The Heartbeat Hub CPR LLC

Get your blood pressure checked at least once a year and understand what the numbers mean. Severe high blood pressure combined with symptoms such as chest pain or trouble speaking may be a hypertensive emergency, according to the new high blood pressure guideline, and you should call 911 immediately.

Heart 🫀 block poem! If the R is far from the P, then you have a 1st degree! PR gets longer longer drop, it’s a case of Wenckebach! If some Rs don’t get through, prepare to pace that Mobitz II! If the R’s & Ps don’t agree prepare to pace that 3rd degree!

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New Hands-Only CPR Instructional Video Learn the steps to perform Hands-Only CPR in 60 seconds with this video that shows Hands-Only CPR in action. This Hands-Only CPR instructional video from the...

After a 5-mile run, Mark Kleinschmidt couldn't stop sweating. Then his chest felt tight, and he fell to the floor. He managed to crawl down the hall his daughter’s room. Allison, a nurse, happened to be visiting. "I think I'm having a heart attack," Mark gasped.

Allison dialed 911 and gave her father aspirin. Then Mark collapsed – the heart attack had led to cardiac arrest.

For 20 minutes Allison kept chest compressions going. Performing CPR in the NICU where she worked was quite different from doing so on an adult, especially when that adult was her own father.

Paramedics arrived and used an automated external defibrillator, or AED, to try shocking his heart into a sustainable rhythm. It took seven tries. He was shocked again in the ambulance and at the hospital.

Mark was placed in a medically induced coma. He spent a month in the hospital, dealing with complications that included fluid in his lungs. In cardiac rehab he set the goal of running again. Four months later – on a freezing New Year's Day in 2018 – he ran a 5K.

"My doctors, PTs and OTs were skeptical," he said. "But I did it."

Mark's ordeal could have played out differently. His life was saved because his daughter knew what to do when it mattered most. He began hosting CPR training events, urging friends and colleagues to learn the lifesaving technique. After one of those events, a friend went to the doctor and discovered he, too, had a serious blockage.

"If you can learn CPR and have the tools to help save someone's life, why wouldn't you take the time to learn?" Allison said. "Something so simple can result in something so amazing – like saving a life. In this case, it just happened to be my dad."

I’m so excited to announce the launch of my new small business:

♥️ The Heartbeat Hub CPR LLC ♥️

I will be offering AHA BLS for healthcare provider CPR courses for individual students!

Please stay tuned for more details…!!

Update: I’m sad to announce that NorthStar CPR of Minot, will not be resuming its operations, as of 5/23/25. I highly recommend Sanford EMS education in Bismarck, for any of your future AHA BLS courses!

NorthStar CPR is currently closed until further notice. So sorry for any inconvenience this may cause to anyone. Thank you all for a wonderful year!

Sincerely,

Christie Albers, RN BSN

Valentine’s Day festivities can be especially challenging for those grieving a loss. If you're feeling overwhelmed, it’s okay to take a step back and honor your emotions. Give yourself permission to feel, without any pressure to “celebrate” the way others do.

You are not alone in your grief. Take care of your heart this Valentine’s Day, and know that it’s okay to ask for help when needed. 💟

Spread the love. ❤️

NorthStar CPR, LLC @ Dakota Medical ❤️

I am now offering weekend AHA BLS course options for the BLS for HCPs (healthcare providers) course!

These classes will be held at Dakota Medical in Minot!

Please contact me to register for a course!