Fairview Lakes Medical Center recently received the gift of a life-saving device to be used during sudden cardiac arrest. Sudden cardiac arrest affects more than 300,000 people yearly in the United States. Receiving such a device can increase the odds of saving a person’s life. Without intervention, a cardiac arrest victim will die within minutes of an occurrence.
The donation was made possible by the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, administered by the Minnesota Department of Health Office of Rural Health and Primary Care.broadstreet.zone(48036);
“Fairview Lakes Medical Center is very grateful to MDH and the Helmsley Charitable Trust for this generous gift,” Fairview president John Herman said in a press release. “This will greatly help our team enhance the already excellent care we provide our patients and keep us at the forefront of technology.”
The donation is an automated chest compression device that delivers hands-free, consistent CPR to patients who
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