Allina News

[Herald Journal, August 16, 2010] “Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) affects 300,000 people each year, and the chances of survival are dismal,” according to Charles Lick, MD, emergency medical director for Allina Medical Transportation and Buffalo Hospital’s Emergency Department. Unless victims are provided with adequate aid in a timely fashion—ideally CPR and a shock from an [...]

[Fox 9 News, Aug. 9, 2010] Allina Medical Transportation Operations Supervisor Kyle Strege knows paramedics will be hearing a lot more calls for heat exhaustion as the Twin Cities heat wave stretches later into the week. Read the full story on myfoxtwincities.com.

[KMSP & WCCO TV, July 8, 2010] A year ago, Garry Frankel, Winnipeg, Manitoba, was in the Twin Cities to work as a volunteer at the USA Cup soccer tournament in Blaine at the National Sports Center. The night before the tournament he suffered a sudden cardiac arrest. This year he’s back to work the [...]

[KARE11 TV, June 21, 2010] An Allina EMS crew, Lakeville first responders and dispatchers were honored by the Lakeville City Council for their role in bringing baby Liam Gunderson into the world last month. When mom Brianna and dad Mike figured out they didn’t have time to get to the hospital, they called 9-1-1. All [...]

[KSTP-TV, April 14, 2010] Varicose veins can appear in one out of two people over the age of 50, but there is a treatment available. Dr. Wendy Bongers from the Allina Medical Clinic – Farmington talked with KSTP-TV’s Megan Newquist about sclerotherapy. Watch the interview below and see more at kstp.com. Learn more about varicose [...]

[Farmington Independent, Feb. 11, 2010] From the outside of the Feely Elevator silos, onlookers were left to wonder what was happening inside the silo where Mark Malecha was trapped. Inside, though, ALF (Apple Valley, Lakeville, Farmington) paramedics worked diligently to save Malecha not only from being crushed by the shifting corn, but from toxins that [...]

[Pioneer Press, Feb. 9, 2010] Four days after spending more than eight hours trapped up to his chest inside a Farmington grain silo, Mark Malecha returned to work Monday. Authorities are investigating reports he was not wearing a safety harness when, while attempting to unclog clumped or frozen grain, he fell into the bin Thursday. [...]

[Allina Newsroom, Jan. 27, 2010] The City of Apple Valley is now officially a Heart Safe Community. The designation was marked at a celebration on January 20, 2010. The City of Apple Valley is only the second Minnesota community to receive this recognition. The award was presented by Allina Hospitals and Clinics to city officials. [...]

[Star Tribune, Jan. 12, 2010] Mom was lying unconscious in the closet, stiff and suffering a seizure. The baby was asleep in his crib, and two more little kids were playing upstairs. Nine-year-old Sydney Gifford, of St. Michael, made a split decision: Call 911. Read the full article at startribune.com.

[KMSP TV, KARE11 TV, WCCO TV, KSTP TV, WCCO Radio, Jan. 6, 2009] Frightened but in control, nine year old Sydney Gifford knew what to do when her mother, Laura, was felled by a seizure a month after brain surgery to remove a tumor. She called 911 and with the help of Allina Medical Transportation [...]

[St. Paul Legal Ledger Capitol Report, Dec. 22,2009] Woodbury has chosen Allina Hospitals & Clinics to provide medical direction for its police, fire and emergency services divisions. The city chose Woodbury from among three area hospital organizations that submitted bids. “When staff compared the costs of each vendor for the services we deem necessary, Allina [...]

[KARE11-TV, Dec. 15, 2009] Again this year, Allina Medical Transportation filled ambulances full of toys donated at hospitals and clinics from across the Allina system and delivered them to KARE11-TV and the U.S. Marine Corps’ Toy for Tots program. Allina’s Jeff Lanenberg made the presentation. Watch below.

[Star Tribune, Dec. 9, 2009] On the anniversary of the day she suffered a brain aneurysm, Sandie Birdsall met the police officer, paramedics and emergency medical technicians who rushed to her aid. The gathering was arranged by Allina Hospitals & Clinics, which now operates the Valley-Lakeville-Farmington (ALF) ambulance service. Read the full story on startribune.com.

[WCCO-TV, Dec. 8, 2009] On nights like this, emergency crews expect the worst and they deal with bad driving more than the rest of us. WCCO News reporter Reg Chapman rode along with Allina ambulance crews on the night of the first major snow of the season to see what it’s like. Watch the story [...]

[Pioneer Press, Dec. 06, 2009] Most city officials instinctively want to control their own services and preserve their identities—showing off the city name on water towers, police cars, snowplows and uniforms. Yet pride comes at a price. The state auditor’s office recently released figures that show that some cities are paying 10 times as much [...]

[Minneapolis Star Tribune, Dec. 3, 2009] Putting people who “drop dead” from heart attack on ice can spare them brain damage. This doctor is living proof. Dr. Larry Ebbert likes to say that he just happened to be changing planes in Minneapolis when he dropped dead in June. That is why he lived to tell [...]

[WCCO, KARE11, Pioneer Press, Dec. 1, 2009] A woman who suffered a brain aneurysm in her home got a chance to thank the strangers who saved her life including paramedics from Allina’s ALF Ambulance Service. In Apple Valley Tuesday, Sandie Birdsall got a chance to hug the first responders who came to her aid exactly [...]

[Pioneer Press, Oct. 18, 2009] People performing CPR chest compressions might fare better using a device that functions a bit like a toilet plunger rather than using their hands. That’s the unlikely notion at the heart of Roseville-based Advanced Circulatory Systems (ACS). Allina Medical Transport — the ambulance division of Minneapolis-based Allina Health System — [...]

[Anoka County Union, Aug. 28, 2009] Under a new lease agreement approved by Anoka City Council, Allina ambulances are now dispatching out of the city’s public safety center on Harrison Street. Early this month the council approved the space trade, which saw Allina moving into the police and fire headquarters in exchange for the training [...]

[Elk River Star News, Aug. 21, 2009] While the Otsego city council debates the speed of ambulance response times in suburban and rural communities, Allina Medical Transportation is held up as an example of a service that maintains quick response times throughout its service area. Some ambulance services, like Allina’s, remain mobile, explains Steve Dittbenner, [...]