North Memorial launched Heart Safe Communities as an effort to prevent death from sudden cardiac arrest by placing automated external defibrillators (AEDs) where people live, work and play.

1. A partnership of North Memorial Health Care
and Advanced First-Aid, Inc.
North Memorial
Heart Safe Communities
North Memorial
Heart Safe
Communities
A partnership of North Memorial Health Care
and Advanced First-Aid, Inc.
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community
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become heart safe.
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being prepared to reduce the number of
SCA deaths by impl ementing publ access
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de brilators throughout the community.
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rough North Memorial Heart Safe Help us make your
Communities program,communities
can strengthen w hat the American Heart community Heart Safe
Association has caled the “chain of survival
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w hich has ve basic links: Sudden Cardiac Arrest Aw areness
AED Placement
• Early Access-calling 911
CPR & AED T raining
• Early CPR encouraging widespread bystander
CPR training to increase immediate action
• Early Defibrillation-AEDs in public locations
and individuals trained to use them
Ambulance Service
• Early Advanced Care-the quick arrival of ALS 4501 68th Ave N,
B rooklyn Center, MN 55429
Ambulance service to continue care (612) 325-3465
northmemorial.com
• Post-Cardiac Arrest Care
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2. Sudden Cardiac Arrest N orth M emorial Heart Safe CPR and AED T raining
Without warning Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) Communities Includes Through North Memorial we are able to offer
can happen anywhere, at anytime, to anyone. • Lifepak AED (Medtronic Physio-Control brand, many options in CPR & AED training, including:
And it is almost always fatal. SCA a ects 4,000 used by North Memorial Ambulance)
Minnesotan’s annually. AHA Heartsaver AED/CPR Certification
• W all Mount Cabinet or W all B racket
For organizations or businesses that would like
For every 100 patients that arrive in the ER in • AED W all sign for q uick easy AED identification a key group to have more extensive training
cardiac arrest and have been treated with CPR: • AED kit-mask, scissors, gloves, etc. in CPR and AED. This class takes about three
• 9 5 die • CPR/AED T raining hours and each participant will leave with a
• 2 to 3 survive a few days • Package pricing varies but w e’ve arranged special two year American H eart Association
• 1 to 2 have a chance of full recovery North Memorial Heart Safe Communities pricing certification card.
ese statistics are a tragic reality and you are Lifepak AED options: AED/CPR Inservice T raining
in a unique position to help make a di erence. This service trains larger groups where funding
Community education can signi cantly and time is limited. This class teaches how
improve cardiac arrest survival. People in to recognize SCA, when to connect/how to
your community need to know how common operate the AED, and demonstrate chest
cardiac arrest is and that there are rarely compressions, all in about an hour. H ands-on
warning signs. Early recognition of the cardiac skill practice will also be available.
arrest (calling 911) as well as early CPR and
CR Plus Fully Auto Express Semi Auto The instructors are experienced paramedics
de brillation (AED use) can save lives. Waiting
for 911 rescuers to de brillate results in death and/or EMTs with significant SCA hands-on
96% of the time. When a lay rescuer responds experience. This is not a certification class but
to the side of the SCA victim with an AED and does conform to the G ood Samaritan Law.
delivers a shock within the rst two minutes, This service is provided by the AED vendor,
the success rate is 85%. is is called Public Advanced First-Aid, Inc.
Access De brillation.
CPR Anytime At Home
at’s why North Memorial launched Heart K its are available for purchase that provide
Lifepak 1000
Safe Communities as an e ort to prevent death CPR training whenever and wherever you like
from SCA by placing Automatic External
(www.CPRAnytime.com).
De brillators (AEDs) where people live, work
and play. e program helps communities and North Memorial Heart Safe Communities has
organizations: secured discounted AED pricing from local
• Educate citiz ens about SCA, CPR, AED & Medtronic Physio-Control distributor, Advanced
protection from G ood Samaritan Law s First-Aid, Inc. T here are a few options for CPR/
• Implement Public Access Defibrillation AED training available from North Memorial
programs by placing AED’s in all businesses, EMS Education and/or by the AED vendor. For
schools and other public places w here more information on making your community
people assemble Heart Safe, contact North Memorial Ambulance
• T rain people how to use the AED, CPR (mainly paramedic, Paul Mendoz a, at 612.325.3465 or
chest compressions) to save more lives by email paul@afaaed.com or paul.mendoz a@
northmemorial.com