PulsePoint 

St. Louis Park residents are invited to participate in PulsePoint, a smart phone app that allows CPR-trained citizens to provide lifesaving assistance to nearby victims of sudden cardiac arrest. The St. Louis Park Fire Department led the effort to implement PulsePoint in St. Louis Park in June 2017, making the city among the first communities in Minnesota to provide this service to residents.

App users who have indicated they are trained in CPR and willing to assist in an emergency are notified if someone nearby requires CPR. If the cardiac emergency is in a public place and 911 has been called, the app alerts trained citizens in the vicinity of the need for bystander CPR, along with the dispatch of police, fire and EMS crews. The app also directs citizen rescuers to the exact location of the closest publicly accessible automated external defibrillator (AED).

PulsePoint is a free app and can be downloaded from Apple and from Google Play.

For more information, visit the PulsePoint website.

Hands-only CPR training

Hands-only CPR training classes are available for those ages 15 and over (an adult or guardian must be present with participants ages 15 – 17). There is a maximum of 10 participants per training. Training will be canceled if there is less than five people registered.

The training is not a certification course and participants will not qualify for a CPR certificate.

How to register

All training dates are held on the first Wednesday of the month from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. at Fire Station 1, 3750 Wooddale Ave. S. If you are interested in attending an upcoming training, you can register online.

If you need to cancel your training appointment after you have registered, email Lieutenant Bob Hampton as soon as possible at bhampton@stlouisparkmn.gov.

For more information or to arrange a training or refresher in hands-only CPR or AED, contact Lieutenant Bob Hampton at bhampton@stlouisparkmn.gov or 952.924.2599.

Resources

• American Heart Association hands-only CPR

Stop the Bleed training

Stop the Bleed training consists of a formal presentation followed by hands-on practice of applying direct pressure, packing a wound and using a tourniquet to stop bleeding. Participants will receive a certificate stating they have met the training requirements at the end of the one-hour course.

Classes are available for those ages 15 and over (an adult or guardian must be present with participants ages 15 – 17). There is a maximum of 10 participants per training.

Training can be scheduled by contacting the fire department at 952.924.2595.