CPR Professionals

10/28/2025

Today we recognize National First Responders Day, to honor the courage and dedication of police officers, firefighters, paramedics, dispatchers, and other first responders who serve their communities every day. Thank you to Anoka County Sheriff's Office first responders, and all first responders for your selfless acts.

10/28/2025

Maddy was about to take her AP calculus exam when the left side of her body went numb. A teacher helped her into the hallway and called the school nurse as Maddy tried to process what was happening.

"Can I really not feel this side of my body?" she thought. "Is this just stress over the big exam?" Or maybe a migraine: Maddy had a history of migraines that caused numbness and tingling in her extremities.

Her dad John arrived and called her neurologist. An MRI revealed that Maddy was having a stroke.

Her biggest fear initially was how the stroke might impact her senior year. "What's the earliest I can be back in school?" she asked her doctors. "Softball starts in two months. There's no way I'm missing it."

Maddy's youth and overall health helped her recover quickly. She was back in school the following week.

Tests done at the hospital revealed that Maddy's stroke likely stemmed from a previously undiagnosed heart defect she'd had since birth: a hole in her heart that didn't close on its own called a patent foramen ovale. Before the softball season, Maddy underwent a procedure to close the hole.

Two years later, Maddy is a sophomore at the University of Buffalo, pursuing a career in biomedical engineering.

"Seeing what was possible was eye-opening. Like, holy cow, medicine and engineering have come such a long way and are going to go even farther," Maddy said. "It got me excited to start college and see what I can do to impact this world in terms of medical devices and medical engineering."

She is also passionate about spreading awareness that strokes can happen at any age. "This isn't supposed to happen to 18-year-olds," she recalls telling her parents. "We've got to let more people know about this."

10/22/2025

09/24/2025

I received a call the other day from one of my clients that needed the Heimlich done on her. She was so thankful for her family's training. Don’t forget to call 911 as someone starts the Heimlich!

If you saw someone choking, would you know how to help? Learn how to do this lifesaving technique if someone is choking: https://wb.md/3IrJlVu

09/24/2025

This information comes from one of our clients… Glad to share!

September is National Preparedness Month. Take a few simple steps now to keep you & your loved ones safe in an emergency.

💡Make a plan. Talk with your family about where you will go and how you will stay in touch during an emergency.

💡Build an emergency supply kit. Gather supplies like water, non-perishable food, flashlights, batteries, medications and first-aid supplies.

💡Stay informed. Sign up for local weather alerts and other important updates.

09/24/2025

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Jasmine Hutchison was planning a traditional 21st birthday celebration. Her mother, Hope Hooks, talked about going with her. She even picked out an outfit and asked Jasmine to do her hair.

Yet Jasmine knew her mom might not be up to it.

Hope was 46 and had been dealing with an irregular heartbeat for 10 years. An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) helped regulate her heart rhythm. A week before, the ICD had gone off. Since then, Hope’s heart issues left her so fatigued that she had to sit out her youngest child’s 10th birthday party.

Still, Jasmine held out hope. But on the big day, her mom told Jasmine she was too tired.

So Jasmine headed to a club with her friends. At midnight, her parents called to wish her a happy birthday the minute she turned 21.

The next morning, Jasmine found Hope on the kitchen floor. She wasn’t breathing, and her skin was cold. Hope had passed away on Jasmine’s 21st birthday, Dec. 1, 2014.

“Most people dream of their 21st birthday as being some sort of official welcome party to adulthood, but mine will always be a nightmare,” she said.

Jasmine put a return to college on hold to help take care of her younger siblings, then 10 and 14, and support her grieving father.

“I had to grow up really fast,” Jasmine said.

Jasmine returned to school a few years later, once her family was in a more stable place. She’s since gotten married, moved into her first house, and now lives in Indiana with her husband and two dogs, Hope and Halo.
When she looks back on her 21st birthday, Jasmine recognizes how much strength she found to keep going through her grief.

“In those quiet moments before anyone else arrived after my mom died, it was just me, my mom and God,” she said. “I remember sitting on the floor beside her, overwhelmed and wondering what my life would look like moving forward.

“If you had told me then that I’d be where I am today, I wouldn’t have believed you.”