Mercy Hospital (Minnesota)

Mercy Hospital, located in Coon Rapids, Minnesota, is a 271-bed non-profit hospital that serves the northern Twin Cities metropolitan area. Mercy Hospital is part of Allina Health. Mercy offers specialty services including behavioral health, cancer care, heart and vascular services, orthopedics and neuroscience. In 2006, the hospital provided care to more than 165,000 people.[1]

Take Heart Anoka County

Mercy Hospital is the main sponsor of Take Heart Anoka County, a coalition of doctors, nurses, paramedics, health educators and community leaders that aims to dramatically increase the likelihood of survival after sudden cardiac arrest by training more people in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and placing automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in public places throughout the community. This aggressive approach to promote cardiac arrest and CPR awareness is also being followed in: St. Cloud, Minnesota; Columbus, Ohio and Austin, Texas.[2]

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Coordinates: 45°10′58″N 93°22′11″W / 45.18289°N 93.36969°W / 45.18289; -93.36969

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