Allina News

[ThisWeek, Dec. 7, 2011] Most people don’t survive what Jim Glynn has been through, and he’s working on raising the odds for others. This summer, the Farmington resident suffered sudden cardiac arrest while sleeping. Thanks to the prompt actions of his family, the 911 operator and emergency responders, Glynn is one of the few sudden [...]

[KSTP-TV, Sept. 29, 2011] What is an Allina Medical Transportation ambulance doing in Kenya? It’s part of a donation of materials and training provided by Twin Cities medics, firefighters, teachers, and nurses helping to save lives halfway around the world. A delegation of Minnesotans, aided by the Minneapolis-based International Leadership Institute, went to the Minneapolis [...]

[ThisWeek, Sept. 22, 2011] It was June 24, just before 5 a.m., and Jim Glynn’s strange gurgling noises stirred his wife from her slumber. She shook him, but he didn’t respond. Their son, Doug, visiting from Arizona, ran into the room, grabbed a phone and dialed 9-1-1. Allina Medical Transportation 9-1-1 dispatcher Jenny VanPutten determined [...]

[KSTP-TV, Sept. 15, 2011] A tornado has hit and people are injured. Staff at Abbott Northwestern Hospital evacuated patients because the place had no water and power outages. That was the scenario workers were given during Thursday’s evacuation drill.  Thirty people volunteered to play patients, and be transported. Watch the full report below.

[KMSP Fox 9, Sept. 11, 2011] Among public safety workers everywhere, the 9-11 attacks left a particular indelible mark in their memories. Allina Medical Transportation president Brian LaCroix and operations supervisor Jeff Lanenberg talked about the lasting changes 9-11 made to emergency medical services and the 9-11 tribute video Allina Medical Transportation produced.

[COON RAPIDS HERALD, July 21, 2011] A Coon Rapids Cub Scout pack partnered with Allina Medical Transportation to present a safety day for children at Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park Saturday. The idea for the safety day event came out of a monthly roundtable meeting of cub pack leaders in the Three Rivers Scout District, [...]

[Lakeville Patch, June 8, 2011] Despite fewer ambulance transports in Apple Valley, Lakeville and Farmington, tools like the LifePak 12 defibrillator and the LUCAS mechanical CPR device help ALF Ambulance paramedics provide better ambulatory care for sudden cardiac arrest patients. Read more at lakeville.patch.com.

[Lakeville Patch, June 7, 2011] From 2008 through 2010, Apple Valley, Lakeville and Farmington ambulance response times decreased nearly two minutes on average, according to data from Allina Medical Transportation. Allina Medical Transportation has operated ALF Ambulance since 2009. The service they provide has become more efficient and has saved the participating cities money, according [...]

[Star Tribune, May 3, 2011] There are few better places anywhere to have a cardiac arrest than Hennepin County. And that’s no joke. According to a national registry that tracks cardiac survival rates, your chances of surviving a cardiac arrest outside of a hospital are better in Hennepin County than almost anywhere else in the [...]

[KMSP-TV Fox 9 News, April 6, 2011] Learning CPR can save someone’s life and it’s never been easier to learn. Kim Harkins from Allina’s Heart Safe Communities project demonstrated to Fox 9′s M.A. Rosko as part of the American Heart Association’s Start Walking program and free CPR training this Saturday at Calhoun Square in Minneapolis. [...]

[KSTP-TV, Feb. 23, 2011] It used to be it took hours to learn CPR. Now, the American Heart Association is promoting Hands-Only CPR. It’s so simple that Allina Medical Transportation medical director Dr. Charles Lick can teach it in just a couple of minutes. That’s what he did for KSTP news anchors Bill Lunn and [...]

[KMSP-TV Fox 9 News, Feb. 21, 2011] Broken bones from slips and falls to heart attacks from snow shoveling kept Allina hospitals and ambulance crews busy during the storm Sunday and Monday. Fox 9 News’ Leah Beno rode along with an Allina Medical Transportation crew and visited the St. Francis Regional Medical Center emergency room [...]