American Heart Association
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.
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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
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