Allina News

[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 [...]

[Northland Press, November 22, 2011] Heart attack patients who are transferred from rural hospitals do as well as patients who go directly to Abbott Northwestern for treatment, according to a study published in the November European Heart Journal. “We found that an organized regional heart attack care system can eliminate disparities in treatment between patients [...]

[Nurse.com, November 21, 2011] Delay in initiation of therapeutic hypothermia and delay in return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC), evidenced by a palpable pulse or a measurable blood pressure, were both associated with poor neurologic outcomes in post-cardiac arrest patients, according to a study. Susan Sendelbach, RN, of the Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital [...]

[KSTP-TV, November 4, 2011] A healthy dose of Minnesota Nice is on its way to a place that needs all the compassion it can get. Fifteen local healthcare workers are headed to Haiti. Many of them have been there before on their own time and with their own money, but now, they’re getting some help.

[Sun focus, Sept. 7, 2011]  The Ask a Doc guest column series features advice and commentary from medical professionals at Unity Hospital in Fridley.  This month’s topic on concussions is from Kurt Belk, MD, medical director of Unity’s emergency department. Read the column.

[Sun Focus June 15, 2011] The book Show Me Some Urgency features a patient that is a baby elephant.  Read the article in the Sun Focus.

[Pioneer Press, April 20, 2011] As a new generation of emergency rooms opens across the east metro, patients are finding amenities that might remind them more of hotels than hospitals. At United Hospital, there’s a fireplace in the lobby, art on the walls and a commitment to publish waiting times on a website — sort [...]

[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 [...]

[Allina Newsroom] United Hospital has implemented a temporary ambulance drop-off area while the new emergency department addition is under construction. The attached video show ambulance crews how to approach the new E.D. entrance. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ToLH4EiGDE]

[KMSPT-TV] A cancer patient traveling through the Twin Cities ends up having a life saving surgery. FOX 9′s Maury Glover tells us her remarkable story. [vodpod id=Groupvideo.3173193&w=425&h=320&fv=%26skin%3DMP1ExternalAll-MFL.swf%26embed%3Dtrue%26adSrc%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fad%252Edoubleclick%252Enet%252Fadx%252Ftsg%252Ekmsp%252Fhealth%252Fdetail%253Bdcmt%253Dtext%252Fxml%253Bpos%253D%253Btile%253D2%253Bsz%253D320x240%253Bord%253D600182279958987600%253Frand%253D0%252E7964132197666277%26flv%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww%252Emyfoxtwincities%252Ecom%252Ffeeds%252FoutboundFeed%253FobfType%253DVIDEO%255FPLAYER%255FSMIL%255FFEED%2526componentId%253D127338150%26img%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fmedia2%252Emyfoxtwincities%252Ecom%252F%252Fphoto%252F2009%252F05%252F26%252Fmaury052209%255Ftmb0001%255F20090526103423%255F640%255F480%252EJPG%26story%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww%252Emyfoxtwincities%252Ecom%252Fdpp%252Fhealth%252FMaury%255FSurgery%255FTraveler%255FMay%255F22%255F2009%26]