will help'}, {'start': '160.400', 'end': '164.480', 'text': 'save lives all across the state of'}, {'start': '162.480', 'end': '166.480', 'text': 'Minnesota, not just for the kids in our'}, {'start': '164.480', 'end': '168.640', 'text': 'schools, but for our community. The'}, {'start': '166.480', 'end': '170.560', 'text': 'American Heart Association lobbyed for'}, {'start': '168.640', 'end': '172.640', 'text': 'the bill. According to the Sudden'}, {'start': '170.560', 'end': '176.000', 'text': 'Cardiac Arrest Foundation, cardiac'}, {'start': '172.640', 'end': '178.560', 'text': 'arrests affect 1,000 people a day and'}, {'start': '176.000', 'end': '180.640', 'text': 'strike all ages. Part of the reason that'}, {'start': '178.560', 'end': '182.800', 'text': 'this legislation is so important is that'}, {'start': '180.640', 'end': '186.159', 'text': 'schools are really community gathering'}, {'start': '182.800', 'end': '188.560', 'text': 'places. Not only is this where our kids'}, {'start': '186.159', 'end': '190.720', 'text': 'spend all of their days, but communities'}, {'start': '188.560', 'end': '192.959', 'text': 'gather in our schools in the evening.'}, {'start': '190.720', 'end': '195.120', 'text': 'Along with having AEDs, the legislation'}, {'start': '192.959', 'end': '197.680', 'text': 'would require schools to implement a'}, {'start': '195.120', 'end': '200.159', 'text': 'cardiac emergency response plan'}, {'start': '197.680', 'end': '202.560', 'text': 'identifying who would respond and how.'}, {'start': '200.159', 'end': '205.760', 'text': "They'd all be trained on CPR and AED"}, {'start': '202.560', 'end': '207.760', 'text': 'use. Senator Bonnie Weslin, a DFLer from'}, {'start': '205.760', 'end': '210.319', 'text': 'Plymouth, said the bipartisan support'}, {'start': '207.760', 'end': '212.239', 'text': 'for her bill she co-authored highlights'}, {'start': '210.319', 'end': '214.640', 'text': 'how lawmakers from both sides of the'}, {'start': '212.239', 'end': '217.040', 'text': 'aisle want to see cardiac emergency'}, {'start': '214.640', 'end': '218.720', 'text': 'preparedness in schools. At the end of'}, {'start': '217.040', 'end': '220.799', 'text': "the day, we're talking about saving"}, {'start': '218.720', 'end': '222.080', 'text': 'lives and I think that appeals to'}, {'start': '220.799', 'end': '224.159', 'text': "people, especially when we're talking"}, {'start': '222.080', 'end': '225.599', 'text': 'about saving lives at our schools. While'}, {'start': '224.159', 'end': '228.239', 'text': 'he understands the importance,'}, {'start': '225.599', 'end': '230.239', 'text': 'Republican Senator Rob Farnsworth, who'}, {'start': '228.239', 'end': '233.040', 'text': 'represents the Nashwa Kiwan area at the'}, {'start': '230.239', 'end': '235.519', 'text': "Minnesota capital, said he isn't sold on"}, {'start': '233.040', 'end': '237.760', 'text': 'the idea of another mandate for schools,'}, {'start': '235.519', 'end': '240.159', 'text': 'especially smaller schools with less'}, {'start': '237.760', 'end': '242.560', 'text': "staff and resources. I'm never very"}, {'start': '240.159', 'end': '244.000', 'text': 'excited about mandates, but I think I'}, {'start': '242.560', 'end': '245.599', 'text': 'would like to see a program that would'}, {'start': '244.000', 'end': '248.239', 'text': 'allow schools to voluntarily'}, {'start': '245.599', 'end': '250.640', 'text': 'participate. Facing a looming budget'}, {'start': '248.239', 'end': '252.480', 'text': 'deficit at the capital, Farnsworth said'}, {'start': '250.640', 'end': '254.480', 'text': "he isn't sure there's funding for the"}, {'start': '252.480', 'end': '257.120', 'text': 'legislation. This is just one more'}, {'start': '254.480', 'end': '259.120', 'text': "mandate that if they pass this, it's"}, {'start': '257.120', 'end': '261.120', 'text': 'probably not going to be funded, which'}, {'start': '259.120', 'end': '262.400', 'text': "means that um it's either going to come"}, {'start': '261.120', 'end': '264.720', 'text': "out of the school budget. It's going to"}, {'start': '262.400', 'end': '267.360', 'text': "go on the property tax levy. It's got to"}, {'start': '264.720', 'end': '269.919', 'text': 'come from somewhere. At Nshwa Kiwatan'}, {'start': '267.360', 'end': '272.000', 'text': 'School, Sunquist said mandate or not,'}, {'start': '269.919', 'end': '274.800', 'text': 'students and staff well-being is the'}, {'start': '272.000', 'end': '276.639', 'text': 'heart of their district. Response time'}, {'start': '274.800', 'end': '279.280', 'text': 'is very important for these cardiac'}, {'start': '276.639', 'end': '282.080', 'text': 'events. So having uh what we need right'}, {'start': '279.280', 'end': '285.440', 'text': 'here is very important in NHSwalk.'}, {'start': '282.080', 'end': '286.960', 'text': 'Natalie Heapner, Northern News Now. As'}, {'start': '285.440', 'end': '289.040', 'text': 'of now, the bill is included in the'}, {'start': '286.960', 'end': '291.280', 'text': "Senate's education budget bill, but not"}, {'start': '289.040', 'end': '292.479', 'text': 'in the houses. And once both chambers'}, {'start': '291.280', 'end': '294.000', 'text': 'pass their budget, a conference'}, {'start': '292.479', 'end': '296.240', 'text': 'committee will decide whether to include'}, {'start': '294.000', 'end': '298.000', 'text': 'the bill in the final education budget.'}, {'start': '296.240', 'end': '300.479', 'text': 'Meanwhile, this is the last year of the'}, {'start': '298.000', 'end': '302.080', 'text': 'Nshwa Kiwan High School building. All of'}, {'start': '300.479', 'end': '303.840', 'text': 'the students and staff are moving to a'}, {'start': '302.080', 'end': '306.639', 'text': 'new K through2 building that broke'}, {'start': '303.840', 'end': '308.720', 'text': 'ground in May of 2023. Sunquist said the'}, {'start': '306.639', 'end': '310.320', 'text': 'AEDs are coming with them to the new'}, {'start': '308.720', 'end': '313.910', 'text': 'building and the school plans to place'}, {'start': '310.320', 'end': '316.979', 'text': 'one AED near the activities complex.'}, {'start': '313.910', 'end': '316.979', 'text': '[Music]'}]