American Heart Association
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The American Heart Association (AHA) is a non-profit organization in the United States that fosters appropriate cardiac care in an effort to reduce disability and deaths caused by cardiovascular disease and stroke.The American Heart Association publishes a standard for providing basic and advanced life support, including standards for proper performance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The AHA is now also a provider of training for first aid, in addition to CPR.
Mission Statement: The American Heart Association is a national voluntary health agency whose mission is to reduce disability and death from cardiovascular diseases and stroke.
AHA Events
Boston Heart Walk 2006
"Do your part...Walk for your HEART"- Saturday, September 16, 2006
- *Registration 8:30AM
- *Walk Begins 10:00AM
See also
- Automated external defibrillator (AED)
- Basic life support, a standard published by the AHA
- Advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), a standard published by the AHA
- AHA-1, an AHA-proposed diet
- Paul R. Ellis Award, and award bestowed by AHA chapters
- Red Friday Promotes awareness of heart disease by wearing red every friday, although there are two other causes that advocate wearing red on friday.
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