Allina News

[ABC Newspapers, April 12, 2012] The stars were aligned over Coon Rapids one morning in February. So much so that Mary Rosemark, 49, Coon Rapids, survived a pulmonary embolism thank to the swift action of her husband, Dan Rosemark, an Allina EMS crew, and emergency responders from several agencies. The emergency responders from Allina, both [...]

[Fox 9 News, March 22, 2012] Two men — one a doctor and the other a banker — both shared a love of baskeball, but neither could have imagined they would have shared a moment that would lead one to save the other’s life. Dr. Frank Anderson’s love for basketball may have saved his life. [...]

[Pioneer Press, Feb. 21. 2012] Where can you go to fix a broken heart? Allina’s ambulance service is working with a Florida company to answer the question with a map of all automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in the Twin Cities. With the map and an electronic system for alerting good Samaritans, the emergency call center [...]

[KARE 11, Feb. 14, 2012] Allina Medical Transportation is the first EMS service in the nation linked to a national program to help cardiac arrest victims. The program is called AED Link and it is aimed at getting defibrillators to cardiac patients faster. Doctors say when someone goes into cardiac arrest they have only a [...]

[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 [...]

[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 [...]

[Star Tribune, August 17, 2010] Combine the socializing of a Tupperware party with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training and you’ve got a “save-a-life” party. Save-a-life parties are designed to teach people to react quickly in emergencies, and, in particular, how to use CPR. Save-a-life parties are more relaxed than CPR certification courses, which go for four [...]

[New Ulm Journal, August 4, 2010] New Ulm has been named a “Heart Safe” community by  Allina Hospitals and Clinics. Officials from Allina and New Ulm Medical Center gave the news and presented a certificate to the New Ulm City Council at its meeting on Tuesday. New Ulm is only the third community in Minnesota [...]