Frostbite Tips script

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FROSTBITE TIPS (running time = 1:18)

SUGGESTED INTRO: COLD TEMPERATURES, WET SNOW, AND BLUSTERING WIND CAN DO MORE THAN DAMPEN YOUR SPIRITS. THEY CAN CAUSE FROSTBITE, A CONDITION THAT IS DEADLY TO EXPOSED PARTS OF THE BODY. IN THIS REPORT, A CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY DOCTOR OFFERS TIPS ON AVOIDING THIS WINTER HAZARD:

VIDEO: Car drives through icy winter conditions.

VOICEOVER: WITH EVERY WINTER SEASON COME THE DANGERS OF FROSTBITE, A CONDITION WHERE LOW TEMPERATURES, HIGH WIND VELOCITY, AND WETNESS COMBINE TO LITERALLY FREEZE PARTS OF THE BODY TO DEATH.

VIDEO: Man walks through winter ice and cold. Also, workman working on power lines while exposed to extreme winter cold.

VOICEOVER: GREAT CARE MUST BE TAKEN TO PROTECT EXPOSED EXTREMITIES AND SKIN TISSUE FROM THE DANGEROUS WINTER ELEMENTS, ACCORDING TO DAVID EFFRON, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF SURGERY AT CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY.

VIDEO: David Effron on-camera.

SOT & SUGGESTED SUPER:
DAVID EFFRON, M.D.,
CWRU ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF SURGERY

OUTCUE: "... may be getting into trouble." (:28)

VIDEO: Electrical workmen wearing protective clothing. Also, woman walking through ice and snow.

VOICEOVER: IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE FROSTBITE, DON'T TRY TO WARM HANDS OR FEET BY HOLDING THEM NEAR AN EXPOSED FLAME OR BY IMMERSING THEM IN SCALDING OR VERY HOT WATER. FROSTBITTEN SKIN USUALLY LACKS SENSATION, AND YOU MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL DAMAGE AFTER THAWING.

VIDEO: Still shots of frostbitten hands and feet. Back to shot of woman walking with hooded coat and scarf.

VOICEOVER: A FIRST-DEGREE FROSTBITE APPEARS RED, PAINFUL, AND BLISTERED. MORE SEVERE FROSTBITE WILL APPEAR BLACKENED AND BLISTERED AND SHOULD BE TREATED BY A PHYSICIAN.

THIS IS DAVE NAROSNY REPORTING FROM CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, CLEVELAND.

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