Allina News

[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 [...]

[Prior Lake American, January 28, 2011] There’s no question that first responders save lives every day, but as is the case in every facet of emergency response there are unsung heroes who make the wheels of public safety go around. Allina responds to an average of 260 calls per day, and about 240 of those [...]

[Savage Pacer, Nov. 13, 2010] At Night to Unite I had the opportunity to visit neighborhoods with a sworn officer in a squad car, the assistant chief in a fire unit and an EMT with an ambulance. Local ambulance service is provided by Allina Medical Transportation at no cost to the city. In the first [...]

[WCCO-TV, Oct. 28, 2010] This year, the Minnesota Emergency Medical Services gave their Pioneer Award to WCCO-TV news anchor Don Shelby. You might wonder why the people who staff and run ambulances would honor a journalist. Well, it’s because of story Shelby did back in 1983. Watch the story below which includes an interview with [...]

[Star Tribune, Sept. 22, 2010] Patty Rose, an Emergency Medical Technician with Allina Medical Transportation in Wright County, Minnesota, talks about her work. Read the full story on startribune.com.

[WCCO 4 News, Sept. 3, 2010] Although her baby girl wasn’t due for two weeks, Brooke Jensen started having contractions while at work in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, last Wednesday. Her co-workers called an ambulance. The ambulance crew, which included Allina EMT Rick Swedlund and Allina Paramedic Matt Miron, soon realized the baby was breech, meaning [...]

[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 [...]