FREE Monticello Heart Safe Community Training Sessions

We strive to increase the survival rate of people who experience sudden cardiac arrest.

Our Missions


We have three missions that are in line with the Heart Safe Community designation.

Raise awareness of cardiac arrest

Implement CPR & AED training sessions

Increase accessibility of AEDs in the community

The SCA Chain of Survival

The Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) Chain of Survival consists of five critical actions necessary for a person to survive SCA. Witnesses are the first critical links in the SCA Chain of Survival. Our initiatives aim to help strengthen the first three links of this chain.

Call 911

Learn how to identify Sudden Cardiac Arrest and contact EMS right away.

Quality CPR

Get trained in hands-only CPR to keep blood flow active and double or even triple the chance of survival.

Early defibrillation

AEDs deliver shocks to reestablish a life-sustaining heart rhythm. Learn where AEDs are located in your community and receive training on how to use them.

Thank you!


Funds received from the CentraCare Foundation provided an outdoor freestanding AED unit in Ellison Park and educational resources for Hands-Only CPR & AED training sessions.

Funds received from the Stellis Health provided an outdoor freestanding AED unit in West Bridge Park and educational resources for Hands-Only CPR & AED training sessions.

Donations from Best Western Plus Chelsea provided space for free community Hands-Only CPR & AED training sessions.

Funds received from the Phillip LaVallee Memorial Fund provided an outdoor freestanding AED unit in Bertram Chain of Lakes Regional Park.

Tom Keating Foundation

Funds received from the Tom Keating Foundation provided CPR/AED instruction and certification for all students at Monticello’s Turning Point ALP.

Funds received from Wright County Frontline Outreach were used to purchase the resources necessary for Heart Strong Monticello to be established.

Funds received from Dan Olson - State Farm Insurance agent provided educational resources for Hands-Only CPR & AED training sessions.

>15%

out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occur in a public location¹

9 in 10

cardiac arrest victims who receive an AED shock in the first minute live¹

40%

of the time, bystanders administer CPR. 10% of the time, they apply an AED¹

10%

decrease in SCA victim survival rates every minute without CPR¹

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