Sudden cardiac arrest can happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere. And it’s almost always fatal. Cardiovascular events, including cardiac arrest, are the second leading cause of death in Minnesota, accounting for nearly 20% of deaths.
In 2015, approximately 50% of heart disease deaths in Minnesota occurred before reaching the hospital, and many were due to cardiac arrest.
The Minnesota Department of Health, American Heart Association, Minnesota Ambulance Association, Minnesota Resuscitation Consortium and others are partnering to advance the cardiac safety community. 
Prevent death from sudden cardiac arrest by:
- Increasing community and public awareness
- Install automated external defibrillators (AEDs) where people live, work, and play
- Educating the public on how to perform CPR
As of 2017, more than 1 million Minnesotans live or work in HeartSafe communities.
Heart Safe Communities helps communities and organizations:
- Educating community members about sudden cardiac arrest and improving heart health
- Train people how to use an AED and do CPR
Heart safe designation
The Heart Safe designation recognizes community efforts to help staff and residents recognize when someone has sudden cardiac arrest and how to respond. Any municipality, county, or organization in Minnesota can apply for HeartSafe designation with the Minnesota Department of Health and the American Heart Association.
More than 1 million Minnesotans live or work in these HeartSafe communities.
- over-
- apple valley
- Baxter
- bay port
- Birchwood Village
- brain
- bloomington
- brainerd
- Breezy Point
- brooklyn center
- cambridge
- champlin
- Chaska
- Kokato
- columbia heights
- coon rapids
- Delano
- egan
- east bethel
- farmington
- Faial Township (St. Louis County)
- foston
- fridley
- gem lake
- golden valley
- ham lake
- hastings
- hugo
- Isanti County
- Kandiyohi District
- lake city
- lake elmo
- lakeville
- long lake
- Mahtomedi
- maple grove
- maple plain
- maple wood
- Marine on St. Croix
- Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
- minnetonka
- Minnetonka Beach
- minnetrista
- mound
- mounds view
- new brighton
- new ulm
- new york mills
- Orono
- Osseo
- perham
- plymouth
- ramsey
- Richville
- rockford
- roseville
- St. Anthony Village
- savage
- Shakopee
- South Metro Fire Department (South St. Paul and West St. Paul)
- spring park
- stevens county
- Still water
- two ports
- Vadnai Heights
- Waverly
- white bear lake
- White Bear Township (Ramsey County)
- wilmar
- winstead
- woodbury
- Minnesota National Guard 133rd Airlift Wing (Fort Snelling)
- 3M (Maple Wood)
- Let’s be a match
- beckman coulter
- Bethlehem Academy (Faribault)
- Brooklyn Center High School
- caribou coffee head office
- coon rapids high school
- general mills
- Gustav Adolphus University (St. Peter)
- Medtronic (Columbia Heights, Sullivan Lake Campus)
- mirror belt manufacturing
- minnesota vikings
- Order of St. Benedict and St. John’s University (Collegeville)
- Sacred Heart Catholic Church & School (Robbinsdale)
- St. Catherine University
- Seiun National College of Technology
- St. Thomas Academy (Mendota Heights)
heart safe partner
- Minnesota Department of Health
- American Heart Association – Minnesota
- Minnesota Ambulance Association
- Minnesota Resuscitation Consortium
- Minnesota Sudden Cardiac Arrest Survivors Network
Heart safe applications and materials
Do you offer bystander CPR training?
Add your training numbers here and help train 10% of Minnesotans.
For more information about Heart Safe Communities and to receive technical assistance implementing the program in your community, please contact us below.
American Heart Association – Minnesota
2750 Blue Water Road
suite 250
Eagan, MN 55121
952-278-7908
heart.safe@heart.org
For more information, please contact health.heart@state.mn.us.
