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11.5.2014 Memo <br />tom, <br />HEARTSafe Communities <br />To <br />Mark Casey — City Manager <br />From <br />HEARTSafe Communities is a program designed to promote survival from sudden out -of - <br />Mark Sitarz - Fire Chief <br />hospital cardiac arrest. It is a general concept focused upon strengthening the "chain of <br />survival" as described by the American Heart Association; it recognizes and stimulates <br />Re <br />efforts by individual communities to improve their system for preventing sudden cardiac <br />HEARTSafe Community <br />arrest (SCA) from becoming irreversible death. <br />Designation <br />In the basic HEARTSafe model, Allina Health establishes a set of minimum criteria its <br />communities must meet in order to achieve HEARTSafe status. These should be goals that <br />support the chain of survival, such as widespread CPR instruction, public access <br />defibrillators, and aggressive resuscitation protocols for first responders and area hospitals. <br />The St. Anthony Fire Department has been in pursuit of this designation for over the past 2 <br />years. We have tried to increase our reach into the community by providing both CPR and <br />AED training, AED registrations, and a commitment to continued CPR training and <br />certification for the members of the Fire Department. With the guidance from Allina Health <br />and dedicated personnel from the Fire Department, we are happy to say that we have <br />successfully achieved this new designation for the City of St. Anthony. <br />