((PKG))  A REMOTE VILLAGE GETS COVID VACCINE     
((TRT:  10:54)) 
((Topic Banner:  Vaccinating in Remote)) 
((Reporter/Camera:  Gabrielle Weiss)) 
((Map:  Seldovia, Alaska)) 
((Main Characters:  2 female)) 
((Sub Characters:  3 male;  2 female)) 
((NATS)) 
((Deborah Coila, Registered Nurse and Care Coordinator, 
Seldovia Village Tribe))                                                                
Hi, this is Deborah Coila from Seldovia Village Tribe and we're 
wondering if we're going to be flying out this morning to Seldovia? 
((Voice from Telephone))                                                          
So, I have heard from my pilots and they say we are a go for the 
nine o'clock.                                                                         
((Deborah Coila, Registered Nurse and Care Coordinator, 
Seldovia Village Tribe))                                                       
Okay, all right.  Bye.                                                                    
((Voice from Telephone))                                                 
Bye. 
((Deborah Coila, Registered Nurse and Care Coordinator, 
Seldovia Village Tribe))                                                       
All right, we're flying.  It'll be a bumpy ride.  
((Candace Kreger, Licensed Practical Nurse, Seldovia Village 
Tribe))   
It's a little breezy but I think it's 
doable.                                                                                      
((NATS)) 
((Deborah Coila, Registered Nurse and Care Coordinator, 
Seldovia Village Tribe))                                                                  
I’ll take this out.  You can’t tilt 
it.                                                                           
((Candace Kreger, Licensed Practical Nurse, Seldovia Village 
Tribe))   
I'm taking two different vaccines.  The Pfizer one doesn't like to be 
tipped over so, we kind of reuse our boxes.  So, we're actually 
doing first shots today for about 30 people and then we're doing 
second shots for about six people today.  I don’t think this is going 
to fit,in.                                                                                      
((Deborah Coila, Registered Nurse and Care Coordinator, 
Seldovia Village Tribe))                                                           
We're going to go to this beautiful little city called Seldovia.  The 
only way to get to there is by airplane or boat.  They're expecting, 
I think, seven-foot [2 m] waves this morning, so we will not be 
going on the 
boat.                                                                                          
((Locator:  Homer)) 
((NATS:  Deborah Coila; Candace Kreger))  
Four thirty. 
Yeah.                                                                               
Looks like it's going to be a beautiful day.                                
It’s supposed to be clear and sunny.                                           
((Candace Kreger, Licensed Practical Nurse, Seldovia Village 
Tribe))   
The first time we went over, we were really scared that if we 
shook it, it was going to damage the vaccine.  So, I held it in my 
lap on the boat ride the whole way 
there.                                             
((NATS/MUSIC))  
((Deborah Coila, Registered Nurse and Care Coordinator, 
Seldovia Village Tribe))                                                                 
Okay.                                                                                        
((Candace Kreger, Licensed Practical Nurse, Seldovia Village 
Tribe))   
Some vials have 11 doses.  So, we're trying to at least get an 
11th dose out of one of our vials today, so we can give one more 
person a vaccine.   
((NATS:  Candace Kreger; Darrel Bakk)) 
((Candace Kreger, Licensed Practical Nurse, Seldovia Village 
Tribe))   
I need Band-Aids.  I need alcohol pads and I need gloves 
yet.                                                                                            
((Darrel Bakk, Certified Medical 
Assistant))                                    
What 
size?                                                                                         
((Candace Kreger, Licensed Practical Nurse, Seldovia Village 
Tribe))   
I don’t care.  I’m not picky.   
((Candace Kreger, Licensed Practical Nurse, Seldovia Village 
Tribe))   
Alaska healthcare is totally different than anywhere else in the 
United States.  Here in Alaska, we have a lot of remote villages. 
And so, Seldovia is one, and with it being remote and no access 
to anything but a clinic, there's only been just a couple cases 
of COVID here in Seldovia.  So, we're trying to really get 
everybody immunized and keep COVID out of the remote village, 
because if somebody needs hospitalization, they have to 
get medevac’d [emergency evacuation of the sick or 
wounded] out of here, either by plane, by boat, whatever it takes 
to get them out of here.  So, that's why we really want to get 
everybody covered with the vaccine here.  
((NATS:  Candace Kreger; Joseph Zapotosky)) 
((Candace Kreger, Licensed Practical Nurse, Seldovia Village 
Tribe))  
Hi, Joe.                                                                                     
((Joseph Zapotosky, 
Patient))                                                                
Hi, how are you?                                                                        
((Candace Kreger, Licensed Practical Nurse, Seldovia Village 
Tribe))   
Good.  You can have a 
seat.                                                             
((Joseph Zapotosky, 
Patient))                                                              
I was wondering if you guys are going to get over here today.  
Pretty windy over there.                                                             
((Candace Kreger, Licensed Practical Nurse, Seldovia Village 
Tribe))   
I was a little worried about the wind but,                                      
((Joseph Zapotosky, 
Patient))                                                               
It was 28, gusting to 28.                                                           
((Candace Kreger, Licensed Practical Nurse, Seldovia Village 
Tribe))   
It was a little bumpy.                                                                     
((Joseph Zapotosky, 
Patient))                                                              
Yes, it was.                                                                                  
((Candace Kreger, Licensed Practical Nurse, Seldovia Village 
Tribe))   
Not as bumpy as the boat ride would have been.  There was no 
boats this morning.                                                                     
((Joseph Zapotosky, 
Patient))                                                               
I think this afternoon it’s supposed to lay down.                          
((Candace Kreger, Licensed Practical Nurse, Seldovia Village 
Tribe))  
Yeah.                                                                                        
((Joseph Zapotosky, 
Patient))                                                              
So, I think you guys are good this afternoon.                                 
((Candace Kreger, Licensed Practical Nurse, Seldovia Village 
Tribe))   
Oh, yeah.  I think it’ll be 
fine.                                                              
((Joseph Zapotosky, 
Patient))                                                              
You won't be staying overnight, will 
you?                                            
((Candace Kreger, Licensed Practical Nurse, Seldovia Village 
Tribe))   
No.  Well, unless I can't get out of here, I might be.  It wouldn't be 
the first time that's happened.  So, we're going to do the Moderna 
vaccine today.  One, two, three.  
((Joseph Zapotosky, 
Patient))                                                             
Well, what took you so long?                                                      
((Candace Kreger, Licensed Practical Nurse, Seldovia Village 
Tribe))   
I know.                                                                                     
((Joseph Zapotosky, 
Patient))                                                        
Yeah, I had a little reservation at first, you know, but now I'm okay 
with it.                                                                                               
((Candace Kreger, Licensed Practical Nurse, Seldovia Village 
Tribe))   
So, I am going to keep an eye on you for 15 minutes before 
you go, just to make sure you don't have an allergic reaction, 
okay?  So, I have a chair out here for 
you.                                           
((Joseph Zapotosky, 
Patient))                                                              
We told each one of our 12 grandkids that they could come up 
when they reached the age of 10 years old, except this year we 
had to cancel out and, you know, our 10-year-old 
granddaughter cried, you know, when she found out she couldn't 
come to Alaska and go fishing with us and what not, you know, 
and hopefully, we'll get this thing over, behind 
us.                                                   
((Marilyn Zapotosky, 
Patient))                                                              
You didn’t get my other shoe, and Darrel came, and Darrel came.  
My tennis shoe was in the back seat.  And then Darrel gave us 
that paperwork and I started filling out that paperwork.  Then 
he says, ‘Oh, I can take one of you.’ and I said, ‘Okay, I'll take 
it.’  Well, I can't fall on the ice.  I got one cleat anyway.   
I called the clinic for another reason and then I said that, ‘Can we 
get on a list for the vaccine?’  And they said, ‘Yeah, we’ve already 
moved you over to the 65 and older.’  So, we didn't have no 
problem.             
((NATS:  Darrel Bakk; John Crawford)) 
((Darrel Bakk, Certified Medical 
Assistant))                                     
All right, Norm.  Have a seat in there.  Take your shirt 
off.                         
How’re you doing, John?                                                          
((John Crawford, 
Patient))                                                                   
Doing good.                                                                                  
I see.  She’s got to keep an eye on you in case you fall over and 
roll around on the floor there.  She’ll holler 
for help.                            
((John Crawford, 
Patient))                                                                  
Yup.                                                                                    
((Darlene Crawford, 
Patient))                                                                                  I 
wasn't going to get one at first.  We haven't gone any place in a 
year, more than a year.  We've been staying 
home.  But eventually, I want to go to Anchorage, go to 
Costco.                                    
((Deborah Coila, Registered Nurse and Care Coordinator, 
Seldovia Village Tribe))                                                           
Here goes.   
((Darlene Crawford, 
Patient))                                                                                 
Okay.    
((Darlene Crawford, 
Patient))                                                                                   
You know, they're talking about giving you an inoculation card or 
something that you have to show.  And in case that becomes a 
reality, it's to be able to do whatever I want to do.  That's the only 
reason I got it, not because I'm afraid I'm going to get 
it.                                                                  
((John Crawford, 
Patient))                                                                                   
I was called up, said they had some.  So, I decided I’d get the 
vaccination.  We’ve been getting them for 78 years, 
I guess.  So, another one must be going to do some good, for 
someone.  
((NATS:  Edith (Sunni) Hilts; Rodney Hilts; Darrel Bakk)) 
((Edith (Sunni) Hilts, 
Patient))                                                                                   
We’re here to get our 
vaccine.                                                                
((Rodney Hilts, 
Patient))                                                                                   
We’re getting our vaccinations, 
yeah.                                                                                         
((Edith (Sunni) Hilts, 
Patient))                                                                                  
Can you sign that honey, right beside my name?  
((Rodney Hilts, 
Patient))                                                                                   
Just beside your 
name?                                                                              
((Edith (Sunni) Hilts, 
Patient))                                                                                   
Beside my name.                                                                           
((Rodney Hilts, 
Patient))                                                                                   
But you didn’t leave me enough room.  He’s the dog that has to 
go anyplace you go.  
((Edith (Sunni) Hilts, Patient))  
What are you doing?  It’s not the easiest thing to do your 
paperwork in the car. 
((Rodney Hilts, 
Patient))                                                                                  
Especially not with that thing on your 
face.                                                 
((Darrel Bakk, Certified Medical 
Assistant))                                     
Hey, Rod.                                                                                  
((Rodney Hilts, 
Patient))                                                                                   
How’re you doing?                                                                        
((Darrel Bakk, Certified Medical 
Assistant))                                     
Good.                                                                                        
((NATS)) 
((Edith (Sunni) Hilts, 
Patient))                                                                                   
Vaccination day.  Thank you. 
My name is Sunni and I'm 82.  We came here in 1970.  We've 
raised seven children here, our first five and then two 
grandsons.  And we love it 
here.                                                              
((Rodney Hilts,  
Patient))                                                                                   
We graduated college in California and decided to go to Alaska 
for one year.  So, but that was 50 years ago.  I don't know what 
you say about that, but we're old Alaskans now.                         
((Candace Kreger, Licensed Practical Nurse, Seldovia Village 
Tribe))   
You can come in and have a seat.                                                
((Edith (Sunni) Hilts, 
Patient))                                                                                  
I'm feeling good and I'm going to feel good.  I know I'm not going 
to have any bad reaction or anything go wrong.                       
((Candace Kreger, Licensed Practical Nurse, Seldovia Village 
Tribe))   
Which arm would we like to do 
today?                                                                     
((Edith (Sunni) Hilts, 
Patient))                                                                                   
This one, and if you would do me a favor and count to three?  
((Candace Kreger, Licensed Practical Nurse, Seldovia Village 
Tribe))   
Count to 
three?  Okay.                                                                           
((Edith (Sunni) Hilts, 
Patient))                                                                                  
I had too many children and I did it that way too 
long.                           
((Candace Kreger, Licensed Practical Nurse, Seldovia Village 
Tribe))   
That’s okay.  Okay, one, two, three.  Was it that 
bad?                             
((Edith (Sunni) Hilts, 
Patient))                                                                                  
No.                                                                                            
((Candace Kreger, Licensed Practical Nurse, Seldovia Village 
Tribe))  
Okay.                                                                                        
((Edith (Sunni) Hilts, 
Patient))                                                                                  
I didn’t feel a 
thing.                                                                                 
((Candace Kreger, Licensed Practical Nurse, Seldovia Village 
Tribe))   
Good.  Would you like a sticker that says you got your vaccine 
today?                                                                                       
((Edith (Sunni) Hilts, 
Patient))                                                                                   
Sure.  Thank 
you.                                                                                           
((Candace Kreger, Licensed Practical Nurse, Seldovia Village 
Tribe))   
Alright.  So, we'll get you a seat out 
here.                                                            
((Edith (Sunni) Hilts, 
Patient))                                                                                  
Okay, honey.  It's your turn.                                                              
((Rodney Hilts, 
Patient))                                                                                  
I don’t want to go in there.                                                          
((Candace Kreger, Licensed Practical Nurse, Seldovia Village 
Tribe))   
You can come in here and have a seat.                                     
((Rodney Hilts, 
Patient))                                                                                  
Okay.                                                                                        
((Candace Kreger, Licensed Practical Nurse, Seldovia Village 
Tribe))   
How do you feel?                                                                   
((Rodney Hilts, 
Patient))                                                                                   
How do I 
feel?                                                                                      
((Candace Kreger, Licensed Practical Nurse, Seldovia Village 
Tribe))   
How do you 
feel?                                                                                
((Rodney Hilts, 
Patient))                                                                                   
Oh, I don’t know.  I'm fine.                                                        
((Candace Kreger, Licensed Practical Nurse, Seldovia Village 
Tribe))   
You’re going to get in trouble.                                             
((Rodney Hilts, 
Patient))                                                                                  
 I know.  It’s my favorite thing to do.                                         
((Candace Kreger, Licensed Practical Nurse, Seldovia Village 
Tribe))   
Alright, then you are good to go and we will see you back in one 
month for your second shot, okay?                                                 
((Rodney Hilts, 
Patient))                                                                                   
Okay.                                                                                        
((Darrel Bakk, Certified Medical 
Assistant))                                    
See you, Rod.  Have a good day.                                                   
((Rodney Hilts, 
Patient))                                                                                  
Okay.                                               
((NATS))                                                                                   
((Deborah Coila, Registered Nurse and Care Coordinator, 
Seldovia Village 
Tribe))                                                                    
It's time to go 
home.                                                                              
((Candace Kreger, Licensed Practical Nurse, Seldovia Village 
Tribe))   
We did 37 vaccines today in Seldovia.  And then, we’ll be back in 
a month for second doses for those people.  Weather permitting, 
we will be back in a month.                                      
((NATS))                                                                                  
All right, Candy and Deb.                                                           
((Deborah Coila, Registered Nurse and Care Coordinator, 
Seldovia Village 
Tribe))                                                                   
Yup.                                                                                      
((Candace Kreger, Licensed Practical Nurse, Seldovia Village 
Tribe))   
Isn’t this how you normally go to work?  
((NATS/MUSIC))